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Hello!
I'm really a total n00b and I need help...
My problem is:
I have succesfully installed arch linux and I have succesfully got to the 'sound configuration' (I installed alsa and it worked!!)
Then I instaled Xorg and mesa since my VGA is an intel 915GM... until here everythings ok.
I installed xfce4, xfce4-goodies and gdm, and then I configured inittab
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:
and
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null
The guide I'm following said: "Now, restart and you'll get xfce4 runing >:D"... But it was as always, arch asking me to log in.... please, help!!!
Thanks for the answer!!
Last edited by galifrey (2011-07-20 09:01:20)
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The guide I'm following said: "Now, restart and you'll get xfce4 runing >:D"... But it was as always, arch asking me to log in.... please, help!!!
I assume you mean auto-login.
Read this again and see if you missed a step:
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Perhaps modify /etc/rc.local: startxfce4
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Didn't know that existed! thanks :D The guide I was following said nearly nothing about this...
Not working for me though, it has to be with xorg (it seems, since when I type 'startx/xinit' it says 'xinit: connection to X server lost'). I think I don't have xterm... don't know what it is, but it seems to be important, because when I try xinit says 'xinit: Unable to run program "xterm": No such file or directory'
Last edited by galifrey (2011-07-19 20:09:06)
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have you created a .xinitrc file under your home directory? What wm/de are you trying to startup in it?
You need to read up on xinitrc in the wiki.
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Nice advice!! I did not have a .xinitrc... now I can use startx!!! thanks, I will figure out the autologin thing and how to startx as a normal user, I supose everything is on the wiki!! thanks, thanks, and thank a lot!!!!!!! btw: I was triying xfce4.
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