[SOLVED] SLiM: "Failed to execute login command"

linux333 · 2010-12-28 04:50:20

Hello.

I've installed Arch Linux on a VirtualBox virtual machine today. I installed SLiM, along with Xfce4.

Right now, I have tried to login with SLiM, but every time I do, it returns back "Failed to execute login command".

Now, I'm not sure how to get back to a CLI login so I can possibly try and fix this. All the solutions I've Googled involve using Terminal. And also... I think I may have added slim to daemons in rc.conf.

So, how can I go back to a CLI log-in to fix this?

Last edited by linux333 (2010-12-28 05:57:18)

jasonwryan · 2010-12-28 04:54:56

Ctrl-Alt-F{1-6} will take you to the console...

linux333 · 2010-12-28 05:00:50

I have tried that, but it does not seem to work for the virtual machine; it takes me to my native OS's console instead.

jasonwryan · 2010-12-28 05:07:45

My bad: missed the VM bit - boot into run level 3 - add ro 3 to the end of the kernel line when you boot

linux333 · 2010-12-28 05:18:41

SLiM is still loading even though I add a '3' at the end of the kernel line.

linux333 · 2010-12-28 05:56:53

Update: I got it working. Turns out that I didn't have a .xinitrc file, so I created one, and it solved the problem.

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#1 2010-12-28 04:50:20

[SOLVED] SLiM: "Failed to execute login command"

#2 2010-12-28 04:54:56

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#3 2010-12-28 05:00:50

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