Which apps?
You happen to be using KDE?

I compiled 3.16.2 on my HP laptop. Takes about an hour to actually compile on the i3. Must have that muskie on the brain and borked the name to append to the kernel. Will compile it for the desktop VSIDO tomorrow. Takes about 4 hours to compile on the old single core AMD. Then I get to do the whole nvidia thing - smxi is so good for that!

some i3 -



I always forget there is an equalizer for alsamixer. Anyone use it much?

X is working, and looks like no issue with your apps.

It remains to be seen if lightdm works for you - /usr/share/doc/acpid/default.sh looks like a text file related to the acpi daemon, did you open it with a test editor?

Edit - I opened it - it's not related to lightdm, it's a script for logging acpi events.

I'm beginning to sense a purge and re-install of lightdm in your future.

here is my /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf - I haven't edited it at all so it's stock. Looks like everything is commented out, give it a try if you want:

#
# General configuration
#
# start-default-seat = True to always start one seat if none are defined in the configuration
# greeter-user = User to run greeter as
# minimum-display-number = Minimum display number to use for X servers
# minimum-vt = First VT to run displays on
# lock-memory = True to prevent memory from being paged to disk
# user-authority-in-system-dir = True if session authority should be in the system location
# guest-account-script = Script to be run to setup guest account
# log-directory = Directory to log information to
# run-directory = Directory to put running state in
# cache-directory = Directory to cache to
# sessions-directory = Directory to find sessions
# remote-sessions-directory = Directory to find remote sessions
# greeters-directory = Directory to find greeters
#
[LightDM]
#start-default-seat=true
#greeter-user=lightdm
#minimum-display-number=0
#minimum-vt=7
#lock-memory=true
#user-authority-in-system-dir=false
#guest-account-script=guest-account
#log-directory=/var/log/lightdm
#run-directory=/var/run/lightdm
#cache-directory=/var/cache/lightdm
#sessions-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/sessions:/usr/share/xsessions
#remote-sessions-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/remote-sessions
#greeters-directory=/usr/share/lightdm/greeters:/usr/share/xgreeters

#
# Seat defaults
#
# type = Seat type (xlocal, xremote)
# xdg-seat = Seat name to set pam_systemd XDG_SEAT variable and name to pass to X server
# xserver-command = X server command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. X -special-option)
# xserver-layout = Layout to pass to X server
# xserver-config = Config file to pass to X server
# xserver-allow-tcp = True if TCP/IP connections are allowed to this X server
# xserver-share = True if the X server is shared for both greeter and session
# xserver-hostname = Hostname of X server (only for type=xremote)
# xserver-display-number = Display number of X server (only for type=xremote)
# xdmcp-manager = XDMCP manager to connect to (implies xserver-allow-tcp=true)
# xdmcp-port = XDMCP UDP/IP port to communicate on
# xdmcp-key = Authentication key to use for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1 (stored in keys.conf)
# unity-compositor-command = Unity compositor command to run (can also contain arguments e.g. unity-system-compositor -special-option)
# unity-compositor-timeout = Number of seconds to wait for compositor to start
# greeter-session = Session to load for greeter
# greeter-hide-users = True to hide the user list
# greeter-allow-guest = True if the greeter should show a guest login option
# greeter-show-manual-login = True if the greeter should offer a manual login option
# greeter-show-remote-login = True if the greeter should offer a remote login option
# user-session = Session to load for users
# allow-guest = True if guest login is allowed
# guest-session = Session to load for guests (overrides user-session)
# session-wrapper = Wrapper script to run session with
# greeter-wrapper = Wrapper script to run greeter with
# guest-wrapper = Wrapper script to run guest sessions with
# display-setup-script = Script to run when starting a greeter session (runs as root)
# display-stopped-script = Script to run after stopping the display server (runs as root)
# greeter-setup-script = Script to run when starting a greeter (runs as root)
# session-setup-script = Script to run when starting a user session (runs as root)
# session-cleanup-script = Script to run when quitting a user session (runs as root)
# autologin-guest = True to log in as guest by default
# autologin-user = User to log in with by default (overrides autologin-guest)
# autologin-user-timeout = Number of seconds to wait before loading default user
# autologin-session = Session to load for automatic login (overrides user-session)
# autologin-in-background = True if autologin session should not be immediately activated
# exit-on-failure = True if the daemon should exit if this seat fails
#
[SeatDefaults]
#type=xlocal
#xdg-seat=seat0
#xserver-command=X
#xserver-layout=
#xserver-config=
#xserver-allow-tcp=false
#xserver-share=true
#xserver-hostname=
#xserver-display-number=
#xdmcp-manager=
#xdmcp-port=177
#xdmcp-key=
#unity-compositor-command=unity-system-compositor
#unity-compositor-timeout=60
#greeter-session=example-gtk-gnome
#greeter-hide-users=false
#greeter-allow-guest=true
#greeter-show-manual-login=false
#greeter-show-remote-login=true
#user-session=default
#allow-guest=true
#guest-session=
#session-wrapper=lightdm-session
#greeter-wrapper=
#guest-wrapper=
#display-setup-script=
#display-stopped-script=
#greeter-setup-script=
#session-setup-script=
#session-cleanup-script=
#autologin-guest=false
#autologin-user=
#autologin-user-timeout=0
#autologin-in-background=false
#autologin-session=UNIMPLEMENTED
#exit-on-failure=false

