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Hello.
I have the following problem and I appreciate your help:
I have working internet connection and a fresh installation. I've installed hwd. I start downloading with the command:
# pacman -S xorg gdm gnome gnome-extra
pacman downloads many files, but in some moment it says that tere's an error:
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts...
error: the following conflicts were found:
libstdc++5: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: exists in filesystem
libstdc++5: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.7: exists in filesystem
errors occured, no packages have been upgraded.
What does that mean - I have installed nothing? When I type hwd - x I get an error:
No Xserver installed!!
How to fix this? Thank you.
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When pacman encounters a file conflict, it aborts the entire upgrade, so to answer your question - yes, you have installed nothing. The solution in this case is to force the installation of libstdc++5:
pacman -Sf libstdc++5
and then install xorg gdm etc as before.
Just for future reference, this is not a Gnome/GTK2-related issue, so a more relevant topic would be a good idea.
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I don't know how did you get those compatibility libs installed, but anyway start with
pacman -Sf libstdc++5
and after that
pacman -S xorg
should go fine.
Microshaft delenda est
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thanks to scarecrow and tomc. the instllation finished fine now, and I'll test my X sample now.
the startx doesnt really start the x now.
it says an error and a worning:
1. EE Failed to load module glx (module does not exist,0)
(I tried to comment the line Load "glx" and then i didn't get this error but the X however didn't start)
2. WW VESA(0) : Failed To Setup Write-combining range
and somecommands in the file /etc/x11/xinit/xinitrc were not found:
28 twm :command not found
29 xclock
30 xterm
31 xterm
32 exec: xterm: not found
I'll be happy if you tell me what to do - should I edit files or my installation is messy
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Have you read the xorg7 wiki page?
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Have you read the xorg7 wiki page?
yes
But I'm running the Arch under VMWARE. I have downloaded: xf86-video-vmware-10.12.0.0-1.pkg.tar.gz, edit xorg.conf and commented some lines, so I get no errors, but:
VMWARE(0): Failed to setup write-combining range (0xf0000000,0x1000000)
I don't what to do.
edit: should i have a file .xinitrc ot something im my home directory? i don't have such thing
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I believe you need vmware tools installed at the guest OS for having glx working properly... so comment it ATM, and get sure you load "vmware" as your video driver.
Microshaft delenda est
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Apologies for bringing up this old thread, but to have Arch installed on VMware...
This is AFTER when you installed 0.7.2, updated/upgraded, resolved the Kernel panic issue, and have installed xorg.
(1) You need to do this...
pacman -S xorg-apps xorg-font-utils xorg-res-utils xorg-server-utils
xorg-twm xorg-utils xorg-xauth xorg-xdm xorg-xfs xorg-xfwp
xorg-xinit xorg-xkb-utils xorg-xsm xterm
This will resolve the twm, xclock, and xterm :command not found messages.
(2) Then you need to install vmware bits...
pacman -S xf86-video-vmware xf86-input-vmmouse
(3) Then you edit your xorg.conf file.
Look for the entries for the mouse...
=> change mouse to vmmouse
And repeat for video...
=> change vesa (or whatever was the default) to vmware
Although, after doing all this, the video part is still a bit slow, esepecially when I try Firefox and move the browser window around. When I use startx, I get an error message about AIGLX. (I need to disable that).
I still get the VMWARE(0): Failed to setup write-combining range message.
I'm also get minor warnings when I exit, which doesn't hamper Xfce4 from running.
NOTE: I'm not all that well versed with Arch Linux, but I'm getting there slowly. I'm writing everything down as I go, so I have my own set of notes for Arch.
The most important thing the hacker community does is write better code. Our deeds are the best propaganda we have. -Eric S. Raymond
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