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MiNd-FuCk

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Registered: 2010-04-02

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Issues getting gnome running...

This is my second post in two days reqesting help and i appoligise for this, i am not experianced with arch.

I followed the guide at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME#Installation

Up to the point where i am supposed to start the following daemons:

# /etc/rc.d/hal start
# /etc/rc.d/fam start

However when i try to start eaither one of them i get the following message:

-bash: /ect/rc.d/hal: no such file or directory

And if i try to skip this step and type

gnome-session

i get

** (gnome-session:1639): cannot open display:

I have installed xorg via

pacman xorg

and it installed without any issues, any adive? i have no idea what i am doing here...

Last edited by MiNd-FuCk (2010-04-03 04:40:02)

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

Have you installed hal in first place ?

MiNd-FuCk

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Registered: 2010-04-02

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

Oh... um... is that just

pacman -S hal

?

*feels like an idiot*

**EDIT no i do already have it installed, just checked!

Last edited by MiNd-FuCk (2010-04-03 04:50:38)

flamelab

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

It's not possible what you have done ... If it's installed, /etc/rc.d/hal must exist.

skottish

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

If you haven't already, put hal in the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf. Put it at the beginning somewhere. On my system, it's the second one in the list after syslog-ng:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal network net-profiles !netfs @crond avahi-daemon @cups @sshd @privoxy @irqbalance alsa @mpd @openntpd)

Personally, I'd not install fam and use gamin. gamin covers most of the functionality of hal and does not need to be started explicitly, which is to say, it doesn't not need to be started by you or put in the DAEMONS array.

skottish

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

It's not possible what you have done ... If it's installed, /etc/rc.d/hal must exist.

Unless, of course, ect is used instead of etc.

cesura

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

This is boggling my mind. It must be a typing error, or you just totally screwed up pacman.

On the plus side: Welcome to Arch

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MiNd-FuCk

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

Update: i realised that i may actuly be mentaly retarded, i was spelling it wrong when i type into teminal, i was typing ect isntead of etc, however i have now started the daemons and i am still getting

** (gnome-session:1761): WARNING **: Cannot open display:

when i try "gnome-session"

cesura

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

Update: i realised that i may actuly be mentaly retarded, i was spelling it wrong when i type into teminal, i was typing ect isntead of etc, however i have now started the daemons and i am still getting

** (gnome-session:1761): WARNING **: Cannot open display:

when i try "gnome-session"

You need to start Xorg before gnome.

Add gnome-session to your .xinitrc file in your home directory

Then run startx

EDIT: Or you didn't configure your video card properly

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skottish

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

Update: i realised that i may actuly be mentaly retarded, i was spelling it wrong when i type into teminal, i was typing ect isntead of etc, however i have now started the daemons and i am still getting

** (gnome-session:1761): WARNING **: Cannot open display:

when i try "gnome-session"

You need to start Xorg before gnome.

Add gnome-session to your .xinitrc file in your home directory

Then run startx

EDIT: Or you didn't configure your video card properly

Alternatively, install gdm and put that last in the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf.

MiNd-FuCk

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

Ok, i didn't know that.

But um... i just typed "Xorg" in and the whole screen when black, i can tell its on tho because its not the black it goes when the connection is dead.

Also how would i go about configuring my Nvidia gforce 8600 gts?

cesura

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

Ok, i didn't know that.

But um... i just typed "Xorg" in and the whole screen when black, i can tell its on tho because its not the black it goes when the connection is dead.

Also how would i go about configuring my Nvidia gforce 8600 gts?

I have an intel card, so I can't really help there.

Check this out and see if it might be of use:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nvidia

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skottish

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

We need to slow way down here...

MiNd-FuCk, all of the basic set up stuff is covered in the Beginner's Guide. You shouldn't need to be branching out into the wiki's sub-articles for getting a system to the point of running Gnome, unless nvidia-xconfig isn't covered there (I don't know off of the top of my head). Take a bit of time, go back through it, and see what you have missed.

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It's all there. Please go through the Beginner's Guide. It will get you up and running.

cesura

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Re: Issues getting gnome running...

Basically, what skottish just said. I didn't know how to word it where it wouldn't be offensive. The beginners guide is a great resource for setting up a system.

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