#
# Seat configuration
#
# Each seat must start with "Seat:".
# Uses settings from [SeatDefaults], any of these can be overriden by setting them in this section.
#
#[Seat:0]

#
# XDMCP Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if XDMCP connections should be allowed
# port = UDP/IP port to listen for connections on
# key = Authentication key to use for XDM-AUTHENTICATION-1 or blank to not use authentication (stored in keys.conf)
#
# The authentication key is a 56 bit DES key specified in hex as 0xnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.  Alternatively
# it can be a word and the first 7 characters are used as the key.
#
[XDMCPServer]
#enabled=false
#port=177
#key=

#
# VNC Server configuration
#
# enabled = True if VNC connections should be allowed
# command = Command to run Xvnc server with
# port = TCP/IP port to listen for connections on
# width = Width of display to use
# height = Height of display to use
# depth = Color depth of display to use
#
[VNCServer]
#enabled=false
#command=Xvnc
#port=5900
#width=1024
#height=768
#depth=8


in your home directory use:

ls -la

list all the files, including dotfiles, to see if one is really large and taking up your drive space - .xsession-errors can get very large on a system that isn't working right. Try on /var/log and /var/tmp as well.

What is the output of

df -h

run it in a terminal so we have an idea of your partition scheme.

You can also clean up your system with

sudo apt-get autotemove

# and

sudo apt-get autoclean

good luck

I can't listen to "A Boy Named Sue" without nearly busting a gut. A long time ago, on some TV variety show (Carol Burnett, maybe), Frank Gorshin did his impersonation of Kirk Douglas singing that song. I still think of that skit whenever I hear that song; go figure.

You actually in a band, vastone?

Oh right, screenshots - same old vsido, fluxbox, conky, but with a new kernel. Somehow I managed to bork the name of the kernel, but what the hell, it's working:

Johnny Cash sings "Man In Black" for the first time (with intro)
Johnny Cash, Live@ S.Quentin - Folsom Prison Blues

Your /tmp permissions are correct.

I get the feeling that lightdm (the binary itself, not the configuration) is messed up on your system. You can still get to a console with ctrl-alt-F1, correct? If so you can try this to see if you can log into X.

1. Boot up and get to a console.
2. Shut down lightdm -  should be able to do it with


sudo systemctl stop lightdm


3. create a simple ~/.xinitrc using nano (or your favorite cli text editor)


#!/bin/sh
xfce4-terminal &
exec /usr/bin/startfluxbox


save it and exit nano

4. startx

Hopefully you log into fluxbox and have an open xfce4-terminal; if anything else is whacked, you can use the terminal to exit etc ....

Edit -

This isn't literal is it -

display-setup-script=/path/onmysystemto/default.sh #my path is in example
session-setup-script=/path/onmysystemto/default.sh


those lines need to match your system.

startx is part of xinit.

Install xinit with apt and you will have startx

When your logged into the console, also check the permissions of /tmp  and that it still exists. It's been a long time, but I had an error similar to -

'xsession: cannot write to /tmp;

and it was because somehow the permissions got messed up. Never found an explanation for it, just some bug.

Quote from: VastOne on September 05, 2014, 11:42:07 PM
^ Beautiful... hopefully you are designing and building that lure you are gonna need for that lunker you are after 

I have already loaded heavier line on the reels. I have to fix my oldest's rod first - she got hung up on some rocks/dockwork fishing for bluegills and snapped the tip  - learning process. She has clued into casting out into the lake for lunkers though. Knowing her luck, she will land a 40 lb striped bass next trip. I will never hear the end of it if she does - she is already a master of fishing tales.

Drive by posting. Work in progress, but I like the direction this one is going.

I wish.

We are now after our nemesis - I had something big hit a good sized lure last Friday, and the wife had something big break her line on Sunday in the same area of the lake. Got a decent look at what broke my wife's line - saw about 18 inches of the back of what appears to be a muskie or pickerel.

Problem is, this is the first time I've fished in the SE USA (been here 2 years). I am use to fly fishing for trout, steelhead, or salmon. Haven't done any bass or pike fishing since I left Minnesota back in 2007.

So it's game on.

Quote from: jedi on August 27, 2014, 04:47:21 AM
^ Always gets a chuckle from me as well...

That was the days of real comedy!!!

This is still one of my favorites -



hard to believe the entire skit is done without a mirror.

@hackerdefo - good stuff.

^ You need to put that on t-shirts, hats etc .... 

Quote from: zbreaker on September 04, 2014, 01:36:05 AM
Thanks....very eerie and ethereal....fits in with my dark theming quite nicely

that's nice, but are you missing a font? You have that "V" in your conky - looks like what happens when the openlogos font is missing.

Interesting read here - http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/choose-your-side-the-linux-divide-248950

and the comments don't have all the drama.

That will work.