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Last night I installed a core system of archlinux.
I searched the wiki and find a section describes how to install gnome.
But after I do like its describtion, gnome did not work, It prompt : cannot open display.
And when I typed "startx", it prompts" startx: cannot find command".
So I installed xorg:
pacman -S xorg
Then when I typed startx,it appeared a xterm system.
In the commandline prompt I typed "gnome-seseion", then it appeared a gnome system like this :
I want a system that do not enter gnome system until I type "startx". How to do it ?
I think the wiki should be updated, and be checked before pulished!
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The wiki is fine. You need to edit your ~/.xinitrc to run gnome.
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You should always startx as a user, not root. So, as user, create a file in the user's home directory named .xinitrc and put
exec gnome-session
in .xinitrc
HTH
Pudge
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yeah, I have start the gnome correctly.
I still have a question.
I want to save resources, so I wrote those lines in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc :
modprobe fuse
/etc/rc.d/hal start
/etc/rc.d/fam start
exec gnome-session
But it did not run correctly. So I had to load fuse mode and run deamon hal and fam in rc.conf, but not every times I need the Gnome desktop.
Why does it not work when writing in xinitrc ?
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http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc
you should have and & after them except the exec line....
and loading modules etc need root privilages, so i'm not sure if it will work in .xinitrc.
Last edited by u_no_hu (2009-01-09 08:07:06)
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Place "hal fam" at the end of the daemons line in rc.conf, and "fuse" in the modules line.
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you want this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide
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Last night I installed a core system of archlinux.
I searched the wiki and find a section describes how to install gnome.
But after I do like its describtion, gnome did not work, It prompt : cannot open display.
And when I typed "startx", it prompts" startx: cannot find command".
So I installed xorg:pacman -S xorg
Then when I typed startx,it appeared a xterm system.
In the commandline prompt I typed "gnome-seseion", then it appeared a gnome system like this :[Image removed.]
I want a system that do not enter gnome system until I type "startx". How to do it ?
I think the wiki should be updated, and be checked before pulished!
One, pacman -S gnome gnome-extra.
Two, pacman -S gamin and allow it to replace FAM.
Three, add hal gdm to your DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf, and remove fam if it's there.
Four, /etc/rc.d/hal restart && /etc/rc.d/gdm restart.
Five, profit.
Last edited by Wintervenom (2009-01-09 18:47:33)
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