Startx wont start...?

Claymater · 2009-09-29 22:54:39

Sorry for the noob question, but everytime I try to use "startx" or "xinit"... How do I fix this?

droog · 2009-09-29 23:05:54

Wwith all the information you gave it's hard to make a guess..

did you make an .xinitrc?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … 28again.29

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crankyadmin · 2009-09-29 23:30:51

Shot in the dark....

HAL maybe.....

Due to your lack of information, this is all I am prepared to give you

Claymater · 2009-09-29 23:41:58

I did make a .xintrc

and I have a xorg.conf file... but it seems like I might be missing something, everytime I log into a none root and type "startx" (without quotes) it gives me

-bash: startx: command not found

So I think there might be a missing file or something.

.:B:. · 2009-09-29 23:44:17

Well if it doesn't find the command, what file do you think is missing exactly?

Claymater · 2009-09-29 23:48:59

Haha I dont know BUT I did get a error (ok I might know now) that said that it couldnt find Xorg in /usr/bin/ So that might be something....

AND It might also be a HAL problem because it said that the "hardware abstraction layer" Failed.... Help?

chpln · 2009-09-29 23:49:34

$ pkgfile startx
extra/xorg-xinit

That's the package you require. If you follow the Xorg guide on the wiki, it should sort out anything else X-related you might be missing.

Claymater · 2009-09-29 23:53:07

It comes back with
"Command not found"

opothehippo · 2009-09-30 00:09:01

You installed the entire xorg package, right?

Claymater · 2009-09-30 01:18:05

Yes.... pacman -S xorg? Correct?

chpln · 2009-09-30 01:41:22

That's correct. You should be able to issue xinit / startx successfully if HAL is running. Ensure you've also installed the appropriate video driver.

The 'pkgfile' command above is used to display the package name to which files belongs, even if the corresponding package is not installed. It is part of the 'pkgtools' package. After installation, you need to update the filelist via:

# pkgfile -u

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Claymater · 2009-09-30 01:53:12

Ok Its all updated... but its still not working

chpln · 2009-09-30 02:06:28

Please do not say it's "not working" -- no one will be able to help you.

Always explain:
1) exactly what you've tried, and
2) exactly what happens.

Claymater · 2009-09-30 02:12:13

Sorry, I used
pkgfile -u

And it all updated.

I then used,
$ pkgfile startx

and got back
extra/xorg-xinit

But when I tried to used
startx

and it says "command not found"

smartboyathome · 2009-09-30 02:12:14

Claymater wrote:

Ok Its all updated... but its still not working

Try running this, and post the output here:

pacman -Ql xorg-xinit

Claymater · 2009-09-30 02:14:45

Ok so I used that code,
and it said it couldnt find the package.

So I did

pacman -S xorg-xinit

and it said there was a eorror and there were no packages updated

chpln · 2009-09-30 02:21:33

Claymater wrote:

So I did
pacman -S xorg-xinit
and it said there was a eorror and there were no packages updated

Did it provide any indication of what the problem might have been? Did 'pacman -S xorg' seem to complete successfully before?

Claymater · 2009-09-30 02:24:49

chpln wrote:

Claymater wrote:
So I did
pacman -S xorg-xinit
and it said there was a eorror and there were no packages updated
Did it provide any indication of what the problem might have been? Did 'pacman -S xorg' seem to complete successfully before?

Well if I do

pacman -S xorg

it says there is already a file... So it seems that yes it was successful... Ideas?

Last edited by Claymater (2009-09-30 02:25:32)

Mardoct · 2009-09-30 02:35:53

cat /etc/rc.conf

Is "hal" in the daemons array (the bracketed stuff at the end)? If not, put it there and reboot. You can also start HAL with:

/etc/rc.d/hal start

If you are using the nvidia driver, run as root:

nvidia-xconfig

Also, you can try reinstalling xorg through pacman, and make sure you say "y" to everything.

Claymater · 2009-09-30 02:39:08

Mardoct wrote:

cat /etc/rc.conf
Is "hal" in the daemons array (the bracketed stuff at the end)? If not, put it there and reboot. You can also start HAL with:
/etc/rc.d/hal start
If you are using the nvidia driver, run as root:
nvidia-xconfig
Also, you can try reinstalling xorg through pacman, and make sure you say "y" to everything.

Yes its there, and when I used

/etc/rc.d/hal start

It comes back with...

:: Starting Hardward Abstraction Layer [Fail]

Mardoct · 2009-09-30 02:45:25

Then try

 /etc/rc.d/hal restart

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Chrysalis · 2009-09-30 03:51:07

I wonder how he installed xorg so that he has hal but pacman cant find xorg-xinit...

Last edited by Chrysalis (2009-09-30 03:58:57)

quarkup · 2009-09-30 10:51:45

if you have it up and working, mark the thread as solved.

Claymater · 2009-09-30 19:53:14

quarkup wrote:

if you have it up and working, mark the thread as solved.

Sorry, its not working yet. (I had to go to school)

But I can find xorg in pacman, but it says there is a error with conflicting files (so I guess its there)

Last edited by Claymater (2009-09-30 20:19:04)

chpln · 2009-09-30 23:30:53

Claymater wrote:

But I can find xorg in pacman, but it says there is a error with conflicting files (so I guess its there)

This assumption is not correct. Please post the names of the the conflicting files; likely case is they should be deleted manually.

Is this a fresh installation of Arch? Is there a possibility these of files existing from a previous *nix installation?

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