Gnome trouble as user, not root...is this a group membership issue?

prairie_dad · 2010-01-03 05:21:20

Hi all,

just installed Arch from scratch, following all the beginner's guide steps...installed Gnome...rebooted (with gdm in daemons of rc.conf) and when I went to log in as myself (i.e. typed my password and hit return) the whole thing froze (this is in VirtualBox, by the way, also latest 3.1.2 version.)

I rebooted, and tried logging in as "other..." typed in root, entered pwd...and it worked fine (though I know I shouldn't be root in a GUI, this was a test.)

Guest Additions are installed, and appear to work okay, I have no xorg.conf, I let it autoconfigure...there are lots of groups I am not a member of...gdm, for instance...but many more, too. Is that the issue, or is there something else going on?

Any thoughts would be helpful.

dave

JuseBox · 2010-01-03 05:36:35

prairie_dad wrote:

Hi all,
just installed Arch from scratch, following all the beginner's guide steps...installed Gnome...rebooted (with gdm in daemons of rc.conf) and when I went to log in as myself (i.e. typed my password and hit return) the whole thing froze (this is in VirtualBox, by the way, also latest 3.1.2 version.)
I rebooted, and tried logging in as "other..." typed in root, entered pwd...and it worked fine (though I know I shouldn't be root in a GUI, this was a test.)
Guest Additions are installed, and appear to work okay, I have no xorg.conf, I let it autoconfigure...there are lots of groups I am not a member of...gdm, for instance...but many more, too. Is that the issue, or is there something else going on?
Any thoughts would be helpful.
dave

Did you create a local .xinitrc config so that the x knows what its going to open up as your session manager?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … 2F.xinitrc

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Last edited by JuseBox (2010-01-03 05:38:25)

prairie_dad · 2010-01-03 13:25:12

Hi, and thanks for answering...but it is more subtle than that! Yes, my .xinitrc says exec gnome-session, and nothing more...just as it should.

here's more. I have gdm in my daemons list in rc.conf...and if I start up I go, correctly, to the log-in screen of gdm. My username is there, and I can type in my password...then it hangs.

If I log in, get to the gdm log-in screen and hit other...then log in as root, with _that_ password...no sweat.

Here's what is so odd...when I am done with my session as root, and log out of Gnome, with System>Log out David>Switch User, I am again presented with the gdm log-in screen...and if I pick David now, it works fine!

Still I shouldn't have to go through that rigmarole each time...why is this happening?

Also...I would rather not use gdm at all...I like to invoke startx from console...but if I do that, and skip gdm altogether...I don't have proper permissions once I am in Gnome...I can't mount CDs, for instance, even though I am in the group optical...any ideas about that?

thanks,

D

loafer · 2010-01-03 13:44:12

prairie_dad wrote:

Also...I would rather not use gdm at all...I like to invoke startx from console...but if I do that, and skip gdm altogether...I don't have proper permissions once I am in Gnome...I can't mount CDs, for instance, even though I am in the group optical...any ideas about that?
D

Try "exec ck-launch-session gnome-session" in your .xinitrc

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#1 2010-01-03 05:21:20

Gnome trouble as user, not root...is this a group membership issue?

#2 2010-01-03 05:36:35

Re: Gnome trouble as user, not root...is this a group membership issue?

#3 2010-01-03 13:25:12

Re: Gnome trouble as user, not root...is this a group membership issue?

#4 2010-01-03 13:44:12

Re: Gnome trouble as user, not root...is this a group membership issue?

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