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B-80

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Registered: 2010-05-05

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[Solved] gdm wont start after driver installation

Hey, this is my first real arch install.

I am running an ATI hd5850, and I downloaded the drivers from ATI. After I installed them (seemed to go fine), I rebooted, now I get loaded right into a shell instead of the graphical login and if I try to manually start gdm I get an error:

** (gdm-binary:1847): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.DisplayManager: Connection ":1.10" is not allowed to own service "org.gnome.DisplayManager" due to security policies in the configuration file

** (gdm-binary:1847): WARNING **: Could not acquire name; bailing out

any ideas where to go here? I just made the switch from ubuntu because I was having a similar problem, but I tried older drivers and it semi worked. I figured a more clean version of linux would be easier to troubleshoot.

Last edited by B-80 (2011-09-12 05:22:38)

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: [Solved] gdm wont start after driver installation

What exact drivers are you using ?

Instead of trying the ATI drivers, have you tried using open source drivers from Arch repos? Is there any specific reason that you want to install the official ATI drivers?

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B-80

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Registered: 2010-05-05

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Re: [Solved] gdm wont start after driver installation

catalyst 10.10

I am really new to this. What's the package called in the arch repos? Do I get it from a simple pacman call? And if that's the case how do I rid my system of the catalyst drivers?

Dogmeat

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From: Slovak Republic

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 193

Re: [Solved] gdm wont start after driver installation

If you want Catalyst then you should install it from AUR package catalyst 10.12. If you want open source driver then xf86-video-ati from the repo.

Also take a look at wiki pages - Ati and ATI Catalyst.

Last edited by Dogmeat (2011-01-07 15:58:57)

B-80

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Registered: 2010-05-05

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Re: [Solved] gdm wont start after driver installation

ok I installed the open source drivers, still booting into a shell, and getting the same error...

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: [Solved] gdm wont start after driver installation

Post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Moving to Newbie Corner...

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