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zjames

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Registered: 2010-08-04

Posts: 29

loading gnome

i have just installed gnome, and when i tried to run it using the
     /etc/rc.d/gdm
command, i got the following error message:
    failed to acquire org.gnome.DisplayManager
    could not acquire name; bailing out
i tried using the
   gnome-session command
and got the error message:
    cannot open display
Can anyone help me?

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: loading gnome

start dbus and if you chose gdm method you don't have to do anything else.

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zjames

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Registered: 2010-08-04

Posts: 29

Re: loading gnome

how do i start dbus?

Vamp898

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From: 東京

Registered: 2009-01-03

Posts: 909

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Re: loading gnome

/etc/rc.d/dbus start

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNO … d_by_GNOME

zjames

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Registered: 2010-08-04

Posts: 29

Re: loading gnome

i started dbus, then through that tried starting gnome and got the following error message:
     gdm-binary [1218]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.05 seconds
this is printed 5 times

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: loading gnome

then xorg is configured poorly, check Xorg.0.log

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zjames

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Registered: 2010-08-04

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Re: loading gnome

where is Xorg.0.log saved?

loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: loading gnome

/var/log

Please use the Wiki and Google for such basic questions.

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zjames

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Registered: 2010-08-04

Posts: 29

Re: loading gnome

iv got it working now, thanks everyone