Linux - X crashes during `startx`, and my X log file contains an error message.

Updated 09/29/2021 09:53 AM

X crashes during `startx`, and my X log file contains this error message:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to obtain a shared memory identifier.

The NVIDIA OpenGL driver and the NVIDIA X driver require shared memory to communicate; you must have CONFIG_SYSVIPC enabled in your kernel.

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