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FlatUniverse

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Registered: 2017-07-17

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"startx" does not want to start Gnome [SOLVED]

Hi,
I just installed Arch, you could call me a Newbie.
I followed the tutorial from the wiki and encountered a problem with startx.
I did " nano ~/.xinitrc" , there was no such file.
I tried to use "startx" just like this and it did not work.
So I did "cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc" and added "exec gnome-session" on the very bottom of the File.
When I run "startx" I get a black screen for a second and then I am in the terminal again.
It says:
"
X.Org X Server 1.20.0
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Arch Linux
Current Operating System: Linux myhost 4.16.13-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 31 Kernel command line BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=63a2d3dd-29c3-41b1-b255-257f50cc20b6 rw quiet
Build Date: 25 May 2018   

Current verion of pixman: 0.34.0
             Before [...]
Markers: [...]

(==)Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jun 4 [...]
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
                                                                                         > Internal error:     Could not resolve keysym XF86WWAN
waiting for X server to shut down . (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

"

I am running a GTX 1050 and installed the proprietary driver with " pacman -S nvidia " .

My CPU is some i3 from 2016, my motherboard runs a BIOS, not an UEFI.

My keyboard layout is German, should that be the problem here?

The Installation guide: https://wiki.archlinux.de/title/Anleitu … me_Desktop

I could use any help I can get.

Thank you for reading this.

Last edited by FlatUniverse (2018-06-09 09:08:17)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,597

Re: "startx" does not want to start Gnome [SOLVED]

You have to make other changes to .xinitrc, not just adding. Should all be covered in the wiki.

sonoran

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From: sonoran desert

Registered: 2009-01-12

Posts: 192

Re: "startx" does not want to start Gnome [SOLVED]

The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
                                                                                         > Internal error:     Could not resolve keysym XF86WWAN

I get a couple similar xkbcomp errors when I startx, along with the reassurance that

... Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,652

Re: "startx" does not want to start Gnome [SOLVED]

The linked german article is btw. flawed, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#xinitrc - esp. the second notice in that section.

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,768

Re: "startx" does not want to start Gnome [SOLVED]

You'll also want to install nvidia-utils, just nvidia is not sufficient.

FlatUniverse

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Registered: 2017-07-17

Posts: 5

Re: "startx" does not want to start Gnome [SOLVED]

It worked, after I removed "exec xterm -geometry [...]"
and added "exec gnome-session"

Thanks for all your help!