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exsheal

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Registered: 2024-06-18

Posts: 1

problem with xorg, dbus-update-activation-enviroment error, old pc

I am trying to install Arch Linux on my old computer. There are no issues up until the Xorg installation, but after installing Xorg, when I run the startx command, I get the dbus-update-activation-environment error. I have attached a picture of the error. For the log file and system information, I have included the hw probe link.

hw-probe

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,413

Re: problem with xorg, dbus-update-activation-enviroment error, old pc

I think the thing that is really killing X are the missing xclock and xterm and you are using the default configuration.  Install them, or create a ~/.xinitrc that defines what it is you want to do when x starts.  (Hint:  The default configuration (/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc starts a twm session; probably not what you are looking to do)

Edit: Oh, and welcome to the Arch Linux forums.

Last edited by ewaller (2024-06-18 16:31:49)

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