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running startx i get this
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: /usr/bin/X: Is a directory
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line 2: exec: /usr/bin/X: cannot execute: Is a directory
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to the X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
running with xinit i get this
xinit: unable to run server "X": No such file or directory
Use the --option, or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path and that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server for your display
when i ls -l the x file
ls: cannot access 'usr/bin/x': No such file or directory
when i open the x file it says in nano
[ "/usr/bin/X" is a directory ]
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file /usr/bin/X
/usr/bin/X: symbolic link to Xorg
pacman -Qo /usr/bin/X
/usr/bin/X is owned by xorg-server 21.1.3-6
do you actually have xorg-server installed ?
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file /usr/bin/X /usr/bin/X: symbolic link to Xorg pacman -Qo /usr/bin/X /usr/bin/X is owned by xorg-server 21.1.3-6
do you actually have xorg-server installed ?
when i do pacman -S it has a lot of conflicting packages and after i try to install it
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
xorg-server: /usr/bin/X exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
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what is the output of
pacman -Qo /usr/bin/X
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what is the output of
pacman -Qo /usr/bin/X
error: No package owns /usr/bin/X
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ok then, as root run
rm -rf /usr/bin/X && pacman -S xorg-server
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ok then, as root run
rm -rf /usr/bin/X && pacman -S xorg-server
Okay that seems to have completely fixed any issues and i successfully booted into awesomewm, have a great day.
Last edited by miles (2022-06-11 08:06:06)
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Randomly creating system files (as a reaction to "No such file or directory" messages) is a no-no, bad idea jeans, a recipe for disaster...
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