From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Aug 11 06:30:25 2022 Received: (at 57068) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Aug 2022 10:30:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51767 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oM5SL-0005R7-DG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:30:25 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56360) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oM5SJ-0005Qu-LP for 57068@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:30:24 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:50166) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oM5SE-00086a-27; Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:30:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:To: From; bh=sdfkpXJJlKjacr6d2gGOqId2kPNr5TPOGCTxxciYugo=; b=RSH6uaid5yQfSNvjbPrk blV6ZdZg9DKCLW/4j2V64zbXnedqXMdKeTTJppNqDsOHeTFzCKBF/jDbiQ8ArxZ1IXL4XdVZsj+82 u2u8nblDh5mLbky+LkgRU7QSveBw3CCJj4otT+luT+cH5J8oIwFs6RzVzKW1AeBw+mm2L25Q2+/yO M2x/sJgL6Qjxar/4N+ZqnZfVuvUswY6x0/dZJux3/UEqV8Ae8H2OI4fsF5/+llsUjy3doTToHVdej QVP6RUYd5NG/aN1OlUgiihElLqXzcKp5iWklAj1HDAnwkdPcjpR+qmCbltp75syHsJ+eVJQ6z+SQs bWbxQmcBmj4EIw==; Received: from [2001:660:6102:320:e120:2c8f:8909:cdfe] (port=32818 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oM5SC-0000E9-9v; Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:30:17 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Maxim Cournoyer Subject: Re: bug#57068: Resizing mcron job in vm-image.tmpl interferes with settings References: <87r11p932e.fsf@inria.fr> <87edxp92ai.fsf@gnu.org> <87wnbgln8z.fsf@gmail.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: Quartidi 24 Thermidor an 230 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9?= =?utf-8?Q?volution=2C?= jour de =?utf-8?Q?l'Aun=C3=A9e?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:30:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87wnbgln8z.fsf@gmail.com> (Maxim Cournoyer's message of "Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:46:04 -0400") Message-ID: <87zggbvzrd.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 57068 Cc: 57068@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) 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.