[SOLVED] cant start up X correctly

debdj · 2012-01-19 13:46:31

I've been trying for a while to get X working but aint no result yet.
I consulted every arch wiki related to X and Xfce(the DE I want) possible and am a little frustrated now.

The packages I've installed so far for getting X to work include:

xorg-server
xorg-server-utils
xorg-xinit
xorg-utils
xf85-video-vesa
mesa, mesa-demos, dbus
ttf-dejavu
consolekit
xfce4

Here's my ~/.xinitrc :

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi
#exec ck-launch-session i3
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4

Here's a link to the output on stdout after running 'startx' http://pastebin.com/HZavENhW
And here's a link to the Xorg.0.log file: http://pastebin.com/RXRFu2PN

Thanks for any help.

Last edited by debdj (2012-01-24 13:58:31)

karol · 2012-01-19 14:08:35

Why are you running an old kernel?

[   363.272] Current Operating System: Linux dmachine 2.6.33-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 13 11:32:37 CEST 2010 x86_64
[   363.272] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6 ro

How exactly are you starting X? Just 'startx'? Try 'startx -- :1'.
It says you have already one session running with 'ssh-agent -s -k' (if I'm reading this right).

Last edited by karol (2012-01-19 14:09:30)

Gusar · 2012-01-19 14:17:28

xfce4-session: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_source_set_name

Wow, your system is messed up. Do a full upgrade from an up-to-date mirror.

debdj · 2012-01-19 17:41:03

@Karol I ran startx or just xinit. I'll try that.
But apperently there's some problem with the xfce library file.
Thanks guys for your time and reply.
I think I'll do a full system upgrade by night.

karol · 2012-01-19 17:44:27

Just be sure to read the front page news if you run into some issues http://www.archlinux.org/news/

debdj · 2012-01-20 03:47:01

Sweet. I ran pacman -Syu ,updated pacman, removed some conflicting packages, then let it download and it stopped after a hour or so (I was in sleep) stating that there's some symbol problem in libjpgme.so(I dont remember the exact name). I ran pacman -Syu again and it says pacman cant lock the pkg databases. Now what..? I'm guessing a new install

jasonwryan · 2012-01-20 03:53:45

It also would have said that if you are sure pacman isn't running, to delete the lock file...

Zulfikar · 2012-01-21 00:13:17

I had the same error even a recursive update did not do anything , so I installed Mepis , but I will be trying Arch again after a few days.

debdj · 2012-01-24 13:58:02

Its solved. A few days ago though. I just happened to install an old version of Arch. So installed the latest one and updated, its fine now.

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