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I just installed arch on a computer with gnome and X11 but when I type in "startx" the computer starts X11, loads the files(the HDD activity LED is on) but nothing comes up on the screen. I think it has something to do with the D-bus not being started because when I installed the gnome-extra package there was an error message saying ; "GConf-WARNIG **:Client failed to connect to D-BUS daemon: Unable to autolaunch a dbus daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11" . I checked the ".xinitrc" file and it looks to be identical to the one in the article in D-bus on the archwiki. please help!
Last edited by someone69 (2013-06-13 19:41:54)
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Did you follow the Beginners' Guide?
If so, I assume you tested X and it worked with twm?
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I did follow the beginners' guide and I did use twm but X doesn't work. when i start X it makes the HDD go crazy but nothing comes up on the screen.
when I type "reboot" at that screen the computer simply reboots.
Last edited by someone69 (2012-11-18 08:07:06)
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what does xterm do? I didn't manage to install it at first so I started X without it. Is it why X doesn't work? I installed it afterwards and X didn't do anything differently.
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when i start X it makes the HDD go crazy but nothing comes up on the screen.
What you mean?
post the output of
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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I mean that when I start X, the HDD starts loading files, the console disappears and the screen stays black.
the cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log displays an incredible huge amount of stuff that zips through the screen. It says at the end " [ 789.402] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: Input/output error
[ 789.403] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Input/output error"
Farther down it says : "Fatal server error:
[ 789.403] xf86CloseConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: Input/output error
Last edited by someone69 (2012-11-18 09:53:49)
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What says:
lspci | grep VGA
?
Last edited by Jean (2012-11-18 10:16:55)
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It says "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processer D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev02)"
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Do you installed your video driver? Something like this
pacman -S xf86-video-intel
Last edited by Jean (2012-11-18 10:34:57)
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I installed the xf86-video-vesa dirver
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Ok, try install
pacman -S xf86-video-intel
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Installed it. should I change any configuration file to make it work?
Last edited by someone69 (2012-11-18 10:47:21)
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No.
Post output of
lspci -k |grep VGA -A 2
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It outputs : "00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processer D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0349
Kernel driver in use: i915"
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Can I launch X now?
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Yes, you can try
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It works!!! thank you very much!
ça marche!! Merci infiniment!!
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X works now, but gnome doesn't. It boots up, asks you to log in, but then, when you press enter, the computer goes back to console mode with a blinking "_" that doesn't let you do anything. the only way to get out of this is to press ctr
when I type in gdm it starts displaying these error messages again : " [ 789.402] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: Input/output error
[ 789.403] (WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Input/output error"
Fatal server error:
[ 789.403] xf86CloseConsole: VT_ACTIVATE failed: Input/output error
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Try to remove video driver using
pacman -R xf86-video-intel
and install this driver
pacman -S xf86-video-i740
After this, you can try start gnome, if it doesn't work - please, post output of
lspci -k |grep VGA -A 2
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it outputs : 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processer D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 0349
Kernel driver in use: i915
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Are you restarted before tried run gdm? Try, if not. After this -
lspci -k |grep VGA -A 2
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yes I did restart and the message above was done after a restart.
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I just uninstalled xf86-video-i740 and reinstalled xg86-video-intel and gnome seems to work. but when I try to install the gnome-extra package, I get the "GConf-WARNIG **:Client failed to connect to D-BUS daemon: Unable to autolaunch a dbus daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11" error. I think there's still something wrong with d-bus.
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Did you follow the wiki instructions for:
(1) intel
(2) gnome?
What does
systemctl status dbus.service
give?
EDIT: I just realised you get the error when you try to install a package. Why would pacman want X? Can you give the exact command you use to try to install the package? Does the install succeed?
Last edited by cfr (2012-11-18 20:05:53)
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I didn't follow the wiki instruction for either intel or gnome and the command you gave outputs : Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/dbus.service; static)
Active: active (running) since Sun, 2012-11-18 21:40:13; 4min 1s ago
Main PID: 242 (dbus-daemon)
CGroup: name=systemd:/system/dbus.service
└ 242 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system --address=systemd: --nofork --nopidfile --systemd-activation
the exact command I used to install the package is : "pacman -S gnome-extra". The installation does complete and at the end, it gives no error messages. I have a feeling that my screen isn't configured properly in the X11 config file.
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