yes i did reboot...its still the same message...
i ran /etc/.../hal and /dbus restart
and it said stopping and starting of both HAL and dbus.
Also i tried to run gnome-session as root
and it said
Gtk warning: Locale not supported by C lib; Using fallback 'c' locale.
Gtk warning: cannot open display.
and running startx - no changes!!
sorry bout all this..but i really want it to work

hi, i finally got it to work...
thank you all for your help...you guys r great!
although id still like to understand what the last error meant...i guess its some sort of country or language setting and gnome problem..

Perhaps.

For the benefit of all, could you post what you did to get it to work? I'm curious myself as to what finally fixed it, maybe it'll key me into what the problem was, so I can help someone else later with the same problem!

i didnt really do anything...i just reinstalled the gnome again... and followed what wiki said all over again.
im guessing that i probably typed something wrong...most probably in the dbus line in xinitrc...since it was saying that exec: dbus: not found.
i still gotta problem though...no sound when i try to play anything...not sure why yet...ill to find a soln...but any advice would be appreciated!
thanks again...

you set up alsa up correctly?

Arch has the greatest alsa wiki in the world follow that step by step and it'll all be good

i did follow alsa set up..
i.e. I pacman'ed alsa-lib,oss and utils...
then i executed amier set Master 95 unmute and the same for PCM..then alsactl store then added alsa to daemons and im not able to hear anything as root.
the eror says : "Couldn't display "/root/Desktop/..."

ok...the problem is now the codec...
how do you know which codec to use?
ive got gstreamer 0.10

I had the same problem.

You have to pacman the modules, if you don't have them.

For example,

Pacman -Ss fbdev
<whateveritshows>

pacman -S <whatever-fbdev-whatever>


Do that for all the modules and reboot.

I went through the same thing:

1) Installed the 2007 mini. It somehow was unable to freaking contact the FTP site and download the packages I selected so I had a mostly bare install.
2) Friend helped me configure urpmi settings or what not. Downloaded KDE.
3) Was unable to startx, got the "i810 module not installed" (or whatever it is) - driver not found.
4) Friend guided me through downloading/installer FDrake. Ran that and got the other error saying the server module did not match - friend told me that the Video Chipset I thought I had probably was not it.
5) In FDrake, selected a Generic VGA X, which gave me problems (at the end it gives ya the option to "test" your settings) saying the driver could not handle the resolution I had selected (1024x768, 24 bpp - I think). Kept picking a lower one until I ended up with 640X480, 8 bpp (or some ridiculous number like that).

I was able to STARTX! but the graphics are HUGE so, I'll have to take a closer look at the PC and see what the heck it has for Video to make sure I go back and alter it (either through the GUI or through FDrake).

In short - if you're having the same issues I described above, there is a good chance you're not selecting the right video driver. You may not be able to trust what the internet says your PC "should" have by default - and may need to actually open the darn box and see for yourself - which is what I'll be doing shortly.

Hope that helps y'all - cheers.

Lounatic77