Hi Francis, Thanks very much for this! On Sat May31'25 07:48:07AM, Francis.Montagnac@xxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Francis.Montagnac@xxxxxxxx > Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 07:48:07 +0200 > To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > CC: Ranjan Maitra <mlmaitra@xxxxxxx> > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: F41 -> F42 (openbox+slim: X does not get started) > > Hi. > > On Fri, 30 May 2025 15:24:10 -0500 Ranjan Maitra via users wrote: > >> I use openbox WM and the SLiM login manager. > > >> I upgraded my F41 -> F42 machines, following the instructions on > >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/ > >> to the letter. > > >> However, the machine comes up with a blank screen. It appears to me that > >> the system is trying to start X but is unable to do so. I tried getting a > >> login console (without a login manager display) but that prompt disappears > >> almost immediately. > > At the grub menu, add systemd.debug_shell to the kernel parameters. > Suppress rhgb may also help. > > You will normally get a root shell on tty9. Before I do this, do I need to have a root account set up? I currently do not have root on my machines (but have sudo) set up but I can create root if needed. > > Then look at the logs from tty9: journalctl -b, /var/log/Xorg.0.log I am able to get into one of these machines and was able to look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Here it is: https://paste.centos.org/view/f54fe5e6 I also dumped journalctl -b, but that file is huge (85MB). I can upload it, but what are the lines/parts we are looking for? These two are from a remote login done without rebooting (and without the suggested added kernel parameter). I am happy to do that of course, or provide more information as needed to help! Many thanks again, and best wishes, Ranjan > > -- > francis > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
