[Assist] Parabola with Gnome (black screen)

[Joshua Branson]

Jonathan <lapointe.jonathan at gmail.com> writes:

> I just want to see what look like gnome on my Parabola.  I start it from the command line with Startx.  It show me a black screen then  I can see for few
> second the mouse cursor in the right lower corner then it shutdown without explanation.  Otherwise I can run from the command line, Xfce and I3.  But
> Gnome don't want to run properly.

I'm having similar issues.  I'm not sure why.

>
> .xinitrc:
>
> export GDK_BACKEND=x11
> exec gnome-session
> #exec startxfce4
> #export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME-Classic:GNOME
> #export GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=Classic
> #exec gnome-session --session=gnome-classic
>
> here foo.log:
>
> X.Org X Server 1.20.2
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: Linux Arch Linux
> Current Operating System: Linux m81 4.14.70-gnu-1-lts #1 SMP Wed Sep 19 08:04:57 UTC 2018 x86_64
> Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-libre-lts root=UUID=abdec431-03ba-4415-9c74-c808a88cd1cc rw quiet
> Build Date: 16 October 2018 03:15:21PM
>  
> Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
>  Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>  to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>  (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>  (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/home/j2lapoin/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Oct 20 12:37:20 2018
> (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)
> resize called 1280 1024
> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
>> Warning: Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored
>> X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.
>> This warning only shows for the first high keycode.
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
>> Warning: Unsupported high keycode 372 for name <I372> ignored
>> X11 cannot support keycodes above 255.
>> This warning only shows for the first high keycode.
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> xinit: connection to X server lost
>
> waiting for X server to shut down (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
>
> ---------- Hope it help.
>
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