Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

No · 2010-11-13 02:46:06

I had this problem and I posted it at LinuxQuestions. Then I decided that it would probably be better posting it at the Arch forums instead.

Here is the problem(s)

I installed Arch with the dual netinstall and choose x86_64

I installed lxde, gdm/gnome

I also made sure this was done:
pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard

I believe it all installed correctly.

I have an Nvidia GT 220, so I:

pacman -S nvidia

This also went well. I can run nvidia-xconfig and it backs up the file fine.

Ok these are the errors I am getting when I try to install pacman -S hwd

error: 'hwd' : Could not find or read package

When I try to run gdm I get:

(gdm-binary:1677):Warning **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system-bus/socket: No such file or directory

When I try to startx:

/etc/X11/xinitrc: line 48:xterm: Command not found
/etc/X11/xinitrc: line 50: exec: xterm: Command not found
/etc/X11/xinitrc: line 46: twm: Command not found
waiting for xserver to shutdown

Ok I am a little lost. What am I doing wrong? Why can't I install hwd and then run hwd -xa like I am suppose to?

Edit: I have an AMDx2 64bit Compaq Presario SR5123WM with an PCI-E Nvidia GT 200. 4GB of ram. CPU is upgraded to a 4400+

Last edited by No (2010-11-13 14:27:50)

wonder · 2010-11-13 02:55:25

that happens when you actually don't follow our documentation.

1) you didn't installed right xorg. pacman -S xorg
2) hwd is dead stop trying to use it
3) you don't have to create any xorg.conf, just reboot after nvidia installing
4) start dbus

No · 2010-11-13 03:08:12

Yeah, I know. I should have read up on it, lol.

I really wanted to see how far I could get and I did pretty well considering. Let me see if I can save this. If not no big deal to reinstall and do it the right way Thanks for the info.

No · 2010-11-13 03:46:00

Well I am mostly there. I still can't get gdm to start but I made it far enough that I can now get startx to work and I installed Firefox. Which means I can actually trouble shoot this (and read the documentation,) easily in Arch.

Edit: Also I learn better from hands on then I do from reading. All that I have done now, including getting a little more familiar with Pacman, will stay with me. I learn from things not working or from me messing them up I guess, lol.

Last edited by No (2010-11-13 03:47:37)

No · 2010-11-13 11:31:44

Well I am still having problems with getting anything other then startx to work. GDM gives me the same error. Can anyone point me to the right documentation for getting GDM/Gnome or LXDE set up? Or offer anyone advice?

Also, not sure if I should post it here or start a new thread. I will here I guess. I created a user with adduser just fine. I checked to see what groups where available and added what was needed, I think. Anyways for some reason I can't startx with a normal user, only as root. I am guessing the user doesn't have the permissions to startx. I am not sure what group this would fall under or do I have to create another group and add the user to that one? Or is it something else?

Barrucadu · 2010-11-13 13:10:03

Did you start the dbus daemon? Also, did you look in the beginners' guide on the wiki for user groups?

No · 2010-11-13 14:06:20

I checked out the user groups at the wiki. I may have missed it but I couldn't find anything other then the video group, which I did add.

Ok I am not sure I did this yet. How would I start or auto start the dbus daemon? I will check the wiki after I post this and look as well.

No · 2010-11-13 14:14:30

Well that was easy. All I had to add was dbus and hal to DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal network crond alsa openntpd) in the /etc/rc.conf file. Rebooted and gdm/gnome works. I can also log in as user rather then root. Thanks all for the patience and help.

Edit: This is solved. I am not sure how or if I can mark it as solved yet. Looking and dont' see anything so I am guessing I have to have a certain amount of posts before I can mark something as solved?

Last edited by No (2010-11-13 14:17:14)

litemotiv · 2010-11-13 14:20:03

You can just prepend [solved] to your topic title No, by editing the first post.

Next time, please research first before asking on the forums, thanks.

No · 2010-11-13 14:31:45

Thanks for the info on how to mark it as solved.

As far as researching, this I did do. I didn't expect the Arch wiki to actually be helpful and in order. Many wiki's are not. Even the Arch wiki search was great. So I usually just Sroogle the issues, which I did do this time. However that did not work out well. So I tried a search at the forums, that didn't come back with anything. Maybe I should have worded the search better.

As far as asking questions at the forum? I will, might even be really dumb ones at times. I will appoligize for the stupid questions in advance but not for the asking. That is what forums and the Arch newbie sections are for

Last edited by No (2010-11-13 14:33:35)

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#1 2010-11-13 02:46:06

Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

#2 2010-11-13 02:55:25

Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

#3 2010-11-13 03:08:12

Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

#4 2010-11-13 03:46:00

Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

#5 2010-11-13 11:31:44

Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

#6 2010-11-13 13:10:03

Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

#7 2010-11-13 14:06:20

Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

#8 2010-11-13 14:14:30

Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

#9 2010-11-13 14:20:03

Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

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Re: Can't install hwd, can't get startx, gdm, etc to work. [SOLVED]

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