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bob876

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Registered: 2010-07-25

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SLiM issues

Hello!

When I try booting into Arch Linux, the booting process stops at
"Starting Simple Login Manager"        [DONE]

The terminal freezes and after a short pause, I get INIT errors

INIT: Id "c5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
(this repeats with different number ids)
INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel

Currently, slim is in the list of DAEMONS in /etc/rc.conf
and my ~/.xinitrc file has the line (though according to the lxde wiki, I won't need this?)

exec ck-launch-session startlxde

Some extra info:
I was planning to use SLiM as the login manager for the lxde desktop
Earlier, I tried the /etc/inittab setups for slim but I got a similar error with something like x respawning too fast
I can still access terminal via single kernal boot
This is a very clean install of Arch Linux, so I don't know if there are other packages I might need

lagagnon

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Re: SLiM issues

Show us your /etc/inittab file, I suspect it is the problem.

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bob876

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Re: SLiM issues

I typed this leaving out comment labels

I also tried removing SLiM from the DAEMON and it is giving me the same errors

id:3:initdefault:
#id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

c1:2345:respawn;/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/1 linux
c1:2345:respawn;/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/2 linux
c1:2345:respawn;/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/3 linux
c1:2345:respawn;/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/4 linux
c1:2345:respawn;/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/5 linux
c1:2345:respawn;/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/6 linux

#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 huc0 linux

ca:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1

jasonwryan

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Re: SLiM issues

You have the wrong line uncommented for run-level 5

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dis … ay_manager

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bob876

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Re: SLiM issues

I set up SLiM the DAEMON way to avoid having to use id 5 and the init file because of these errors that appear

INIT: cannot execute "/usr/bin/xdm"
(repeats a dozen times)

The errors in my first post appear again...

INIT: cannot execute "/usr/bin/xdm"
(appears again a while later then a new error shows up too...)
INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

jasonwryan

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Re: SLiM issues

You had installed xorg-xdm?

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bob876

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Re: SLiM issues

Nope, the file was like that by default unless I changed something around.

jasonwryan

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Re: SLiM issues

Do you have any errors in your slim or Xorg logs?

Some other users have had luck with deleting the slim lock from /var/lock...

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JackH79

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Re: SLiM issues

Can you log in if you take SLim out of your daemon's array?
Can you start LXDE with startx?

lagagnon

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Re: SLiM issues

I use slim and this is what my /etc/inittab file looks like:

# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)       Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
#c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
#c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
#c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
#c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux

# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 hvc0 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1

# End of file

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bob876

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Re: SLiM issues

I really appreciate the help all of you are giving.
I will reply to your questions in a few hours because of personal reasons.

This post is really just here to say I haven't abandoned this thread.

Last edited by bob876 (2010-07-25 06:22:51)

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Re: SLiM issues

I set up SLiM the DAEMON way to avoid having to use id 5 and the init file because of these errors that appear

INIT: cannot execute "/usr/bin/xdm"
(repeats a dozen times)

The errors in my first post appear again...

INIT: cannot execute "/usr/bin/xdm"
(appears again a while later then a new error shows up too...)
INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

this is caused by this:

You have the wrong line uncommented for run-level 5

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dis … ay_manager

Remove slim from daemons in rc.conf, comment out the xdm line in inittab, remove the comment on the slim line. Like in lagagnon's last post.

On to other matters, do x start correctly if you run startx?

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bob876

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Re: SLiM issues

All right, I take back my last message, I'm going to leave this thread.
I didn't have as much as time as I thought to work on this.
I still do thing there are packages that I am missing that I do nee to install too.

I've removed slim completely from the daemons and innitlab but get the same errors as my first post.
When I ever have the time, I'll try to follow the documentaries to the core and if there are problems on the way, I will ask on the forums early instead of avoiding the Arch community's help.

mawest217

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Re: SLiM issues

I also was having this problem, but now it's solved. Make sure /var/lock/ exists. It did not exist, so SLiM could not create its lock file. Just posting the solution I found for anyone else out there.