I cant start xfce4.4 installed from shadowhands repo

rdoggsv · 2006-05-02 00:31:32

well i installed xfce4.4 like 1 week ago but im not able to start is as normal user , it just starts loading but then stops and shows the desktop wallpaper (the tiny rat with green background), and does nothing , then i tried starting it as root user and it loaded up everything.

here is the output from running startx

xauth:  creating new authority file /home/rdoggsv/.serverauth.5592


X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux bulletproof 2.6.16-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 24 23:11:22 CEST 2006 i686
Build Date: 20 March 2006
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May  1 18:14:00 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
/opt/xfce4/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0
Agent pid 5648
libGL error: open DRM failed (Operation not permitted)
libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect rendering

** (xfwm4:5664): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.

** (xfwm4:5664): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.

(xfdesktop:5670): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

(xfdesktop:5670): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

(xfdesktop:5670): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

(xfdesktop:5670): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

(xfdesktop:5670): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed
sh: fortune: command not found

maybe this can help as i have no idea what my problem may be, i looked in the forums for this problem but found nothing.

thanx in advance
rdoggsv

byte · 2006-05-02 02:38:01

Well, I don't know about shadowhand's Xfce, but I use startxfce4 instead of startx. Without some tweaking that's the only proper way to start Xfce.

shadowhand · 2006-05-02 04:44:18

/opt/xfce4/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0

There's your error. You already have a xorg server running.

rdoggsv · 2006-05-02 12:32:50

shadowhand wrote:

/opt/xfce4/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 
There's your error. You already have a xorg server running.

no shadowhand i dont know why it says that , im running the startx just after the computer boots up , no X at all , for example after the errors , i just modify the .xinitrc file to startkde and it starts ok. Really there is no X server running at all i guess its just a warning, remember if i start is as root it does start

thanx again

emma · 2006-05-02 12:39:35

Try using xfce4-session instead.

rdoggsv · 2006-05-02 16:36:58

emma wrote:

Try using xfce4-session instead.

same problem

xauth:  creating new authority file /home/rdoggsv/.serverauth.6094

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux bulletproof 2.6.16-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 24 23:11:22 CEST 2006 i686
Build Date: 20 March 2006
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue May  2 10:30:19 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

** (xfwm4:6122): WARNING **: The display does not support the XComposite extension.

** (xfwm4:6122): WARNING **: Compositing manager disabled.

(xfdesktop:6128): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

(xfdesktop:6128): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

(xfdesktop:6128): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

(xfdesktop:6128): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed

(xfdesktop:6128): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_paint_layout: assertion `style->depth == gdk_drawable_get_depth (window)' failed
sh: fortune: command not found

but i noticed at least there is no more the X running warning.

:'( ill try installing the official xfce4 to see what happens

** Edited: **

Ok the problem its not xfce4.4 from shadowhands repo , i installed xfce4 from the official archlinux repo and i cant start the xfce4.2 , it does the same thing , starts and shows the wallpaper and the mouse pointer , but then nothing.

shadowhand · 2006-05-02 17:42:49

Try this: rm -rf ~/.cache/xfce4

If that doesn't work, try this:
pacman -R xfce4
pacman -Scc
pacman -Sy --noconfirm xfce4-svn xfce4-svn-extra

rdoggsv · 2006-05-07 16:25:44

shadowhand wrote:

Try this: rm -rf ~/.cache/xfce4
If that doesn't work, try this:
pacman -R xfce4
pacman -Scc
pacman -Sy --noconfirm xfce4-svn xfce4-svn-extra

i dont have a folder .cache/xfce4 , and i also found what the problem is related to , it seems to be something with qt and/or the theme that i have selected on kde, because as root i had never started kde and thats why when i try to start xfce4 as root i have no problems , also i created a new user just to try if i was correct and the new user also starts xfce4.

then i went to change some aspects of my theme on kde , trying to select plastik and now i can see more things about xfce4 but i dont have the launcher from below the screen , and i dont have the bar on top of xfce4 that shows the apps running.

Im going to keep looking about what i need to correct on kde for this to get fixed.

thanx for all your help , at the moment im running xfce4 with the new user i created

bangkok_manouel · 2006-08-06 05:34:47

Hi,

Exactly same problem here, did you finally solve that issue ?

Thanks in advance

Cheers

senjin · 2007-01-13 22:33:04

I had similar problem. I solved it by removing gtk-qt-engine package.

shadowhand wrote:

/opt/xfce4/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 
There's your error. You already have a xorg server running.

I get the same message, I think it's not error.

grandmouse · 2007-01-14 11:03:32

If you startx and startxfce4 you try to start X twice.

senjin · 2007-01-14 11:16:23

grandmouse wrote:

If you startx and startxfce4 you try to start X twice.

Is it wrong? It just works...

Is there way to start xfce better? ATM I use kdm (I just switched to xfce from kde), but maybe it doesn't make sense to use kdm only for xfce?

grandmouse · 2007-01-14 11:47:09

Like byte proposed startxfce4 from console instead of startx.
I think startxfce4 uses ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc instead of ~/.xinitrc
Not sure now using icewm.

senjin · 2007-01-14 12:00:39

grandmouse wrote:

Like byte proposed startxfce4 from console instead of startx.

I don't start startx at all (myself), i just added kdm to deamons in rc.conf.

grandmouse wrote:

I think startxfce4 uses ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc instead of ~/.xinitrc

Yes, it does. It runs xfce4-session.

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#1 2006-05-02 00:31:32

I cant start xfce4.4 installed from shadowhands repo

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