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metacym

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Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 5

Gnome not booting after install

Hello. first Arch install. over all, has went well.

Everything has been fairly simple and straight-forward.
this is the only issue i am really having.

After all the package installing, and dependencies, gdm, etc.
i tried to boot gnome using: gnome-session.

this command yields this message:

** (gnome-session: 2914) : WARNING **: Cannot open display:
[root@METACYM~]#_

I have obviously searched this error, but have not found much that pertains to my situation. I figured the 2914 error must have some implication. but havent found info yet.
any help is appreciated.
thanks

metacym

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Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 5

Re: Gnome not booting after install

OH, i should add these details:

ARCH guest: 768 mb RAM, 20 gb virtual drive

Virtual Machine via VMware fusion 2.0
Host: MacbookPro (1,1) OS X 10.5.6
Intel core Duo
ATI Radeon 256mb

tom5760

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From: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Registered: 2006-02-05

Posts: 283

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Re: Gnome not booting after install

Have you installed X?  Try:

pacman -S xorg

Once that is done, put the following in ~/.xinitrc

exec gnome-session

Then run "startx."  Gnome should start.

Check the wiki for more:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gnome

jo3

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Registered: 2007-08-18

Posts: 112

Re: Gnome not booting after install

^^^ What he said.   also.. If you want to use GDM make sure it's in your DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf. Oh, and it's generally not a good idea to start x as root.

metacym

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Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 5

Re: Gnome not booting after install

^^^ What he said.   also.. If you want to use GDM make sure it's in your DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf. Oh, and it's generally not a good idea to start x as root.

thanks to both of you guys for the help.

I had configured xorg, but if i did something wrong, i wouldnt be suprised.

However, the guide i was following gave a command-option in addition to
adding GDM to the daemons array, so perhaps i will attempt to redo it manually.

metacym

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Registered: 2009-01-13

Posts: 5

Re: Gnome not booting after install

Have you installed X?  Try:

pacman -S xorg

Once that is done, put the following in ~/.xinitrc

exec gnome-session

Then run "startx."  Gnome should start.

Check the wiki for more:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gnome

thanks the second command actually yields the error i posted.
X was installed, but i am assuming there will lye my problem.
i am just not sure about specifics.