The mail server I use for fedora is not mine and it was down for a bit.
On Fri, 21 Jun 2024, Tim via users wrote:
On Thu, 2024-06-20 at 00:30 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
I just discovered something interesting: None of the accounts on my machine will login with Xorg. The option is offered, but is does not work.
In what sense, *exactly*, "does not work"?
I could not login. The screen would blink. Sometimes I would briefly see a cursor. I'd be back at the login screen.
I remember an old X problem where you'd try to log in and get an immediate failure that threw you back to the login greeter due to wrong directory permissions on /tmp.
*Working* example:
[tim@rocky ~]$ ll -d /tmpdrwxrwxrwt. 18 root root 12288 Jun 21 07:08 /tmp
hennebry@2001-48F8-3004-2CE-0-0-0-D31E-dynamic:~$ ls -ld /tmp drwxrwxrwt. 23 root root 540 Jun 20 22:23 /tmp
I found the Xorg log in ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log . Here is the tail end after a failed attempt to login:
[ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA-1 [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1440x900"x59.9 106.50 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz eP) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x75.0 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1440x900"x75.0 136.75 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 903 909 942 -hsync +vsync (70.6 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1152x864"x75.0 108.00 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x75.0 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x70.1 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "832x624"x74.6 57.28 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x72.2 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x75.0 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x75.0 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x72.8 31.50 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x66.7 30.24 640 704 768 864 480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x400"x70.1 28.32 720 738 846 900 400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz e) [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Output VGA-1 connected [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes [ 40469.777] (II) modeset(0): Output VGA-1 using initial mode 1440x900 +0+0 [ 40469.777] (==) modeset(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) [ 40469.777] (==) modeset(0): DPI set to (96, 96) [ 40469.777] (II) Loading sub module "fb" [ 40469.777] (II) LoadModule: "fb" [ 40469.778] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so [ 40469.778] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 40469.778] compiled for 1.20.14, module version = 1.0.0 [ 40469.778] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4 [ 40469.778] (WW) glamor requires at least 128 instructions (64 reported) [ 40469.778] (EE) modeset(0): Failed to initialize glamor at ScreenInit() time. [ 40469.778] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 40469.778] (EE) AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 [ 40469.778] (EE) [ 40469.778] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 40469.778] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/hennebry/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 40469.779] (EE) [ 40469.784] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
Per request, the output from inxi -Fzxx : System: Kernel: 6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 2.41-37.fc40 Desktop: GNOME v: 46.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.42 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM Distro: Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition) Machine: Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq dc5800 Small Form Factor v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 4 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2820h serial: <superuser required> part-nu: AJ411AV BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 786F2 v01.60 date: 10/26/2015 CPU: Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo E6550 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Core2 Merom rev: B cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 4 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1996 high: 1998 min/max: 1998/2333 cores: 1: 1998 2: 1995 bogomips: 9309 Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 Graphics: Device-1: Intel 82Q33 Express Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-4 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:29d2 Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.20.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0 compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: 0 Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: Acer V193W res: 1440x900 dpi: 89 diag: 483mm (19") API: OpenGL v: 2.1 vendor: mesa v: 24.1.1 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 2.0 direct-render: yes renderer: i915 (: Q33) device-ID: 8086:29d2 display-ID: :0.0 API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends. Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e API: ALSA v: k6.9.4-200.fc40.x86_64 status: kernel-api Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin Network: Device-1: Intel 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 1100 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10bd IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 74.53 GiB used: 39.11 GiB (52.5%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST380815AS size: 74.53 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> Partition: ID-1: / size: 30.95 GiB used: 11.18 GiB (36.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 ID-2: /home size: 31.04 GiB used: 27.22 GiB (87.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7 ID-3: /var size: 5.82 GiB used: 734.2 MiB (12.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.67 GiB used: 32.2 MiB (0.4%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A Info: Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.67 GiB used: 1.55 GiB (20.1%) Processes: 227 Power: uptime: 23h 0m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical Packages: Compilers: gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.34
I'm aware that this an old machine and that I will have to make do with software video. That was already the case with F38.
At the moment, I cannot play local videos, but firefox can play videos.