Re: [gentoo-user] Still struggling with starting X and enlightenment desktop

[Alan McKinnon]

On 26/03/2017 01:24, Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 25 Mar 2017 21:08:14 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 25/03/2017 18:23, Mick wrote:
>>> After years of running KDM to start various desktop environments
>>> flawlessly
>>> (KDE, fluxbox, enlightenment, plasma) I had to replace it with SDDM.  With
>>> the arrival of x11-misc/sddm-0.14.0-r2 I am still able to start a session
>>> with enlightenment, but I am getting access rights errors, for example my
>>> user is unable to mount a USB stick.  Also, when I log out it logs me
>>> back in the first time and then logs out normally the second time I try
>>> to log out.  I am guessing something which should be sourced, is not, but
>>> I don't know how to fix it.
>>>
>>> For years now I have had the following files in place to control what
>>> desktop manager starts:
>>>
>>> $ cat /etc/env.d/90xsession
>>> XSESSION="enlightenment"
>>>
>>>
>>> $ cat /etc/X11/Sessions/enlightenment
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> if [ -x /usr/bin/gpg-agent ]; then
>>>
>>> 	  eval "$(/usr/bin/gpg-agent --daemon)"
>>>
>>> fi
>>>
>>> /usr/bin/enlightenment_start
>>>
>>>
>>> cat ~/.xsession
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> if [ -x /usr/bin/gpg-agent ]; then
>>>
>>> 	kill $(ps ux | awk '/gpg-agent/ && !/awk/ {print $2}') >/dev/null 2>&1
>>>
>>> fi
>>>
>>> if [ -x /usr/bin/gpg-agent ]; then
>>>
>>>   eval "$(/usr/bin/gpg-agent --daemon)"
>>>
>>> fi
>>>
>>> if [ -x /usr/bin/urxvtd ]; then
>>>
>>>         /usr/bin/urxvtd --opendisplay --fork --quiet
>>>
>>> fi
>>>
>>> /usr/bin/enlightenment_start
>>>
>>>
>>> I keyworded x11-misc/sddm-0.14.0-r3 and discovered enlightenment complains
>>> it can't run the compositor with OpenGL.  I tried starting a X session
>>> from the console without DM, with 'startx /usr/bin/enlightenment_start'
>>> but I also get similar symptoms, including inability to run compositor
>>> with OpenGL.  I get errors like this in ~/.xsession-errors:
>>>
>>> ERR<5100>:eina_safety lib/efreet/efreet_ini.c:299 efreet_ini_string_get()
>>> safety check failed: ini->section == NULL
>>>
>>> (gkrellm:5117): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_box_reorder_child: assertion
>>> 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed
>>> ERR<5141>:eldbus lib/eldbus/eldbus_proxy.c:818 _props_get_all() Error
>>> getting all properties of
>>> org.freedesktop.UDisks2/org/freedesktop/UDisks2/block_devices/s
>>> da1, error message: org.enlightenment.DBus.Canceled Canceled by user.
>>>
>>>
>>> I also tried entrance from bar overlay (it has not been updated in a while
>>> and has a dependency on an obsolete package), slim (won't log me in) and
>>> lightdm. When I run lightdm there are no such problems, enlightenment
>>> starts with OpenGLcompositor, I can mount USB disks, but lightdm
>>> installed and is running much more than what I really need for my
>>> desktop.
>>>
>>> Is there a way I can start enlightenment without running into all these
>>> kind of errors?  Can you see something wrong in my file contents above?
>> Your files look OK to me so I have no idea why you get those erro.
>>
>> You also say lightdm wrks correctly, so lookee here:
>>
>> alan@khamul ~/gitwork/ansible $ equery size lightdm
>>   * x11-misc/lightdm-1.21.5
>>           Total files : 119
>>           Total size  : 1.91 MiB
>> alan@khamul ~/gitwork/ansible $ equery size sddmdm
>> !!! No installed packages matching 'sddmdm'
>> alan@khamul ~/gitwork/ansible $ equery size sddm
>>   * x11-misc/sddm-0.14.0-r2
>>           Total files : 192
>>           Total size  : 4.78 MiB
>>
>> The on that works is smaller and lighter than the one that doesn't.
>>
>> I say dump sddm and stick with lightdm which works :-)
>
> Yes, the thought crossed my mind.  ;-)
>
> It is smaller as a package as you noted, but it is running gnomey stuff like
> /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon, /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 and perhaps
> /usr/libexec/at-spi-bus-launcher, which I am not sure I need.
>
> Either way, if I were to start enlightenment with startx and skip using a DM
> altogether, is there a way of starting enlightenment and ensuring it has the
> appropriate access rights to run udisks2 and OpenGL?
>


You'll probably get better answers over at the enlightenment user list. 
Now many folks here use e, I know I stopped years ago


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Alan McKinnon
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