On 12/12/19 1:27 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 2019-12-13 00:39, sean darcy wrote:
> On 12/11/19 11:38 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 2019-12-12 12:32, sean darcy wrote:
>>> On 12/11/19 9:12 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> On 2019-12-12 09:08, Tom Horsley wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:59:04 -0500
>>>>> sean darcy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> /etc/sysconfig/desktop was empty.
>>>>> Or maybe the problem is that it existed. I have no such
>>>>> file on my system and X is working fine.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, I have a pure Xfce VM and it starts fine with a non-existent
desktop or empty desktop file.
>>>> I wonder if it would be different if I added a second desktop. But,
I'm not that itching to try it. :-)
>>>>
>>> In either case, for a new clean install it's a mess.
>>>
>>
>> I think the point is that you've fixed a problem by editing an empty file.
Yet an empty file or
>> a missing file doesn't cause a problem in all cases.
>>
>> A mystery that may (will?) remain unsolved. :-)
>>
> How to you start X ? from a terminal ? or the gdm ?
>
Mine is a normal Xfce install. So, I don't start from the command line. lightdm is
the default
display manager.
That's why there's no problem. I've removed rhgb from the kernel
command
line, so I start at the terminal. Then startx fails.