GDM doesn't launch

sam113101 · 2011-07-17 18:18:40

I've installed gnome, then gdm, then xorg.
I installed the package named xorg instead of xorg-server, I don't know if it matters.
Is xorg a kind of "link" to xorg-server?

Anyway, gdm doesn't launch. I've changed all the settings needed in inittab.
It prints a bunch of error messages, but I don't quite know where they are logged (tell me, please),
I don't have time to read them because it asks me to log in right after.

I've edited my xinitrc file so I could launch gnome with startx. Using startx, gnome launches just fine, I'm in fallback mode (means that I don't have all those nice gnome 3 features), but that's okay.

As I was writing this post, an error message appeared on my screen (I'm not even logged in).
** (gdm-binary:868): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

I don't know if it helps. Thank you for helping noobs like me, I really appreciate it. If I ever get as good as you guys, I will try to help too.

karol · 2011-07-17 18:21:20

No, xorg is a group:

[karol@black ~]$ pacman -S xorg
:: There are 87 members in group xorg:
:: Repository extra
   1) xf86-input-acecad  2) xf86-input-aiptek  3) xf86-input-evdev  4) xf86-input-joystick
   5) xf86-input-keyboard  6) xf86-input-mouse  7) xf86-input-synaptics  8) xf86-input-vmmouse
   9) xf86-input-void  10) xf86-video-apm  11) xf86-video-ark  12) xf86-video-ast
   13) xf86-video-ati  14) xf86-video-chips  15) xf86-video-cirrus  16) xf86-video-dummy
   17) xf86-video-fbdev  18) xf86-video-geode  19) xf86-video-glint  20) xf86-video-i128
   21) xf86-video-i740  22) xf86-video-intel  23) xf86-video-mach64  24) xf86-video-mga
   25) xf86-video-neomagic  26) xf86-video-nv  27) xf86-video-r128  28) xf86-video-rendition
   29) xf86-video-s3  30) xf86-video-s3virge  31) xf86-video-savage  32) xf86-video-siliconmotion
   33) xf86-video-sis  34) xf86-video-sisusb  35) xf86-video-tdfx  36) xf86-video-trident
   37) xf86-video-tseng  38) xf86-video-v4l  39) xf86-video-vesa  40) xf86-video-vmware
   41) xf86-video-voodoo  42) xf86-video-xgi  43) xf86-video-xgixp  44) xorg-bdftopcf
   45) xorg-docs  46) xorg-fonts-100dpi  47) xorg-fonts-75dpi  48) xorg-fonts-encodings
   49) xorg-font-util  50) xorg-iceauth  51) xorg-luit  52) xorg-mkfontdir  53) xorg-mkfontscale
   54) xorg-server  55) xorg-sessreg  56) xorg-setxkbmap  57) xorg-smproxy  58) xorg-x11perf
   59) xorg-xauth  60) xorg-xbacklight  61) xorg-xcmsdb  62) xorg-xcursorgen  63) xorg-xdpyinfo
   64) xorg-xdriinfo  65) xorg-xev  66) xorg-xgamma  67) xorg-xhost  68) xorg-xinput
   69) xorg-xkbcomp  70) xorg-xkbevd  71) xorg-xkbutils  72) xorg-xkill  73) xorg-xlsatoms
   74) xorg-xlsclients  75) xorg-xmodmap  76) xorg-xpr  77) xorg-xprop  78) xorg-xrandr
   79) xorg-xrdb  80) xorg-xrefresh  81) xorg-xset  82) xorg-xsetroot  83) xorg-xvinfo
   84) xorg-xwd  85) xorg-xwininfo  86) xorg-xwud
:: Repository archstuff
   87) glproto-git

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Please follow the wiki to properly set up your system.
Now you have a bunch of stuff that you don't need, like all the drivers.

sam113101 wrote:

Anyway, gdm doesn't launch. I've changed all the settings needed in inittab.
It prints a bunch of error messages, but I don't quite know where they are logged (tell me, please),

I'm not sure if I get this right, but check 'dmesg'.

Last edited by karol (2011-07-17 18:23:20)

sam113101 · 2011-07-17 18:38:43

pacman -R -c xorg
pacman -S xorg-server
pacman -S gdm (has been deleted by the first command, I had to reinstall)

It should be clean, now, right?
Doesn't work though.

Dmesg doesn't seem to be the right log file, it shows things, but not the right things.
The error message I get at boot SEEMS to be the same I get once in a while, which is:
** (gdm-binary:868): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to system bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory

wonder · 2011-07-17 18:42:09

isn't that clear enough? you need to start dbus daemon before gdm

karol · 2011-07-17 18:49:41

A google search told me some people are seeing similar errors and things work anyway, but I'm no gdm guru so it's just a guess.
Another guess: do you have dbus running?

Please post your inittab.

Edit: Seems my dbus guess was correct ;P

Last edited by karol (2011-07-17 18:50:21)

sam113101 · 2011-07-17 18:52:31

I've added dbus to my daemons in rc.conf, but I get another error message.
I can't read it, I really have to find in what file it is logged.

karol · 2011-07-17 18:56:45

sam113101 wrote:

I've added dbus to my daemons in rc.conf, but I get another error message.
I can't read it, I really have to find in what file it is logged.

Did you start dbus or did you reboot your computer after adding dbus to DAEMONS array?

sam113101 · 2011-07-17 19:01:36

I did reboot my computer, dbus is running, it's not the problem.
There's something else.

karol · 2011-07-17 19:05:06

Please post your inittab.
When does the error appear - before the login prompt clears the screen?

sam113101 · 2011-07-17 19:26:29

Ok I had to install my graphic card's driver, I feel dumb now. I should have read the whole tutorial on xorg (it talks about dbus too…).
Now I get an ugly log in prompt, but it says 'Failed to load session "gnome"' when I try to log in.

sam113101 · 2011-07-18 23:11:24

I have two monitors but they show the same thing, I was able to fix that in gnome but not in xfce.
Did I miss that setting option ? http://i.imgur.com/xWhhU.png

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