Post Installation issues with gdm

AJones · 2011-04-06 00:45:21

Hi There:

I installed the latest Arch Linux using netinstall. Now when I follow the wiki to install GNOME, I get this pacman error

error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db Failed to open '/var/lib/pacman/sync/core.db'

error target not found: gnome.

I did pacman-db-upgrade, I get get this error inspite of this.

Thanks for your help,

Kind Regards,
AJ

netmanny · 2011-04-06 01:14:56

It Looks like your Net install fail at some point and is missing settings . use a regular install CD or even better a arch-boot install it makes things easy

AJones · 2011-04-06 01:57:36

Hi there:

I was able to upgrade pacman-db and install gnome; I am unable to load gnome with startx;

I did sudo pacman-db-upgrade && sudo pacman -Syy, this let me install gnome,

But now when I call gnome/startx I dont get anthing, When I enter gdm at konsole, I get this warning and nothing else

(gdm-bianry) Warning: Could'nt connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/System-bus-socket: No such file or directory.

Please help

Thanks,
AJ

ewaller · 2011-04-06 02:01:44

How are you starting gnome?
Is dbus started ?

the sad clown · 2011-04-06 02:19:29

I would start with dbus, since that is where the error is pointing. Check your "/etc/rc.conf" and make sure you added "dbus" to your daemons array:

# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
.
.
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus network crond)

Also, have you read the arch wiki on GNOME? It should be very helpful for setting up GNOME.

Last edited by the sad clown (2011-04-06 02:20:59)

AJones · 2011-04-06 08:32:27

Hi: I just added dbus to rc.conf and am getting this error when I type gdm

(gdm-binary:1348) WARNING **: Failed to accquire Org.Gnome.DisplayManager: Connection ":1.4" is not allowed to own service " org.gnome.DisplayManger" due to Security policies in the configuration file

(gdm-binary:1348) WARNING: Could not accquire name : bailing out

Whjat does this error mean?

Thanks for your help,

AJ

AJones · 2011-04-06 09:48:12

I installed nvidia-drivers following the NVIDIA Arch-Wiki, I still dont get GNOME to start,

GDM gives the above error while "startx" states command not found. What is wrong?

Thanks,
AJ

AJones · 2011-04-06 10:04:39

I am able to get into X using gdm only as root otherwise I get an error, as a regular user I get the above error, How do I automate getting into gdm, should I add gdm in Daemons.

Thanks,
AJ

jasonwryan · 2011-04-06 10:32:29

Please do not keep bumping this thread: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … te#Bumping Learn to use the 'Edit' button...

Instructions for automating login to GDM are on the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GD … atic_login

the sad clown · 2011-04-07 00:19:50

I don't think you are experiencing a error; rather, it is a "feature" of GDM. You should probably start it as a daemon in the same array where you put dbus. As for why "startx" isn't working, you would have to post the contents of your ".xinitrc" file for someone to help you with that.

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