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#1 2017-02-13 20:34:57

Madg0d
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[Solved] New installation of Linux - SDDM working, can't login

Hello,

First of all I'm very new to linux, and even more so to arch (used to apt-get). I've tried many solutions and am pretty sure at this point I have a few packages installed I don't actually need (which is something I'd like to clean up, but I'm not quite sure how to go about doing this).

The tutorial I followed for installation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqh9AQt3nho
The tutorial I followed for setting up Desktop Environment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4IV5BYPiPs

Initially I couldn't even get SDDM to start up as it'd result in a black screen. (Thank god for TTYs). But upon installing a new package (can't remember exactly which one) it began working, somewhat. Like the title says, the SDDM screen (showing my "madgod" account) shows up, and it allows me to enter my password, hit the restart and power off buttons, the cursor changes to a yellow triangle when I hit caps lock. But that seems to be the limit of it's functionality.

Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 750ti
CPU: i5-4670k

"uname -a" & "pacman -Qi linux" both return version 4.9.8-1

Initially the packages I installed were 'xorg-server', 'xorg-server-utils', 'xorg-init', 'xf86-video-nouveau', 'xf86-video-vesa', 'sddm', 'plasma', and 'kde-applications'. Here is a complete list of the installed packages on my system: https://paste.pound-python.org/show/7cM … 8XaaQ3pXqx

Here's an output of my Xorg.0.log, startx makes my monitors go blank but then it returns to a prompt telling me it had shut down successfully but no indication why: https://paste.pound-python.org/show/JWO … V4TQqK8yT/

Please keep in mind I'm a n00b to arch linux. I've done a lot of reading of the forums (mostly from 1am to 5am last night lol), so I'm just trying to include what I believe to be necessary.

I have a few ideas in mind as to what the issue would be. Perhaps something to do with dual monitor setup (1 via VGA and the other through HDMI, through a receiver, though I don't think that should be relevant). I may need an additional package for nvidia, or something isn't configured correctly. The only changes I've made to sddm.conf were to add a session and user.

Beyond what I've stated here I don't think I've done much else (if anything).

I hope one of you who are more experienced with Arch Linux will be able to help me out. It's about time I've made the transition to linux. The last time I considered switching from Windows, the video game support of linux was lacking. But it's improved since then. I'm sick of how Windows products operate and feel like I'm not even running my computer (Run something as administrator, "You don't have permission to do that!")

Cheers,

Paul

Last edited by Madg0d (2017-02-13 22:21:20)


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#2 2017-02-13 20:56:33

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Re: [Solved] New installation of Linux - SDDM working, can't login

Youtube videos are not supported here. Use the Installation Guide.

As far as the result of running "startx" goes, it sounds like you have not created a ~/.xinitrc file, so the X server has nothing to do. It runs, but immediately terminates. If you want to run KDE with "startx" see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE#Manual.


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#3 2017-02-13 21:03:52

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Re: [Solved] New installation of Linux - SDDM working, can't login

2ManyDogs wrote:

Youtube videos are not supported here. Use the Installation Guide.

This. They are always wrong and out-of-date.


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#4 2017-02-13 21:22:01

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Re: [Solved] New installation of Linux - SDDM working, can't login

jasonwryan wrote:
2ManyDogs wrote:

Youtube videos are not supported here. Use the Installation Guide.

This. They are always wrong and out-of-date.


Moving to NC...

Thanks. Wasn't sure where to put it. Should I just do a reinstall then? Kernel image is from 2016-07-01 btw. It would take a while to download a new one. Takes a while just to install the system because of download speeds (Rural Canada)

As for the ~/.xinitrc file, I'm not sure if I created it wrong or if this speaks to another problem but anyways here it is:

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
    for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
        [ -x "$f" ] && . "$F"
    done
    unset f
fi

from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xi … X_at_login

Still produces the same results. Which is weird? Is there a pointer somewhere I need to setup?

Edit: Wait, just seen KDEManual link. Following tutorial. Will post in few minutes

Last edited by Madg0d (2017-02-13 21:23:05)


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#5 2017-02-13 21:33:24

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Re: [Solved] New installation of Linux - SDDM working, can't login

You are still not starting KDE in your .xinitrc file.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#xinitrc


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#6 2017-02-13 21:47:56

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Re: [Solved] New installation of Linux - SDDM working, can't login

2ManyDogs wrote:

You are still not starting KDE in your .xinitrc file.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#xinitrc

Yes I realized that.

I also had to download plasma-desktop. Apparently what ever I downloaded that was plasma related wasn't the right one.

In the tutorial I followed it recommended I download "KDE-Applications" to install some basic things for the operating system like a media player and such. I currently don't have many tools at all infact I don't even have a terminal when I'm logged into the plasma desktop. Still not sure if everything is configured correctly


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#7 2017-02-13 22:14:56

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Re: [Solved] New installation of Linux - SDDM working, can't login

So I'm just going through General Recommendations and my own list of software I wrote down installing various things. This topic is now solved but if anyone has any suggestions or pointers to a topic of suggestions for system tools let me know. I'm looking forward to exploring what linux has to offer.

Edit: Written from firefox on my arch linux installation btw

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#8 2017-02-13 22:18:14

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Re: [Solved] New installation of Linux - SDDM working, can't login

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.


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