[gentoo-user] X11 fails to start up after elogind emerge

[Steven Lembark]

Starting with:

<2020-04-14  Desktop profile switching USE default to elogind>
<https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2020-06-24-xorg-server-dropping-default-suid.html>

I've updated my USE with:

    elogind -consolekit -systemd

Did an "emerge --update --changed-use @world", rebooted, logged
in, had problems starting X11, did an "emerge @x11-module-rebuild",
reboot, login, failed starting X11, did an "emerge @world" [which
succeeded, strangely enough], reboot, login, failed starting X11.

At this point I reboot, log in and validate the elogind but get:

    $ logincel user-status;
    Could not get properties: Is a directory

Using strace shows the last open was looking at /proc/self/stat, 
which most definately is a file. The last thing logind was doing
is a ppoll & recvmsg with the nastygram:

    <https://pastebin.com/vZzWCHKL>

Another thing is that using "startx", Xorg.log includes the line:

    systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and 
    -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration.

Not sure if this is related to the properties error or something
else blowing up.

emerge --info:

    <https://pastebin.com/Y0FVLLve>

emerge --verbose --info:

    <https://pastebin.com/LDfH4wz5>

Running startx as SU does not solve the issue, the user is already
in tty and input groups (i.e., has access to /dev/tty* and 
/dev/input/{event,mouse}*). 

Q: Any suggestions on what I might do to get X11 starting again?

Thanks

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Steven Lembark
Workhorse Computing
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