Linux on a Chromebook

Wed Aug 10 19:41:19 UTC 2016

I don't know if it helps or not but you don't run 'startkde' command with sudo. 

It is also possible that the old kernel and xorg in 12.04 do not support your more modern hardware completely.

On August 10, 2016 1:48:29 PM EDT, Jerry Lapham <rjlapham at gmail.com> wrote:
>I installed crouton shortly after I got my new ASUS C300 Chromebook. 
>The first 
>few times I ran sudo startkde it came up and I could use it.  Since
>then I get 
>the following error:
>
>crosh> shell
>chronos at localhost / $ sudo startkde
>Entering /mnt/stateful_partition/crouton/chroots/precise...
>
>ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/local/lib/croutonfreon.so' from LD_PRELOAD
>cannot 
>be preloaded: ignored.
>_XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: euid != 0,directory /tmp/.X11-unix will not be
>
>created.
>
>X.Org X Server 1.15.1
>Release Date: 2014-04-13
>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
>Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.42-75-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
>Current Operating System: Linux localhost 3.10.18 #1 SMP Tue Aug 2
>21:20:02 
>PDT 2016 x86_64
>Kernel command line: cros_secure console= loglevel=7 init=/sbin/init 
>cros_secure oops=panic panic=-1 root=/dev/dm-0 rootwait ro 
>dm_verity.error_behavior=3 dm_verity.max_bios=-1 dm_verity.dev_wait=1
>dm="1 
>vroot none ro 1,0 2506752 verity
>payload=PARTUUID=f49a3b25-d1a1-ea4a-85be-
>f2c970c785f8/PARTNROFF=1 hashtree=PARTUUID=f49a3b25-d1a1-ea4a-85be-
>f2c970c785f8/PARTNROFF=1 hashstart=2506752 alg=sha1 
>root_hexdigest=2b103d8f834522e86b6065bdc49f874907358730 
>salt=9051de8ec80ebbb076f6efe5d28c2aa6d0c2f12a3f00e212fd9cfdb6b02447f1" 
>noinitrd vt.global_cursor_default=0 kern_guid=f49a3b25-d1a1-ea4a-85be-
>f2c970c785f8 add_efi_memmap boot=local noresume noswap i915.modeset=1 
>tpm_tis.force=1 tpm_tis.interrupts=0 nmi_watchdog=panic,lapic  
>Build Date: 12 February 2015  03:37:52PM
>xorg-server 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2~precise5 (For technical support please
>see 
>http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
>Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
>        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: "/tmp/Xorg.crouton.1.log", Time: Sat Aug  6 14:04:29
>2016
>(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
>setversion 1.4 failed: Permission denied
>Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
>Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
>Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
>Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
>Initializing built-in extension XTEST
>Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
>Initializing built-in extension SYNC
>Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
>Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
>Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
>Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
>Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
>Initializing built-in extension RENDER
>Initializing built-in extension RANDR
>Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
>Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
>Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
>Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
>Initializing built-in extension RECORD
>Initializing built-in extension DPMS
>Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
>Initializing built-in extension XVideo
>Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
>Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
>Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
>Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
>Initializing built-in extension DRI2
>Loading extension GLX
>(EE)
>
>Fatal server error:
>(EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)
>(EE) 
>(EE) 
>Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
>         at http://wiki.x.org
> for help. 
>(EE) Please also check the log file at "/tmp/Xorg.crouton.1.log" for
>additional 
>information.
>(EE) 
>(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
>/usr/bin/xinit: giving up
>/usr/bin/xinit: unable to connect to X server: No such file or
>directory
>/usr/bin/xinit: server error
>Unmounting /mnt/stateful_partition/crouton/chroots/precise…
>
>Any ideas on how can I fix it?
>
>	-Jerry
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