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swar786

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Registered: 2013-09-20

Posts: 18

fresh xfce4 install - applications doesn't run

I did a fresh install of arch with xfce and sddm. Then after rebooting into system, I installed virtualbox and added myself to vboxusers group, made a conf file to start the needed services. However, the application doesn't starts. the same happened with synapse. I installed it and tried to open it from the application menu. But it doesn't start.

Is it something related to permission issues? Am I missing something? Or I need to install any package so that I am able to run applications?

Chazza

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Registered: 2013-06-02

Posts: 506

Re: fresh xfce4 install - applications doesn't run

What output do you get when you try and run virtualbox from a terminal?

ewaller

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Re: fresh xfce4 install - applications doesn't run

...and added myself to vboxusers group...

Did you log out and back in after having done that?

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swar786

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Registered: 2013-09-20

Posts: 18

Re: fresh xfce4 install - applications doesn't run

What output do you get when you try and run virtualbox from a terminal?
Ans: Haven't tried running Virtualbox from terminal. Had reformatted the system again and tried installing everything from scratch twice but nothing worked.

Did you log out and back in after having done that?
Ans: Yes, have tried restarting the system twice and rechecking the user group and other things but in vain.

Raynman

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Registered: 2011-10-22

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Re: fresh xfce4 install - applications doesn't run

What output do you get when you try and run virtualbox from a terminal?
Ans: Haven't tried running Virtualbox from terminal.

And you're not going to?

swar786

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Registered: 2013-09-20

Posts: 18

Re: fresh xfce4 install - applications doesn't run

God!!! No!!! have to do a new install again.....And suppose nothing happens on running from terminal, then what to do?

Chazza

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Re: fresh xfce4 install - applications doesn't run

God!!! No!!! have to do a new install again.....And suppose nothing happens on running from terminal, then what to do?

I'm not convinced you understood what I meant in my comment. I wasn't proposing you reinstalled your system. I was merely proposing you open a terminal emulator like xfce4-terminal or xterm and then run virtualbox from it to get some output. The output might be useful in diagnosing why virtualbox fails to open on your system.