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#1 2010-10-21 00:08:07

ArchMeister
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Arch Take Two

Alright, so I tried to install Arch once before but eventually got frustrated and quit. Reason being that the instructions for X and Openbox weren't working so when I logged in and said initx or startx then tried to start openbox I'd have errors. Now I'm going to try again but from a Virtual Machine. Can someone please give me instructions on how to install Arch that I can follow? Thanks.

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#2 2010-10-21 00:26:28

mrinehart93
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Re: Arch Take Two

Well I don't know about you, but I just followed the Beginners Guide when I installed Arch the last 3 times, and it worked perfect each time. If you have a nvidia card, don't do the alternate nvidia configuration for X, because that didn't work for me. Just stick to the basic X configuration.

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#3 2010-10-21 00:34:22

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Re: Arch Take Two

I don't use nividia, I did the regular beginner install and it didn't work, then I tried doing the new instructions for x and openbox b/c apparently the beginners guide wasn't updated or something (that's what the dude on the last thread said) but that didn't work either. I really want to use Arch b/c I'm all about minimalism but it didn't work last time which was very much discouraging.

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#4 2010-10-21 00:36:35

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Re: Arch Take Two

What were the specific errors you got?

Also did you make a ~/.xinitrc file before running startx? If not, I would make one and just put "exec openbox-session" in it.

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#5 2010-10-21 00:46:46

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Re: Arch Take Two

I'll tell you when I install Arch in my virtual machine.

(watch me end up not having problems now just b/c I mentioned it here)

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#6 2010-10-21 05:43:32

ilusi0n
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Re: Arch Take Two

anonymous_user wrote:

Also did you make a ~/.xinitrc file before running startx? If not, I would make one and just put "exec openbox-session" in it.

That's interesting, because someone removed that part from the beginner's guide tongue

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#7 2010-10-21 15:03:35

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Re: Arch Take Two

ilusi0n wrote:

That's interesting, because someone removed that part from the beginner's guide tongue

You sure?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#Method_3:_using_.xinitrc

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#8 2010-10-21 21:02:10

Ajzimm3rman
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Re: Arch Take Two

I never needed to use .xinitrc. The newer xorg doesn't need it, according to the wiki..
Just edit /etc/inittab for your display manager.
And /etc/rc.config for your daemon/display manager..

Last edited by Ajzimm3rman (2010-10-21 21:02:33)

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#9 2010-10-21 23:42:12

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Re: Arch Take Two

If don't have a display manager though then obviously you would use .xinitrc.

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#10 2010-10-22 02:40:26

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Re: Arch Take Two

Maybe you did not configure xorg correctly. Last I checked, the instructions for xorg in the beginners guide were old. You have to go the the xorg page in the wiki at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg


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#11 2010-10-22 06:32:33

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Re: Arch Take Two

anonymous_user wrote:
ilusi0n wrote:

That's interesting, because someone removed that part from the beginner's guide tongue

You sure?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#Method_3:_using_.xinitrc

Damn, I think I just missed it yikes. I could think that the things related to .xinit were in another place and were moved. Well thanks for telling me tongue

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#12 2010-10-23 12:49:25

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Re: Arch Take Two

Take a look here: http://willensky.blogspot.com

He's the dev of ArchBang if I'm correct, you could take a look at ArchBang too:http://archbang.org/


If you can't sit by a cozy fire with your code in hand enjoying its simplicity and clarity, it needs more work. --Carlos Torres

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#13 2010-10-23 16:06:08

pickboy87
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Re: Arch Take Two

Unless they fixed something from last time [about 6-8 months ago], I had a hell of a difficult time with installing Arch in a VM. It would freeze up when I would try to install the packages at the initial stages. The only way I got past it was using the core disc and that froze on me once. You can give it a shot on a VM so you're more familiar with it.

Just make sure to follow the beginners guide completely. When I first started trying to install Arch, I just kind of breezed over the steps and sure enough, my install barely worked....barely. Give it a couple of times, each time will get better and better and once you get it done correctly, you're basically set for life smile

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