This is my first time that im going to go for an install of Arch so I decided to try it out on a Virtual Machine first. So I got it installed, and then I wanted a window manager so I followed the instructions on the Arch Wiki and i now have xorg and gnome installed..... it um.... works I guess. But I look at desktops of other Arch installs and I realized that mine looks like crap. So can anyone help me? Oh yea and gnome and xorg dont even start up on their own. I thought I did something so that they would but.. yea.
Sorry about the huge wall of text.
[QUOTE=zman115;26067298]This is my first time that im going to go for an install of Arch so I decided to try it out on a Virtual Machine first. So I got it installed, and then I wanted a window manager so I followed the instructions on the Arch Wiki and i now have xorg and gnome installed..... it um.... works I guess. But I look at desktops of other Arch installs and I realized that mine looks like crap. So can anyone help me? Oh yea and gnome and xorg dont even start up on their own. I thought I did something so that they would but.. yea.
Sorry about the huge wall of text.[/QUOTE]
Install gnome-extra then add gdm to your daemons.
Ok, I have gnome-extra installed. Now how would I go about adding gdm to my deamons?
[QUOTE=zman115;26067388]Ok, I have gnome-extra installed. Now how would I go about adding gdm to my deamons?[/QUOTE]
nano /etc/rc.conf
scroll down and add gdm in the daemons line. I think right after hal.
edit /etc/rc.conf
there is a line that looks something like this:
[code]DAEMONS=(syslogd klogd !pcmcia network netfs crond)[/code]
put " gdm" between "crond" and ")"
In Deamons I i have put gdm in both lines that you guys have said, then rebooted and still it does not load at startup. it gave me a message
" gdm-binary:900 warning ** could not connect to system bus, failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_but_socket: no such file or directory"
add dbus and hal after netfs. those need to start first
Ok I dont know what I did but I just restarted it and now it works except it has a popup that keeps comming up that says " Could not aquire name on session bus"
If someone could do some kind of live chat with me that would be great.
that's normally a VNC issue, are you connected remotely?
No, but it is a Windows Virtual PC if that makes a difference?
It shouldn't.
chmod 775 your xinitrc
Right...... and how do I do that. Oh yea I am also logging in as root ( I have nothing else to log into)
should be this:
chmod 755 /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
depending on how you're starting your shit
Ok I ran that command and now what, was something supposed to happen?
try starting gdm again
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;26068610]should be this:
chmod 755 /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
depending on how you're starting your shit[/QUOTE]
Correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think you need a .xinitrc file if you use gdm or kdm.
So what should I do to get a nice gui? is there a tut that I can start over and follow?
...Title made me think thread involved Arch of Time... :Dawkins102:
[QUOTE=POWA KILLERDeux;26069935]Correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think you need a .xinitrc file if you use gdm or kdm.[/QUOTE]
I don't know, I use SLiM, you need one for that
Sounds like OP is using root as a normal user. (Instead of another user).
OP you need to create a user account. This should solve most of your problems.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;26071170]I don't know, I use SLiM, you need one for that[/QUOTE]
Yeah SLiM requires a .xinitrc but not gdm, kdm or lxdm as far as i know.
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