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I've just installed arch on a virtual machine to see if I like it. (Been using Ubuntu)
I have 2 small glitches:
a) Root can startx no problems, but try it as a normal user... no way. I get:
Could not open or create the file "(null)"; this indicates that there may be a problem with your configuration, as many programs will need to create files in your home directory. The error was "Failed to create file '/tmp/gconf-test-locking-file-EGQGVT': Permission denied" (errno = 13)
I added the user like it said on the site:
# useradd -m -s /bin/bash johndoe
# passwd johndoe
b) The fonts have no anti-aliasing and look like something from the 1980's. How do I improve this?
Thanks.
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for a, i believe the /tmp directory needs permissions changed so the new user can write to it. lots of people have had this problem. as root, issue a chmod +w /tmp should do the trick i believe.
for b, installing ttf-ms-fonts package should help a bit.
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OK, so I did chmod 777 /tmp and that did the trick. Thanks. I'll try with the fonts as soon as gnome-extra downloads and installs. (100+ MBs...)
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OK, X works fine and the fonts are better now that I installed gnome-extra. I think it came with some extra fonts and it made things look much better.
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glad to hear it worked
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