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aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gnu.org header.s=fencepost-gnu-org header.b=RSH6uaid; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.88 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gnu.org header.s=fencepost-gnu-org header.b=RSH6uaid; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: DE8623D187 X-Spam-Score: -2.88 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: CIBgGOL/hbXF Hi, Maxim Cournoyer skribis: >> There=E2=80=99s a third problem that I initially thought was unrelated: >> >> 3. The mcron job starts running before =E2=80=98xorg-server=E2=80=99 i= s up, and that >> can cause Xorg to fail to start. >> >> Namely, if you run the command above, you=E2=80=99ll see that Xorg start= s and >> fails typically a few times in a row, until it eventually succeeds. In >> /var/log/messages, you can see that the =E2=80=98xorg-server=E2=80=99 pr= ocess exits with >> code 1 (without any indication of what went wrong AFAICS) and the >> service gets respawned. >> >> Now if you remove the mcron job and boot the VM, the =E2=80=98xorg-serve= r=E2=80=99 >> service successfully starts. It=E2=80=99s 100% reproducible for me. > > I tried to reproduce the problem without any luck on my machine (it > always boots fine). Odd. Does =E2=80=98xorg-server=E2=80=99 successfully start from the first time, = or does succeed after a few tries? For me it systemically tries a couple of time before it succeeds. Ludo=E2=80=99.