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Created attachment 810208 [details] console output from startx failure Description of problem: Installed F20 Beta TC2, using USB HD, on Asus eeepc 901. after install it works well, so I did a full update using yumex. after update, reboot. when rebooting, X fails to start, leaving you at a text login prompt. doing a text login, then typing "startx" spews some messages then returns to a text login prompt. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): F20 Beta TC2 How reproducible: did the full install and update twice. same thing both times. Steps to Reproduce: 1. install F20 Beta TC2 on Asus eeepc 901 2. after install, reboot 3. after reboot, use yumex to update all necessary packages. 4. after update, reboot 5. when it gets near to starting X/lightdm, it drops to a text login prompt. Actual results: X won't start Expected results: X starts and works. Additional info: several files uploaded (see above).
Created attachment 810209 [details] xorg log file from period when failure occurred
Created attachment 810210 [details] dmesg file (dmesg > ./dmesg) covering period of failure
As an experiment, I just did exactly the same thing on my Acer netbook and got exactly the same result. something in the update is breaking things, but I dunno what. in an earlier iteration of the same steps, on my Asus 901, I had tried updating in stages, first all the xorg packages, then a reboot, then all the mate packages, then a reboot, and none of those caused it to break. from there I wasn't sure which groups to update next, and just did all the remaining ones and again it failed. I can try some more stepwise updates if anyone can suggest specific things to try.
Sigh. I see I neglected to mention this was the MATE LIVE spin.
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