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rv2733

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Registered: 2006-12-28

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x - couldn't connect to xserver.

hello,

I am trying  to install X with fluxbox.

pacman -S xorg hwd xterm

[root@xxx]# xorgcfg

locks at the grey x screen.

[root@xxx]# fluxbox

failed to set locale, reverting to C

couldn't connect to xserver.

what an i missing?

kensai

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Re: x - couldn't connect to xserver.

edit the .xinitrc file in your desktop to say "exec fluxbox" or "exec startfluxbox" and then run via shell startx. About locales edit /etc/locale.gen and uncomment the locales you need and then run locale-gen via shell.

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rv2733

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Registered: 2006-12-28

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Re: x - couldn't connect to xserver.

edit the .xinitrc file in your desktop to say "exec fluxbox" or "exec startfluxbox" and then run via shell startx. About locales edit /etc/locale.gen and uncomment the locales you need and then run locale-gen via shell.

[ron@arch]# nano /etc/locale.gen

I uncommented en_US.UTF-8

[ron@arch]# locale-gen

Locales generated

[ron@arch]# fluxbox

Warning: failed to open file (/user/share/fluxbox/nls/en_US.UTF-8/fluxbox.cat) Using default messagees.

Error: cannot connect to server.

What next?

-ron-

timtux

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Re: x - couldn't connect to xserver.

You have to edit your ~/.xinitrc to something like this:

#!/bin/sh
exec fluxbox

and then run startx, not fluxbox

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kensai

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Re: x - couldn't connect to xserver.

yeah, the first thing I told you was .xinitrc not locale.gen.

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sayed

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Registered: 2006-12-31

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Re: x - couldn't connect to xserver.

If it persists, could you paste your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and your /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?

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rv2733

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Registered: 2006-12-28

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Re: x - couldn't connect to xserver.

If it persists, could you paste your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and your /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?

I have  learned how to configure the xorg.conf file. But never was able to get my mouse to work. So I installed the Arch Linux Office Install CD. It installed perfectly and  the mouse works. I will revisit the Arch Basic Install when I become more proficient.

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kensai

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Re: x - couldn't connect to xserver.

Good Idea. Hope you get the basic install right next time, and also, "Xorg -configure" for me is the better way to generate a xorg.conf with everything auto detected.

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rv2733

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Re: x - couldn't connect to xserver.

Good Idea. Hope you get the basic install right next time, and also, "Xorg -configure" for me is the better way to generate a xorg.conf with everything auto detected.

Thanks for the info. I  just  managed to install Slackware. I kept getting hung up on the kernel install. When I figured out how to install the 2.6.17.13 kernel along with the kernel modules package, everthing else went smoothly. Now I have to figure out how to tell the difference between Slackware packages and all the others and who to trust. After Slackware Arch should be a breeze. See you in a week or so. Ps Slax Live CD looks interesting too.

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