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petertosh

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Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 11

-bash: startx: command not found

that is the error i get after following the directions for install from the website. have ATI drivers installed. have dbus in the correct spot in daemons. have installed arch before but never ran into this issue, and all the other posts i have looked at have been totally useless to me. so any help you can give me would be awesome. i will post more info if you need.

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mikesd

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Registered: 2008-02-01

Posts: 788

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Re: -bash: startx: command not found

What is the output of:

$ which startx
 -or-
$ pacman -Ql xorg-xinit

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bangkok_manouel

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Registered: 2005-02-07

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Re: -bash: startx: command not found

install xorg-xinit

petertosh

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Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 11

Re: -bash: startx: command not found

when i installed xorg-xinit i got:

/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc/: line:52 twm: command not found
line 53 xclock
54 xterm
56 exec
55 xterm all command not found

xinit: connection to x server lost

and for which startx i get:
/usr/bin/startx

cardoor

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Registered: 2011-03-18

Posts: 2

Re: -bash: startx: command not found

sounds like you need to install at least xterm, and should probably install an windows manager as well.

sudo pacman -S xterm fluxbox

from there I would copy .xinitrc from the skeleton folder to your home directory

cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc ~/

and then append exec fluxbox to your .xinitrc

edit: obviously you're welcome to use any WM I just used fluxbox as an example

Last edited by cardoor (2011-03-19 05:30:58)

petertosh

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Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 11

Re: -bash: startx: command not found

xterm solved it for me. thanks guys.