Description of problem: Since the latest 'yum update', the Xorg x-server does not tolerate the undocumented -listen option anymore (as the opposite of -nolisten). Lightdm puts either -listen tcp or -nolisten tcp on X' command line, depending on the xserver-allow-tcp config item value true or false. Therefore the value true for this item does not work anymore and makes the Xorg terminate immediately with nonzero exit status and the appropriate message that an unsupported command line option was passed. I also posted the bug on lightdm mailing list, but until they fix the bug, I suggest to put a filter for this -listen option in the /usr/bin/X script, like: filter() { local i s=false for i do if $s then s=false elif [ "$i" = -listen ] then s=true else echo "$i" fi done } basedir=/usr/libexec if [ -x "$basedir"/Xorg.wrap ]; then exec "$basedir"/Xorg.wrap $(filter "$@") else exec "$basedir"/Xorg.bin $(filter "$@") fi Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): lightdm-1.10.5-2.fc21.x86_64 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.16.3-2.fc21.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. set the lightdm config option 'xserver-allow-tcp' to 'true' 2. reboot Actual results: The graphical screen won't start. Expected results: The graphical screen starts and X-server listens on tcp port 6000. Additional info: --
See bug #12255743 , had to explicitly add a patch to use -listen for f22+, http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/lightdm.git/tree/lightdm-1.10.5-listen.patch but seems that's causing problems here. We can probably just use that patch for f22 and newer only instead.
make that bug #1255743
lightdm-1.10.5-6.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2015-dccbf33063
Not sure why bodhi didn't mention the f21 one yet, but here it is, https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/lightdm-1.10.5-4.fc21.1 aka https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-be4290b1d3
lightdm-1.10.5-4.fc21.1 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with $ su -c 'dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing update lightdm' You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-be4290b1d3
lightdm-1.10.5-6.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with $ su -c 'yum --enablerepo=epel-testing update lightdm' You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2015-dccbf33063
(In reply to Rex Dieter from comment #4) > Not sure why bodhi didn't mention the f21 one yet, but here it is, > https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/lightdm-1.10.5-4.fc21.1 > aka > https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-be4290b1d3 I tried this version of lightdm and it solves the issue satisfactorily.
lightdm-1.10.5-4.fc21.1 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
lightdm-1.10.5-6.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.