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djungelmums

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-09-09

Posts: 36

Configuring the new system

Hi!

I have been using Ubuntu as my primary OS (havent used anything else) since 7.10 or 8.04. I looked at archlinux at day one when i was concidering which distro i would use but it seemed to hard to learn at that time.

I tried archlinux a couple of days ago but something went wrong when i installed gnome. It installed correctly and i could launch it. Problem was: I couldnt login through gdm (because it said i typed in the wrong pw, although the username/pw worked in console) so i had to start gnome from the console. When i finally started gnome I couldnt type any sudo commands or start the root terminal (worked in console), it said i had the wrong pw.
Suggestions?

Thank you.

Pyntux

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 391

Re: Configuring the new system

Are you installed sudo? Are you in sudoers file? Do you have user of your?

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djungelmums

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-09-09

Posts: 36

Re: Configuring the new system

Yes. Yes. What do you mean?

zodmaner

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Registered: 2007-07-11

Posts: 653

Re: Configuring the new system

Do you try to log into GNOME as a user or as a root? GDM won't let you log in using root account, you have to use a user account.

myrkiada

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From: Norway

Registered: 2009-04-15

Posts: 74

Re: Configuring the new system

Is the keymap correct? Try opening a text editor in gnome and type your password there and see if it shows up correctly.. if not go back to console and try this:

sudo cp /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

Then:

sudo nano /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

And change the following line to match your keyboard layout (eg. change "us" to "gb"):

<merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">us</merge>

Then I think maby you must restart hal:

sudo /etc/rc.d/hal restart

Try starting gdm again..

Last edited by myrkiada (2009-09-09 14:37:01)

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hbekel

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Registered: 2008-10-04

Posts: 311

Re: Configuring the new system

Sounds like your X input layer isn't properly configured (since sudo seems to work from the console). Can you verify that your keyboard works correctly in X at all? Can you type your password correctly in a terminal? Are you using the proper keyboard variant? Which input method do you use (hotplugging)? Is HAL running?

These might help:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … otplugging

Edit: myrkiada assumes you are using input hotplugging, which should be the default. Try his suggestions first...

Last edited by hbekel (2009-09-09 14:35:23)

djungelmums

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-09-09

Posts: 36

Re: Configuring the new system

Ok thank you for all the fast replies. Now ive tested to write my pw in gnome-terminal and it doesnt look like it should.

When i try to make this character (€) it shows like this (¤)

I tried myrkiadas solution. Didnt work.
I checked the keyboard settings in System - Preferences - Keyboard and set it to my language (Swedish).

djungelmums

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-09-09

Posts: 36

Re: Configuring the new system

This window pops up sometimes after ive configured my 10-keymap.fdi file.

Suggestions?

djungelmums

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2009-09-09

Posts: 36

Re: Configuring the new system

Partially solved it. Seems like shift+4 is the only combination that isnt right.
Its right in gnome though, but not in the console.