[SOLVED]up running, but now i cant log in

Bloody_Mat · 2009-09-26 23:14:13

installed, x, lxde, openbox, and slim, set it to run for X11 at boot, get to the SLIM screen, wont let me log in, how do i fix this?

Last edited by Bloody_Mat (2009-09-27 01:31:09)

grey · 2009-09-26 23:25:08

Is console login on tty1-6 still working?

rcoyner · 2009-09-26 23:36:49

Bloody_Mat wrote:

installed, x, lxde, openbox, and slim, set it to run for X11 at boot, get to the SLIM screen, wont let me log in, how do i fix this?

1. What happens after you type in your username/password?
1a. Do you get an incorrect login/password?
1b. Does the screen turn black and nothing happens?
2. Can you go through your /var/log/messages.log files?
3. Can you login as another user, or as root?

Bloody_Mat · 2009-09-26 23:55:33

ive tried logging as both root and the user i set up, when i try it as the user it just goes back to the username prompt, when i try root, it says login attempt failed

Knute · 2009-09-27 00:06:20

If you switch over to one of the tty screens, can you login?

If so, it means that slim is not set up correctly.

Once, a looong time ago, I ran up against that, and since I was only playing around, I never got around to figuring out what I needed to change in order to make it work.

If you can login from the console, then can you please post your slim config file? It should be in /etc, but, as I don't use it, I'm not sure the exact name or location. That way, someone that does use it, can tell you what you need to do in order to fix it.

jasonwryan · 2009-09-27 00:07:02

Are you trying to log into Openbox or LXDE? If you post your .xinitrc it might help diagnose the issue...

Bloody_Mat · 2009-09-27 00:10:06

im not sure if im logging into either, i think it should be lxde, since that USES openbox, but...
and im not sure about the .xinitrc, since i can't get back to console i have to reinstall everything, ill post it when i get it

Knute · 2009-09-27 00:13:55

You don't have to reinstall everything.

In order to get to a console you can use the key combo <ctrl><alt><fwhatever>

So if you want tty2 the combo would be <ctrl><alt><f2>
If you want to see the output of your X session, then it would be tty1 <ctrl><alt><f1>
Same for the rest of the F-keys.
Once in the console, you can use <ctrl><fkey>, but <ctrl><alt><fkey> also works.

Bloody_Mat · 2009-09-27 00:24:47

I tried those, those didn't work. and as educational as having to rework the install over and over again has been for me, im startin to lose my mind, but at least i get farther and farther everytime i do it. installing packages now, ill post the file when im done

Bloody_Mat · 2009-09-27 01:08:14

ok some one help, i dont have an .xinitrc file, how do i make/get one? do i just copy the template in the wiki or is there another day?

guzz46 · 2009-09-27 01:13:56

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc

just do nano ~/.xinitrc as a regular user and add exec startlxde then F2 to save

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jasonwryan · 2009-09-27 01:16:45

You could use the standard one from the wiki:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xin … d_.xinitrc

or you could just put:

exec openbox-session

in the file and it should work...

/edit

Too slow...

Last edited by jasonwryan (2009-09-27 01:17:31)

Bloody_Mat · 2009-09-27 01:17:14

ok, just makin sure on that, now whats the difference between running open box and lxde? and specific place i have to set it to?

jasonwryan · 2009-09-27 01:19:40

Run one or the other from .xinitrc -- not both.

I don't understand what you mean by

specific place i have to set it to

Bloody_Mat · 2009-09-27 01:22:07

well i know that when i ran slim as DM, i got a message when i tried to login as root, so i went to the wiki and it said you need one of those files for every user, so i wondered if it had to be in a specific place to find it or anything

jasonwryan · 2009-09-27 01:27:30

.xinitrc is in your home folder: ~/.xinitrc

By default slim expects to find such a file for all users and will complain it is "unable to process the login command" if no such file exists in the user's home directory.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SLIM

Bloody_Mat · 2009-09-27 01:30:48

alrighty thanks everybody, finally got it booted so i has a desktop now!!!! took me 4 days but hey, better than vista

jasonwryan · 2009-09-27 01:33:03

Are you really sure Arch is the right distro for you?

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