Arch Linux

christfire

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From: College Station, TX

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 8

New To Arch: One Problem

Hello, i am a new arch linux user.  Actually, new linux user as of yesterday.  I have managed to fix many problems using the arch beginners guide as well as google.  One problem however, is occuring when trying to load SLIM, simple login manager under xfce4.  When i try to log in, it gives the error "Failed to executed Login Command."  What should i do?  Thank You For The Help.

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bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Have you created a .xinitrc file in your home folder?  It should contain at least one line to start xfce.

exec startxfce4

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christfire

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From: College Station, TX

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 8

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

I Configured My .xinitrc File As Follows
#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

exec startxfce4

Thanks For The Help

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christfire

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From: College Station, TX

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 8

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Sorry, i didn't notice the "home folder" part of the comment.  I relocated the file to my home folder and WHOALA, it works.  Now i can log in as a normal user.  However, my settings are not saved.  When i log in, i changed  the dpi, the background, fonts, icon sets, themes, but when i restart and log back in, everything is back to default.  How do i go about fixing this error.  Thanks for the help

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omega_0815

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Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 3

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Make sure you save your session at least once after you set everything to your liking, you can read up on xfce and sessions here: http://www.xfce.org/documentation/4.2/m … e4-session
Also when xfce ran on my box I had "exec xfce4-session" in my .xinitrc rather than "exec startxfce4".
Hope you get it to work, good luck.

christfire

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From: College Station, TX

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 8

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Thank you for the input omega_0815.  I changed the sessions options to save my future sessions, but with no luck.  The problem still persists.  I also read up on the link you posted and tried a few ideas, but with no luck either.  Finally, i changed the .xinitrc file to exec xfce4-session.  For some reason it started up slower than normal, and my computers responsiveness was sluggish.  Although, i still changed settings and rebooted to see if it made a difference, with no victory.  I Appreciate the ideas though.  Any Others?  Thank You.  All help is appreciated.

Last edited by christfire (2008-03-12 21:07:57)

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bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Have you seen this post: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=43898

I'm not sure if this is relevant but if your permissions aren't correct, your settings won't be recalled.

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christfire

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From: College Station, TX

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 8

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Thank You bgc1954 for your response.  If permissions is the problem, how would i go about changing permissions.  I've read a few things on changing the permissions of a folder or files within a folder using chown command.  What folder would i apply this command to in order for it to have permission, therefor correcting the problem?  As stated in the post you shared, they made the relevant comment stating that everything works fine under root.  This directly correlates to my problem.  If i run startxfce4 under root, everything works and settings are saved, but if i run the same command under user instead, the settings are not saved.  This may be the problem.  What folder controls the settings? /tmp/ maybe.  so would i change the permissions of that folder to user ?   i will give these ideas a try.  Thank you for your input and help.  i appreciate it.

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bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Your settings files should be in your /home/yourname/.config/xfce4 in a bunch of folders.  Maybe just check that they are owned by you and you have read and write privileges whereas group and others have read only.  You can check that out easily using thunar.

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christfire

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From: College Station, TX

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 8

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Thank you bgc1954! Your brilliant.  i looked at the permissions of that folder and it was set only to root.  After changing the permissions of the folder, it still did not work, but then i realized quickly that i had only changed the permission of the folder and not the permission of the contents of the folder, subfiles, and folders.  After using the recursive chown command, i changed everything to my liking and restarted.  When the desktop opened everything was saved.  Thank you guys for all the help.  This has been an awesome first time linux/arch/forums experience.

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koch

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 369

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

linux-usersince yesterday? i have seen many others (including me) who didn't manage only half the things you did in about 48 hours.
have fun with arch

oh, and nice signature. will copy it for other forums...

Last edited by koch (2008-03-13 16:29:05)

christfire

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From: College Station, TX

Registered: 2008-03-12

Posts: 8

Re: New To Arch: One Problem

Well, i must admit, i was not alone when i installed arch linux two days ago.  I had the help of one of my friends, who has been using linux for a long time, sitting there with me, helping, explaining, teaching.  So i was not by myself.  I had help.

Last edited by christfire (2008-03-13 16:46:38)

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