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aminepro

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Registered: 2025-01-31

Posts: 55

[SOLVED]I can't get xorg working

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#Running

I'm trying to install dwm, so

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dwm#Starting

xinit nor startx exist in my system, I installed xorg-server when it didn't work I added xorg-apps then when it didn't I installed the package groupe xorg as well. I didn't solve the problem.

https://man.archlinux.org/man/startx.1#FILES

none of the files listed in the manual exist:

 ls /etc/X11/ -R
/etc/X11/:
xinit/  xorg.conf.d/

/etc/X11/xinit:
xinitrc.d/

/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d:
40-libcanberra-gtk-module.sh*  50-systemd-user.sh*

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d:

Last edited by aminepro (2026-07-08 13:01:50)

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 882

Re: [SOLVED]I can't get xorg working

the answer is right there in your first link on the first line, there is a link to the xinit page which tells you to install xorg-xinit

aminepro

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Registered: 2025-01-31

Posts: 55

Re: [SOLVED]I can't get xorg working

Thanks very much