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Qwart

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Registered: 2021-03-23

Posts: 32

[Solved] Xinit not working

When I start startx I get a weird session with three terminals and a clock instead of LeftWM (I also can't start it without root).

I only added this line to .xinitrc (from leftwm github page): "exec dbus-launch leftwm"

Edit: Fixed the boot into tdm session. Still can't use startx without sudo, and when used gives errors related to xkbcomp like:

Could not resolve keysym XF86KdbLcdMenu5Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal

Edit2: Fixed the errors related to xkbcomp by deleting all autogenerated key symbols in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/inet. I still haven't figured out how to run startx without room (LightWM won't work as root), and all topics on that doesn't point at any solution

Edit3: Finally found a topic and turned out that I need to downgrade kernel

Last edited by Qwart (2021-07-01 00:06:50)

teckk

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Registered: 2013-02-21

Posts: 589

Re: [Solved] Xinit not working

You are using

cat /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Post your /home/<username>/.xinitrc

Or configure it correctly.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit

Qwart

Member

Registered: 2021-03-23

Posts: 32

Re: [Solved] Xinit not working

You are using

cat /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Post your /home/<username>/.xinitrc

Or configure it correctly.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit

I followed everything there and I already have ~/.xinitrc

#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then







    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then







    xrdb -merge "$userresources"

fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

# start some nice programs

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

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login &
exec dbus-launch leftwm

Last edited by Qwart (2021-06-30 22:28:17)

2ManyDogs

Forum Fellow

Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,648

Re: [Solved] Xinit not working

I followed everything there

You missed part. Read the "xinitrc" section again, starting with this:

This default xinitrc will start a basic environment with Twm, xorg-xclock and Xterm (assuming that the necessary packages are installed).

Qwart

Member

Registered: 2021-03-23

Posts: 32

Re: [Solved] Xinit not working

I followed everything there

You missed part. Read the "xinitrc" section again, starting with this:

This default xinitrc will start a basic environment with Twm, xorg-xclock and Xterm (assuming that the necessary packages are installed).

Didn't fixed the problem. DE won't launch and I get the same errors anbout keys

Last edited by Qwart (2021-06-30 22:40:13)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 19,009

Re: [Solved] Xinit not working

Xinit#Override_xinitrc implies

startx /usr/bin/leftwm

would not use xinitrc as a client command is specified.

Last edited by loqs (2021-06-30 22:38:58)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,332

Re: [Solved] Xinit not working

exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login &
exec dbus-launch leftwm

the problem is in those 2 lines, lookup what exec does.

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 77,441

Re: [Solved] Xinit not working

He apparently figured and moved on to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=267637

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