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Nomis6432

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Registered: 2017-11-21

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[solved] problem with starting KDE plasma

I'm new to archlinux and I can't seem to get my desktop environment running.

I've installed xorg, sddm, kde plasma, kde-applications with pacman but when I run:

# Systemctl enable sddm

I get

Failed to enable unit: Unit file sddm.service does not exist.

I've also tried

# Exec startkde

But got

-bash: exec: startkde: not found

And

# startplasmacompositor

But got

-bash: startplasmacompositor: command not found

I've tried reinstalling the packages with pacman but that didn't work and I honestly don't know what else to do.

Last edited by Nomis6432 (2017-11-21 14:39:18)

WorMzy

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Re: [solved] problem with starting KDE plasma

How did you install Arch?

What is the output of

/usr/bin/echo $PATH
/usr/bin/uname -a
/usr/bin/pacman -Qs plasma

Please remove the superfluous "[problem]" from your topic title.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

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Nomis6432

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Registered: 2017-11-21

Posts: 14

Re: [solved] problem with starting KDE plasma

How did you install Arch?

What is the output of

/usr/bin/echo $PATH
/usr/bin/uname -a
/usr/bin/pacman -Qs plasma

Please remove the superfluous "[problem]" from your topic title.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

I get

 /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl 

 Linux *pc name* 4.13.12-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT We'd Nov 8 11:54:06 CET 2017 X86_64 GNU/Linux

But I think the problem is my internet connection. My router is pretty old and sometimes loses connection. Will pacman retry installing a file when it failed downloading it from the mirrors? Will -S only update the repositories with the missing files or download everything again? How can I force pacman to redownload all packages from a repository to prevent bugs.

I'll go to the library since they have a stable connection and try installing it there.

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: [solved] problem with starting KDE plasma

But I think the problem is my internet connection. My router is pretty old and sometimes loses connection. Will pacman retry installing a file when it failed downloading it from the mirrors? Will -S only update the repositories with the missing files or download everything again? How can I force pacman to redownload all packages from a repository to prevent bugs.

Read this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman

And you still haven't answered this:

How did you install Arch?

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2017-11-21 14:17:47)

Nomis6432

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Registered: 2017-11-21

Posts: 14

Re: [solved] problem with starting KDE plasma

I installed arch with the wiki and this video https://youtu.be/hzFSTRyq6vo . I managed to install KDE with arch-chroot with my usb stick. The problem is that I don't have an internet connection on my arch installation. I've opened a new thread for that https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 0#p1750430 and I'll mark this one solved.

c00ter

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From: Alaskan in Washington State

Registered: 2014-08-28

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Re: [solved] problem with starting KDE plasma

I am confused by both of your threads. Except the one common denominator being your refusal to think that stupid video did you any good. I just don't see any value to anyone that has been reading them. Except, perhaps that following stupid videos does not work. Thank you for that demonstration.

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