confused on warning **resolved**

xb9 · 2007-01-09 19:49:44

i believe i have everything correct but when I type gnome-session i get his error message

Gtk-Warning **:Console not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
Gtk-Warning **:cannot open display:

plz help :cry:

tomk · 2007-01-09 20:18:23

glibc install message wrote:

==> Locales are no longer included in the glibc package.
==> They are generated by /usr/sbin/locale-gen depending on the contents
==> of /etc/locale.gen.
==> glibc will try to autodetect the required locales now, if you need
==> additional locales, please enable them in /etc/locale.gen and run
==> /usr/sbin/locale-gen

xb9 · 2007-01-09 20:29:49

sorry im kind of lost on what you mean, im extremely new to this and trying to learn...sorry.

Dusty · 2007-01-09 20:34:38

I don't think the error tomk is giving is related to your problem anyway. Sounds like you're running gnome-session from the console. What you want to do is put gnome-session on a single line in a file called /home/yourname/.xinitrc. Then use the command 'startx' on the command line.

Dusty

tomk · 2007-01-09 20:36:33

Dusty's correct - my apologies. I read your post too fast. :oops:

xb9 · 2007-01-09 20:43:52

alright i went under there and put in
# exec gnome-session

then i proceeded to try startx..didnt work..so i tryed gnome-session as well and gave me same error :cry:

tbroderick · 2007-01-09 20:58:42

xb9 wrote:

alright i went under there and put in
# exec gnome-session
then i proceeded to try startx..didnt work..so i tryed gnome-session as well and gave me same error :cry:

There should be no "#" in front of the exec gnome-session line.

xb9 · 2007-01-09 21:14:15

i took out the # and then got a error message saying something about command not found for startx

byte · 2007-01-09 22:04:01

If startx doesn't get found, you need to install the xorg-xinit package.
And post your .xinitrc please.

xb9 · 2007-01-09 22:15:15

ah great now my pacman is not working says it cant connect

anyways here is what my .xinitrc looks like

#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
#Executed by startx
exec wmaker
exec gnome-session
#exec startkde
#exec icewm
#exec blackbox
#exec fluxbox

byte · 2007-01-09 22:27:35

I guess you better fix your network issues first then. And comment that wmaker entry, you can't have two window managers running.

tbroderick · 2007-01-09 22:28:13

xb9 wrote:

ah great now my pacman is not working says it cant connect
anyways here is what my .xinitrc looks like
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
#Executed by startx
exec wmaker
exec gnome-session
#exec startkde
#exec icewm
#exec blackbox
#exec fluxbox

You need to either remove the exec wmaker line or put a # in front of it. # before a line means it will not be read.

xb9 · 2007-01-09 22:40:03

well since im really noobish with linux still could you help me resolve my internet with linux?

xb9 · 2007-01-09 22:56:16

i put a # in front of wmaker...tryed pacman agian..it finds the package xorg-xinit but when i hit yes to download thats when i get errors

Snowman · 2007-01-09 23:00:30

Please post the errors that you are getting.

Brute · 2007-01-09 23:01:02

I think you should open another topic for your internet connection. And post some information about the problem you have : for example the exact pacman error message, the results of

ifconfig -a
netstat -rn
cat /etc/resolv.conf
grep -B 20 NET_PROFILES /etc/rc.conf

etc. etc...

xb9 · 2007-01-10 12:28:58

all figured out guys thanks for your help

Misfit138 · 2007-01-10 17:39:22

xb9 wrote:

all figured out guys thanks for your help

If possible, could you please post what you did, for the benefit of others who may be having a similar problem?

xb9 · 2007-01-10 20:32:17

well the internet issue was a real dumb one :? i use my wlan in windows all the time not a cable so thats what linux was trying to use so simply pluggin in the calbe worked lol...then i just did a pacman -S xorg gnome...some of the downloads i had some i didnt i guess, and after that it worked. odd it didnt download it all before when i did just pacman -S gnome. Basicly this whole thing was just simple mistakes that i quickly learned from

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