pacman -S xorg doesn't install xorg

fishin4guitars · 2011-03-31 20:07:50

After running 'pacman -S xorg', I ran startx to test. I got a bash error in return (this command not found). xinit gave the same result. I ran the same thing in a vm maybe a week previous, and it installed xorg just fine. Has anyone had the same problem?

fishin4guitars

bohoomil · 2011-03-31 20:12:20

For the start, could you please check /var/log/pacman.log if there are any traces / errors / warnings regarding Xorg? And then, if Xorg was eventually installed, can you check if your PATH is properly set?

Dogmeat · 2011-03-31 20:16:06

startx and xinit are in a package xorg-xinit. xorg-xinit is not part of xorg group.

fishin4guitars · 2011-03-31 20:28:40

PATH is
'/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin/core_perl'

And as for the log file, there were no problems.
I'm not going to post it unless someone ~really~ wants to see it, as there were 86 packages installed.

When it started, it showed a group of xorg-related packages and prompted to 'make a selection (default=all):'

I probably should have put that up in the first post.

Last edited by fishin4guitars (2011-03-31 20:31:13)

bohoomil · 2011-03-31 20:42:16

It doesn't seem necessary -- just try to install the package Dogmeat mentioned in his post.

karol · 2011-03-31 20:45:46

@fishin4guitars
Things change, so just because it worked yesterday doesn't mean it will work today too.
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 19681.html
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?ti … did=134193
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 69#p904069

fishin4guitars · 2011-03-31 21:00:24

Ah. My bad. I should have looked around the forum before posting.
Thanks all.

for anyone else with this problem, look at karol's first and second links for an explaination and a solution.

Last edited by fishin4guitars (2011-03-31 21:02:38)

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#1 2011-03-31 20:07:50

pacman -S xorg doesn't install xorg

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Re: pacman -S xorg doesn't install xorg

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Re: pacman -S xorg doesn't install xorg

#4 2011-03-31 20:28:40

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#5 2011-03-31 20:42:16

Re: pacman -S xorg doesn't install xorg

#6 2011-03-31 20:45:46

Re: pacman -S xorg doesn't install xorg

#7 2011-03-31 21:00:24

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