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Just as a disclaimer, I'm brand-new to Arch linux. I installed Arch this morning after using linux mint for some time. Anyways, I wish to use SLiM as my login manager, but whenever I try to log in (whether it be root or my typical user) it says "failed to execute login command", then flashes a black screen and takes me back to an empty "Login:" box. I used
systemctl disable slim.service
and then
systemctl enable kdm.service
and upon reboot am able to login perfectly fine.
I feel like I'm missing something fairly obvious, so any help is appreciated.
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Do yo have a /home/user/.xinitrc set up ?
Is it launching your desktop ?
example line:
exec openbox-session
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There's no .xinitrc folder or file in my home folder.
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Using Slim requires setup. Use the wiki, it has some great info!
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My .xinitrc file now contains this
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
exec startkde
I tried adding
exec ck-launch-session startkde
instead of just
exec startkde
and that did not work either.
Do either of you know how the file is supposed to looks? Thanks for the input, anyways.
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First you don't need ck-launch-session. Secondly, make sure you have lxde, kde, or whatever environment you want actually installed.
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