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#1 2010-03-28 13:56:36

BarefootSoul83
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(TRASH) dbus problem....cant login to gui-(TRASH)

ok...so I get this error on startup

failed to start message bus Error in file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/gdm.conf line 1 column 16 not well formed

I have xfce4, dbus, hal, gamin, gdm, and all the xf86-input-synaptic and such all freshly installed on this laptop...

when I startxfce4 it opens but no keyboard or mouse.... am I missing something? last time I did this all I needed was the xf86 drivers and such and it worked fine.

Could I have installed hal or gdm wrong?

When I tried to gdm from the command line I get:

/usr/sbin/gdm line1: syntax error near unexpected token '('
/usr/sbin/gdm line 1: 'n tfds_in_quene (1:2)'

Last edited by BarefootSoul83 (2010-03-31 14:50:48)

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#2 2010-03-28 17:05:53

MadTux
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Re: (TRASH) dbus problem....cant login to gui-(TRASH)

Is hal started? Do you use input hotplugging or xorg.conf?

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#3 2010-03-28 18:17:33

BarefootSoul83
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Re: (TRASH) dbus problem....cant login to gui-(TRASH)

I use xorg... Hal (being tied to dbus) is not starting and giving me this error:

failed to start message bus Error in file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/gdm.conf line 1 column 16 not well formed

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#4 2010-03-29 05:00:04

cesura
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Re: (TRASH) dbus problem....cant login to gui-(TRASH)

BarefootSoul83 wrote:

I use xorg... Hal (being tied to dbus) is not starting and giving me this error:

failed to start message bus Error in file /etc/dbus-1/system.d/gdm.conf line 1 column 16 not well formed

Another reason I hate gdm big_smile

Maybe try slim?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Slim

Sorry that this doesn't directly solve your problem. I just thought of a suggestion

Also, reinstalling them never hurt. Maybe run:

pacman -S hal
pacman -S dbus
pacman -S gdm

Last edited by cesura (2010-03-29 05:01:42)

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