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hello,
i've been trying to install xfce4 by using pacman
(pacman -S xfce4)
and that was a success (all files were installed)
i then added .xinitrc to my home folder.
i wrote in it
"exec ck-launch-session startxfce4"
but nothing happens. If i type startxfce4 manually it reads "Starting x server
line:76 /usr/bin/xinit: Success "
but when i type "xfce4-session" it says: "xfce4-session: error whilst loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libSM.so.6: file too short"
how can i get xfce4 to work?
Last edited by nicholas buckner (2010-07-12 13:04:22)
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So after you made .xinitrc in your home directory are you typing startx to start it?
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oh sorry i didn't install my graphics card driver, but now when i typed in xfce4 it now just comes up with a blank screen, i installed using a ati radeon hd (using radeonhd 4200)
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So after you made .xinitrc in your home directory are you typing startx to start it?
I notice you posted at the same time as this, so... well, BUMP. I hope that helps
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yes i have "So after you made .xinitrc in your home directory are you typing startx to start it?" it might be because i am running 64bit?
xf86-video-radeonhd
pacman -S xf86-video-radeonhd libgl ati-dri
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oh sorry i didn't install my graphics card driver, but now when i typed in xfce4 it now just comes up with a blank screen, i installed using a ati radeon hd (using radeonhd 4200)
A blank screen could be anything. Can you post some logs of what xorg is doing? There should be an xorg log in /var/log.
yes i have "So after you made .xinitrc in your home directory are you typing startx to start it?" it might be because i am running 64bit?
64-bit shouldn't be an issue. 64-bit linux has matured a lot, and tons of people are using it. It's not really "bleeding edge" anymore.
Last edited by Proofrific (2010-06-30 15:03:30)
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although i am on opensuse (stuff needed to be working at the moment) at the moment i will try it again but surely if i ran 64bit shouldn't i been using
instead of xf86-video-radeonhd shouldn't i use xf86_64-video-radeonhd ?
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although i am on opensuse (stuff needed to be working at the moment) at the moment i will try it again but surely if i ran 64bit shouldn't i been using
instead of xf86-video-radeonhd shouldn't i use xf86_64-video-radeonhd ?
I think "xf86" refers to xfree86, the project that xorg was branched from. For both 32-bit and 64-bit, the package name is xf86-video-radeonhd. See, for example, http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=video-radeon.
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thanks i will try arch linux again soon, but what is the best supported desktop enviroment for arch linux and should i use fglrx or xfree86 ati drivers (on preformance).#
thanks for all your help
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what is the best supported desktop enviroment for arch linux
Arch Linux doesn't have a particular, "best-supported," desktop environment because it philosophically follows a do-it-yourself approach. That is, developers don't decide on one particular desktop environment that they think is best for you. Rather, the responsibility is placed on the user. When you install, you're given a basic shell system, and you must decide whether you want a desktop environment, which one, etc. From the wiki, "Arch Linux targets and accommodates competent GNU/Linux users by giving them complete control and responsibility over the system" (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The … er-centric).
should i use fglrx or xfree86 ati drivers (on preformance).
I don't have an ATI video card, so I can't say. But, the wiki has some information about it: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Radeon
As an aside, even though the naming is xf86, you should call them xorg drivers. Everyone uses xorg nowadays, not xfree86. If you say xfree86, people might think you're using that system instead of the newer, better xorg.
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solved? how do i end this thread?
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solved? how do i end this thread?
Edit the title of your original post and add "[Solved]"
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Edit the title of your original post and add "[Solved]"
It doesn't really make a difference, but it's recommend that you put "[SOLVED]" at the beginning of the title, not the end, as explained in http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … ow_to_Post.
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