[SOLVED]Xorg won't work for my non root user

keiichi · 2009-10-22 03:53:07

I installed Arch Linux 2009.08 x86_64 Core inside Sun VirtualBox 3.0.8 and got up to the part of the Beginners' Guide that tells me to test X and it can never work for my non root user. Funny thing is, I tried running it as root and it worked even though my root user has no ~/.xinitrc file. Running startx or xinitrc as my non root user I get a small (maybe 400x600) white terminal but can't use my mouse or keyboard.

After looking over the guide and doing a step I forgot and adding in all of the extra stuff the guide says might help I can use my mouse and keyboard in my non root users' small white terminal but X still won't start properly with xterm even though I put 'exec exterm' in my non root users' ~/.xinitrc file. Please help. Thanks for any help guys.

Last edited by keiichi (2009-10-23 12:34:50)

keiichi · 2009-10-22 16:26:00

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nogoma · 2009-10-22 16:29:41

Are you getting an error? Simply a blank screen? There's a troubleshooting section on the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X#B … ter_startx

schuay · 2009-10-22 17:31:13

keiichi wrote:

After looking over the guide and doing a step I forgot and adding in all of the extra stuff the guide says might help I can use my mouse and keyboard in my non root users' small white terminal....

I don't get it .. this sounds like xterm is starting up successfully (xterm is a small white terminal). Easiest way to get X up and running (imo) is

sudo pacman -S gnome gdm xorg xf86-input-evdev
sudo /etc/rc.d/hal start
sudo /etc/rc.d/gdm start

keiichi · 2009-10-22 17:40:11

I'll test that out when I get home, thanks.

keiichi · 2009-10-23 11:56:04

schuay wrote:

keiichi wrote:
After looking over the guide and doing a step I forgot and adding in all of the extra stuff the guide says might help I can use my mouse and keyboard in my non root users' small white terminal....
I don't get it .. this sounds like xterm is starting up successfully (xterm is a small white terminal). Easiest way to get X up and running (imo) is
sudo pacman -S gnome gdm xorg xf86-input-evdev
sudo /etc/rc.d/hal start
sudo /etc/rc.d/gdm start

I didn't know that's what xterm was, thanks for telling me. Noob mistake.

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#1 2009-10-22 03:53:07

[SOLVED]Xorg won't work for my non root user

#2 2009-10-22 16:26:00

Re: [SOLVED]Xorg won't work for my non root user

#3 2009-10-22 16:29:41

Re: [SOLVED]Xorg won't work for my non root user

#4 2009-10-22 17:31:13

Re: [SOLVED]Xorg won't work for my non root user

#5 2009-10-22 17:40:11

Re: [SOLVED]Xorg won't work for my non root user

#6 2009-10-23 11:56:04

Re: [SOLVED]Xorg won't work for my non root user

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