Can't start X as user but can with root.

technononsense · 2008-09-10 08:05:55

I've managed to set gnome as the default DE and when logging in as root it starts fine. When i try to start X as a user i get the error

(II) module "RAMDAC" already built in

and when i look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log tere was a warning of

(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)

I read that installing acpid might help but after updating and installing it with pacman, it still gives me the same error?

lilith2k3 · 2008-09-10 09:31:21

Do you use gdm-loginmanager?

kanim · 2008-09-10 10:21:27

have you put gnome in your ~/.xinitrc and not just in the root ones?

the easyiest way is to add gdm to the end of your daemons in /etc/rc.conf

DAEMONS=(... ... gdm)

Last edited by kanim (2008-09-10 10:21:48)

.:B:. · 2008-09-10 11:06:12

Those aren't errors... Errors are preceded with (EE).

grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log

should give you relevant info, quickly.

Adding a login manager to the daemons array is a solution but not the preferred one. The best option is to modify /etc/inittab correctly.

As for the ACPI warning: just because you install it doesn't mean it runs. Add it to your daemons array too and start it manually.

Last edited by B (2008-09-10 11:08:20)

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