xfce doesn't start, gnome too

huz · 2006-08-09 13:03:45

hi there,
i'm new here and I'm also new on archlinux

I've recently bougth an Athlon 64 3000+ and I want to use a 64bit distro to run calculus programs as Octave (never used calculus programs under linux, but I presume that they are faster than other appz on win/linux 32bit)

I've installed base system through CD, and with Pacman I downloaded nvidia drivers and configured X11 by XF86Config file, i think that there are no errors here.

I read italian/english tutorials for install xfce4-svn, and with pacman I do all... but when I type startx... It seems to start but few second later:

/opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: no such file or directory

/opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: Success!

waiting for X server to shut down FreefontPath: FPE "usr/share/fonts/misc"
refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing

root@liquid /: #

if I type xfce4-session:

/opt/xfce4/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: line 49: /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: No such file or directory

so I downloaded gnome and gnome-extra, added some daemons as tutorial, but when I type gnome-session:

gnome-session: error while loading shared libraries: libcairo2.so.2: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32

here there are problems with 64bit?

where I do wrong?
thanks in advance

AndyRTR · 2006-08-09 14:48:24

No. Xfce is fine here. No errors were reported for Gnome.

For Xfce4 just type "startxfce4". It will probably give you better error messages. Check your /var/log/Xorg.0.log! I guess you haven't installed all needed packages. Same for Gnome. I run Xfce and use kdm without any problems.

Anyway this is not 64bit related.

gs · 2006-08-09 15:03:29

I have experienced this problem. I cannot quite remember how I resolved it.

huz · 2006-08-09 16:56:28

thanks for answers, important is that is not 64bit related issue.

here in italy, all are good but no one can help you...
Thanks a lot, I'll check xorg.0.log

huz · 2006-08-09 17:46:00

in the log i have only warnings about monitor EDID and xorg sets 75 dpi instead higher values, i think.

it seems all ok.

if i type startxfce4 i get this error:

Agent pid 2642
/opt/xfce4/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: line 49: /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: No such file or directory
Agent pid 2642 killed

i'm doing a reinstall of xfce but i think that will not work

gs · 2006-08-09 17:48:26

I think it is a 64 bit issue. I would suggest uninstalling xfce4 and key bits of gnome; and then reinstalling. E.g. try running gmone with xfce4 temporarily uninstalled.

I did something like this to fix my system. I reckon there is a configuration file that gets bady written at some stages.

Remember, that gnome and xfce4 seem to have some overlapping features; and I guess something overlaps adversely!

Geoff

huz · 2006-08-09 18:02:01

I'll try immediately...
also kde wont start

edit: kde running
I presume that I'll stay ok KDE for now

AndyRTR · 2006-08-09 19:58:35

huz wrote:

/opt/xfce4/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: line 49: /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: No such file or directory
Agent pid 2642 killed

Try to "touch /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session" ;-)

huz · 2006-08-10 00:02:20

AndyRTR wrote:

huz wrote:
/opt/xfce4/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: line 49: /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: No such file or directory
Agent pid 2642 killed
Try to "touch /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session" ;-)

the file points to this path,
I look into this dir, and the file xfce4-session exists, but if I type: xfce4-session

no such file or directory
the file exist! I do not understand how linux works

Anyway, on KDE firefox doesn't start, gaim doesn't start, nvidia control panel doesn't start. mmh... good

gs · 2006-08-10 01:15:23

Try to "touch /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session" Wink

Inside a terminal (xterm or konsole or whatever) and after the # prompt enter

"touch /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session".

You need to do this as root, I think.

HTH

BTW. "touch" is a command. Have a look at $ man touch. Yeah, I've learnt about linux and unix over about three years.

huz · 2006-08-10 07:48:12

I'm sorry, I didn't know about it. thanks, I'll try after lunch.
Thanks a lot to all!

gs · 2006-08-10 09:44:07

Another option, in this situation, is building another arch64 partition and leaving your present one in abeyance. This is a good way to learn, too.

You can make a separate partition for /var/abs/pacman and copy into it the contents of the "old" /var/abs/pacman/pkg. You then go into /etc/fstab and mount that partition.

e.g. /dev/sda8 /var/cache/pacman reiserfs defaults 0 0

This would help with having the pkg's onboard, rather than downloading them all over again.

OK, I am really going off topic, because this is "new user" stuff. But again, arch64 is not quite as robust as arch32.

Geoff

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#1 2006-08-09 13:03:45

xfce doesn't start, gnome too

#2 2006-08-09 14:48:24

Re: xfce doesn't start, gnome too

#3 2006-08-09 15:03:29

Re: xfce doesn't start, gnome too

#4 2006-08-09 16:56:28

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#5 2006-08-09 17:46:00

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#6 2006-08-09 17:48:26

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#7 2006-08-09 18:02:01

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#8 2006-08-09 19:58:35

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#10 2006-08-10 01:15:23

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