[SOLVED] Problems with the graphical installation

volker_weissmann · 2020-01-05 23:09:55

Hello,

I ran
# pacman -S xorg xorg-server
# pacman -S gnome gnome-extra
# systemctl enable gdm.service
on a (nearly) clean install.
There are some problems:
If I select "GNOME on Xorg" on the login screen an try to login, the screen goes grey for a second and I end up on the login screen again.
If I select GNOME Classic I get the same behaviour.
If I select "GNOME" I can login, but:
- Sometimes I randomely end up on the login screen again.
- I can't launch most of the applications. Among other things, nautilus and gnome-terminal do not launch. Among other things, the calculator, gnome-software and gnome-settings work.

https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/stable … ng.html.en claims that setting the Debug option in /etc/gdm/custom.conf to true will result in logfiles in /var/log/messages or /var/adm/messages but non of those do not exist. /var/log/gdm is an empty directory.

Trying to login with "GNOME on Xorg" three time in a row resulted in the following output of "journalctl -u gdm": https://pastebin.com/f0YS2BQt

SOLUTION:
Make sure, that /etc/locale.conf exists and has a content similar to "LANG=en_US.UTF-8". You also need to make sure, that /home/username exists and that username is the owner of this folder.

Last edited by volker_weissmann (2020-01-06 00:30:25)

loqs · 2020-01-05 23:22:59

Jan 05 23:54:01 yoga gdm[507]: Cannot access '/etc/locale.conf'

Did you follow Installation_guide#Localization?

volker_weissmann · 2020-01-05 23:46:10

You're right, I did leave that part out. After following that part, it still doesn't work, but I get a different output: https://pastebin.com/dr45gVka

loqs · 2020-01-05 23:51:21

With locale configured is gnome-terminal now launching correctly?
For X please post the full journal for a boot where gnome under X fails and the output of

lspci | grep -e VGA -e 3D

Trilby · 2020-01-05 23:59:13

Have you installed any video driver(s)? What is your hardware? Please post a complete Xorg log.

volker_weissmann · 2020-01-06 00:19:36

I've installed:
mesa, vulkan-intel and xf84-video-intel
The Output of lspci | grep -e VGA -e 3D is:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] (rev 07)
00:13.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Integrated Sensor Hub (rev 21)
The output of journalctl -b after a failed login with "GNOME on Xorg" is https://pastebin.com/b06NapiN

At line 1770 there is a stacktrace of xorg aborting.

jasonwryan · 2020-01-06 00:20:27

Trilby wrote:

Please post a complete Xorg log.

volker_weissmann · 2020-01-06 00:24:48

I fixed it:

I found the message:
Cannot open log file "/home/volker/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.pid-974.log"
within journalctl -b.

Turns out that not only should you run mkdir /home/username, but "chown username:username /home/username" is required for obvious reasons.

I'm such an idiot.

jasonwryan · 2020-01-06 00:27:53

This is also documented in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … ing_a_user and mkdir is not the correct approach...

fukawi2 · 2020-01-06 00:28:00

volker_weissmann wrote:

Turns out that not only should you run mkdir /home/username, but "chown username:username /home/username" is required for obvious reasons.

Or just use the -m flag to useradd which will create it for you.

Trilby · 2020-01-06 00:30:20

Neither manually making the directory nor chowning should be required. The reason they aren't required would be obvious if you had followed the wiki for installing and/or creating your user, which you clearly didn't do.

volker_weissmann · 2020-01-06 00:34:17

I followed the installation Guide for the installation, but not for adding a user, because I thought I knew how adding a user works.

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