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eddygrinder

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First time...[SOLVED]

Hello!

This is my first time that i'm trying to install Arch.
I have a Amd K7 700MHz with a Nvidia Geforce TI 4200, however i can't manage to run a graphical desktop.

When i run: startx; the system goes to - i think - fvwm - and freezes. No keyboard, no mouse, no nothing!
when i run: startxfce4 the system gives this error message: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message!

I don't now what to do next! Maybe some package missing?

Thanx for your help!
EddY

Last edited by eddygrinder (2009-12-08 19:38:06)

jasonwryan

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

Which DE or WM did you install?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … nvironment

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eddygrinder

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Registered: 2009-12-07

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

I've tried Fluxbox and now i have xfce

mcmillan

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

Based on the comment about not having keyboard and mouse working I was thinking not having hal running is probably the issue, in an earlier part of the guide than jasonwryan linked you to.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … otplugging

If you haven't been following the beginner's guide I recommend you take a look at it. It will help you with most of what you need to get everything up and running.

eddygrinder

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

Damn it!
I totally forgot to install dbus and ttf-*!

It's now working!

Thanx a lot!

P.S: Man... this damn fast! :-D

eddygrinder

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Registered: 2009-12-07

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

Hello, again!

The system is working but i can't access my NTFS partition.
I have ntfs-3g installed and the message is something like this: "ntfs-3g fuse mount failed: device busy"

Thanx a lot!
EddY

Tyriel

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Registered: 2009-01-20

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

How did you try and mount your partition?  Via fstab or via the command line?  In either case could you please post what you did here?

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eddygrinder

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

Both...

ntfs-3g /dev/sda3 /media/<mount point>

and

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda3 /media/mount_point

fstab: /dev/sda1  /media/mount_point  ntfs-3g  defaults  0 0

Tyriel

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

hmm try changing in fstab your ntfs partition details to be:

/dev/sda1   /media/<mount point>  ntfs-3g

You do not need defaults, dump or pass values for ntfs partitions. 

Then "mount -a" and you should be ready to go... *fingers crossed*  as I am not 100% sure if that is your problem though.

Last edited by Tyriel (2009-12-08 12:58:58)

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MattSmith

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

This one is a shot in the dark, but you can try

fuser -k /dev/sda3

-- careful though because this will kill any processing accessing /dev/sda3

you'll probably have to run as root.

At least if ntfs-3g still claims it's busy then you know there is something wrong with the ntfs-3g configuration because it most certainly will not be "busy" anymore.

ps, you can use fuser -m to see what's accessing the /dev before you kill the process.  I'm not totally sure this is using fuser correctly, but it has saved me many headaches before when dealing with ntfs file systems

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eddygrinder

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

What a dumb as* i am!! Please someone just shoot me!!!

So, i was trying to mount the ntfs partition using: ntfs-3g /dev/sda3 /media/<mount point>, sda3 is the swap partition!!!
Sorry!!!

now, when i'm trying to do swapon /dev/sda3 this give an error: swapon: /dev/sda3: read swap header failed: Invalid argument

Should i format this partiton?

Thanx and sorry for my mistake!!!

EddY

perbh

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

Make sure(3 times over) that /dev/sda3 is infact your swap partition!! (Just do a 'fdisk /dev/sda' - and it should come up as type=82 which means it is swap). Then you a 'mkswap /dev/sda3 && swapon /dev/sda3')

eddygrinder

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Re: First time...[SOLVED]

Okis... format complete... and swapon!

Thanks a lot!!!

the system is fully working!