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I just installed the new Debian 10 Buster and I am not satisfied. I installed it without any desktop. Only basic system utilities were installed during the initial install.

After reboot I signed in with a root user and added i386 architecture support using dpkg --add-architecture i386. Then I modified the /etc/apt/sources.list file where I added contrib non-free at the end of every line and added one more line for a buster-backports repository. I saved the file and updated apt.

Then I instelled sudo using apt install sudo and modifying the /etc/sudoers file so that my user ziga's rights are defined with a line ziga ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL. Then I signed out and signed back in using my user ziga.

I installed some packages sudo apt install xserver-xorg-core xinit openbox, I created the ~/.xinitrc file with a line exec openbox-session and I ran startx.

Openbox never came up. The first time I used startx I saw a warning saying something like:

".Xauthority file not found"

and then everything hangs until after some time it fails and prints:

"xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permited)"

The 1st message never came up again after retryig startx while 2nd message did come up after a while (each time), so ~.Xauthority was probably created, but Openbox still didn't start. This is why I checked the xauth list command and it printed nothing. This means I have to add a line to it! Well I tried by using xauth (forum) like this:

# For X11 over SSH 

xauth generate :0 . trusted 



# Generate my own key, xauth requires 128 bit hex encoding

xauth add ${HOST}:0 . $(xxd -l 16 -p /dev/urandom)

But this failed, because there is no variable DISPLAY and no variable HOST defined (checked with printenv). Also 1st command returns unable to open display ":0". Well I am on a laptop and display is clearly attached...

So does anyone have any suggestions. I want to use Openbox... =)

debian openbox xinit xauth

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  I suspect you either need to set up logind and libpam-systemd, or install xserver-xorg-legacy and configure that. See /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-core/NEWS.Debian.gz for details and pointers.
  
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  When I read the .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log There is a lot of lines at the end saying something like systemd-logind: got pause for 14:52 where time differs a bit. So you might be right. But xserver-xorg-legacy was installed as a dependancy with package xserver-xorg-core so it is installed.
  
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  I tried executing startx as a root but it doesn't work either.
  
  – 71GA
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  you should ignore that message about .Xauthority; xauth will create it automatically. That's not the cause of the hang. It's because you're trying run Xorg as a non-root user (the iopl error message tells it all). I suggest you install a proper display manager (even xdm is fine) that will be started as a service, and forget about and remove all that sudo crap (apt-get remove --purge sudo should do)
  
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I just installed the new Debian 10 Buster and I am not satisfied. I installed it without any desktop. Only basic system utilities were installed during the initial install.

After reboot I signed in with a root user and added i386 architecture support using dpkg --add-architecture i386. Then I modified the /etc/apt/sources.list file where I added contrib non-free at the end of every line and added one more line for a buster-backports repository. I saved the file and updated apt.

Then I instelled sudo using apt install sudo and modifying the /etc/sudoers file so that my user ziga's rights are defined with a line ziga ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL. Then I signed out and signed back in using my user ziga.

I installed some packages sudo apt install xserver-xorg-core xinit openbox, I created the ~/.xinitrc file with a line exec openbox-session and I ran startx.

Openbox never came up. The first time I used startx I saw a warning saying something like:

".Xauthority file not found"

and then everything hangs until after some time it fails and prints:

"xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permited)"

The 1st message never came up again after retryig startx while 2nd message did come up after a while (each time), so ~.Xauthority was probably created, but Openbox still didn't start. This is why I checked the xauth list command and it printed nothing. This means I have to add a line to it! Well I tried by using xauth (forum) like this:

# For X11 over SSH 

xauth generate :0 . trusted 



# Generate my own key, xauth requires 128 bit hex encoding

xauth add ${HOST}:0 . $(xxd -l 16 -p /dev/urandom)

But this failed, because there is no variable DISPLAY and no variable HOST defined (checked with printenv). Also 1st command returns unable to open display ":0". Well I am on a laptop and display is clearly attached...

So does anyone have any suggestions. I want to use Openbox... =)

debian openbox xinit xauth

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edited 1 hour ago

71GA

asked 10 hours ago

71GA71GA

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I suspect you either need to set up logind and libpam-systemd, or install xserver-xorg-legacy and configure that. See /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-core/NEWS.Debian.gz for details and pointers.
  
  – Stephen Kitt
  10 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  When I read the .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log There is a lot of lines at the end saying something like systemd-logind: got pause for 14:52 where time differs a bit. So you might be right. But xserver-xorg-legacy was installed as a dependancy with package xserver-xorg-core so it is installed.
  
  – 71GA
  9 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I tried executing startx as a root but it doesn't work either.
  
  – 71GA
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  you should ignore that message about .Xauthority; xauth will create it automatically. That's not the cause of the hang. It's because you're trying run Xorg as a non-root user (the iopl error message tells it all). I suggest you install a proper display manager (even xdm is fine) that will be started as a service, and forget about and remove all that sudo crap (apt-get remove --purge sudo should do)
  
  – Uncle Billy
  18 mins ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I just installed the new Debian 10 Buster and I am not satisfied. I installed it without any desktop. Only basic system utilities were installed during the initial install.

After reboot I signed in with a root user and added i386 architecture support using dpkg --add-architecture i386. Then I modified the /etc/apt/sources.list file where I added contrib non-free at the end of every line and added one more line for a buster-backports repository. I saved the file and updated apt.

Then I instelled sudo using apt install sudo and modifying the /etc/sudoers file so that my user ziga's rights are defined with a line ziga ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL. Then I signed out and signed back in using my user ziga.

I installed some packages sudo apt install xserver-xorg-core xinit openbox, I created the ~/.xinitrc file with a line exec openbox-session and I ran startx.

Openbox never came up. The first time I used startx I saw a warning saying something like:

".Xauthority file not found"

and then everything hangs until after some time it fails and prints:

"xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permited)"

The 1st message never came up again after retryig startx while 2nd message did come up after a while (each time), so ~.Xauthority was probably created, but Openbox still didn't start. This is why I checked the xauth list command and it printed nothing. This means I have to add a line to it! Well I tried by using xauth (forum) like this:

# For X11 over SSH 

xauth generate :0 . trusted 



# Generate my own key, xauth requires 128 bit hex encoding

xauth add ${HOST}:0 . $(xxd -l 16 -p /dev/urandom)

But this failed, because there is no variable DISPLAY and no variable HOST defined (checked with printenv). Also 1st command returns unable to open display ":0". Well I am on a laptop and display is clearly attached...

So does anyone have any suggestions. I want to use Openbox... =)

debian openbox xinit xauth

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edited 1 hour ago

71GA

asked 10 hours ago

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# For X11 over SSH 

xauth generate :0 . trusted 



# Generate my own key, xauth requires 128 bit hex encoding

xauth add ${HOST}:0 . $(xxd -l 16 -p /dev/urandom)

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

71GA

asked 10 hours ago

71GA71GA

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share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

71GA

asked 10 hours ago

71GA71GA

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asked 10 hours ago

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