Startx command not found

Troels · 2009-03-03 21:18:06

My first post at the Arch forum.

My first imression with Arch is that it is generally a stable and well done distro.

What irritates me, is that I am trying to configure Arch to start X without a login manager like GDM (it is too heavy). But when I type "startx" in tty1 is says "command not found". Which package do I need to be able to use startx and .bashrc instead of gdm?

Last edited by Troels (2009-03-03 21:18:24)

Inxsible · 2009-03-03 21:19:38

Troels wrote:

My first post at the Arch forum.

Welcome !

Troels wrote:

My first imression with Arch is that it is generally a stable and well done distro.

Yes it is !!!

Troels wrote:

What irritates me, is that I am trying to configure Arch to start X without a login manager like GDM (it is too heavy). But when I type "startx" in tty1 is says "command not found". Which package do I need to be able to use startx and .bashrc instead of gdm?

Have you installed X yet ? Arch is a barebones CLI only OS. You have to choose to install X and then a window manager of your choice.

if you haven't done this already, you need to start by reading up on the Beginners Guide in the Wiki.

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-03-03 21:21:06)

Allan · 2009-03-03 21:20:27

startx is part of the xorg-xinit package. Have you installed xorg? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg

skottish · 2009-03-03 21:20:46

Welcome!

startx is owned by xorg-xinit.

--EDIT--

Beaten by Allan!

djnm · 2009-03-03 21:21:48

Have you installed and configured X according to the wiki? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … _Install_X

And you want a .xinitrc , not a .bashrc.

EDIT: Ah! Foiled again!

Last edited by djnm (2009-03-03 21:22:13)

Troels · 2009-03-03 21:41:23

Geeze you guys are fast man!

Actually, I am writing from my Gnome box now, gdm works fine, and I have also configured xorg properly. Compiz is also running.

That xorg-xinit package seemed to do the trick. Actually, I edited the file /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc before I installed xorg-xinit so therefore it could not be installed due to the file already existing in the file system. But then I removed the file, and I could now install the package.

bash-3.2# pacman -S xorg-xinit
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (2): xorg-xauth-1.0.3-1  xorg-xinit-1.1.1-1  

Total Download Size:    0,00 MB
Total Installed Size:   0,11 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
checking package integrity...
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
xorg-xinit: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
bash-3.2# rm -rf /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
bash-3.2# pacman -S xorg-xinit
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (2): xorg-xauth-1.0.3-1  xorg-xinit-1.1.1-1  

Total Download Size:    0,00 MB
Total Installed Size:   0,11 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
checking package integrity...
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
(1/2) installing xorg-xauth                         [#####################] 100%
(2/2) installing xorg-xinit                         [#####################] 100%
bash-3.2# startx 
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.27669

Last edited by Troels (2009-03-03 21:41:49)

Troels · 2009-03-03 21:56:31

I have now configured it properly.

Why am I not allowed to adjust the cpu frequency anymore and how do I get priviledges to run nm-applet?

Allan · 2009-03-03 22:00:20

gdm starts a consolekit session. This wiki page might help: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Networkmanager_0.7

Edit:
e.g. my ~/.xinitrc starts XFCE like

exec ck-launch-session startxfce4

Troels · 2009-03-03 22:06:49

Allan wrote:

gdm starts a consolekit session. This wiki page might help: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Networkmanager_0.7
Edit:
e.g. my ~/.xinitrc starts XFCE like
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4

Thanks Allan I'll try to look there.

What I did, was that I edited /etc/inittab to this

c1:2345:respawn:/bin/login -f arch tty1 </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1

Which means that my user "arch" automatically will log in. When I log in, .bash_profile is executed which holds

if [[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/vc/1 ]]; then
startx
logout
fi

as said in the Arch wiki. in .xinitrc "exec gnome-session" is so that my computer will automatically boot into Gnome without any login manager.

EDIT: Your trick worked (of course) Allan!

Last edited by Troels (2009-03-03 22:11:20)

Allan · 2009-03-03 22:08:41

Looks fine to me.

Troels wrote:

in .xinitrc "exec gnome-session"

Just making that "exec ck-launch-session gnome-seesion" and all your permissions should be good.

rigved · 2011-05-01 22:21:42

Hi everyone!

I had the same problem and installing xorg-xinit solved it for me. Thanks!

I was installing using the tutorial of thisweekinlinux and I thought that when I install the whole xorg group, it should also have installed xorg-xinit by default. Guess it did not but not a problem now.

Last edited by rigved (2011-05-01 22:22:19)

ConnorBehan · 2011-05-02 00:43:20

Troels wrote:

Why am I not allowed to adjust the cpu frequency anymore and how do I get priviledges to run nm-applet?

Are you loading the cpufreq modules and using the cpufrequtils package?

ewaller · 2011-05-02 03:47:15

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