[solved] startx fails after installing Arch as a virtualbox guest

maxmackie · 2014-12-04 05:23:31

I followed the instructions here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … nux_guests

However, when I type "startx", my window resizes, goes black for a split second, then goes back to being small and drops me back to the command line.

Here's a screenshot of what I get after that happens: http://imgur.com/a0KscTv

Something which seems odd is that I don't have an /etc/rc.d directory.

Last edited by maxmackie (2014-12-04 13:37:39)

Kopkins · 2014-12-04 06:28:25

Did you put anything in your .xinitrc file?

Arch linux uses systemd so you shouldn't have an rc.d directory.

Last edited by Kopkins (2014-12-04 06:29:07)

Resauce · 2014-12-04 08:07:31

what desktop environment are you using?

maxmackie · 2014-12-04 13:35:08

The only .xinitrc file on the system is the default one in /etc/skel.

I'm trying to use dwm. I've already compiled it to ~/dwm but running "exec dwm" just gives me a new login prompt.

Got it!

I copied over the .xinitrc file and added "exec dwm" to it. Thanks!

Last edited by maxmackie (2014-12-04 13:37:13)

Trilby · 2014-12-04 13:37:27

mod note: Moved to newbie corner.

@maxmackie, all the information you need is in the wiki page you claim to have read (or in pages linked directly from it). Please follow those instructions more carefully. This page might help: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit

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#1 2014-12-04 05:23:31

[solved] startx fails after installing Arch as a virtualbox guest

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