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I'm having a bit of trouble starting xsessions from tty. using lightdm and gdm I can log into gnome-flashback. xfce will not start which is weird cos I was having problems getting gnome-flashback working and a user suggested that I have a "clean config" and start with a new user and that worked. but now gnome-flashback-metacity is the only session that will load
I cannot start xfce or gnome from tty either. a little help?
Arch linux, multilib nvidia with the proprietary drivers
I'm having a bit of trouble starting xsessions from tty. using lightdm and gdm I can log into gnome-flashback. xfce will not start which is weird cos I was having problems getting gnome-flashback working and a user suggested that I have a "clean config" and that worked. but now gnome-flashback-metacity is the only session that will load
I cannot start xfce or gnome from tty either. a little help?
Arch linux, multilib nvidia with the proprietary drivers
why are we not looking at your conf files, That'd help.
Not to put a bone in your soup, but Arch Linux has a great fourm full of info and a Questions area, Just for Arch Only peeps. (even though a lot of their information can be used for Linux in General, not that LQ is chopped liver mind you.)
why are we not looking at your conf files, That'd help.
I suppose. I was told on the IRC channel in #archlinux that xorg.conf is no longer needed. one was generated by nvidia but I renamed it to xorg.conf.temp confirming the "no need" for this file as everything still works and I can log into gnome-flashback. but here is the conf file since you were curious:
unfortunately properly naming this file does not help at all. I cannot start xfce. (I will note though, that Plasma Desktop starts just not any others) also when I /usr/bin/xfce4-session I get "error: no screens found" fron TTY. I have also got "Terminated" I looked at all the normal logs and no hints :/
I suppose. I was told on the IRC channel in #archlinux that xorg.conf is no longer needed. one was generated by nvidia but I renamed it to xorg.conf.temp confirming the "no need" for this file as everything still works and I can log into gnome-flashback. but here is the conf file since you were curious:
unfortunately properly naming this file does not help at all. I cannot start xfce. (I will note though, that Plasma Desktop starts just not any others) also when I /usr/bin/xfce4-session I get "error: no screens found" fron TTY. I have also got "Terminated" I looked at all the normal logs and no hints :/
what log in manager are you using? some you have to go in and tell it what to start in that file instead.
just google your lightDM - " how to set up (login manager) "
I looked thru the setup guide for arch and lightdm didnt have any clues either :/ here is my lightdm.conf setup. I made a HOWTO for ppl to install lightdm and the pantheon greeter.
I looked thru the setup guide for arch and lightdm didnt have any clues either :/ here is my lightdm.conf setup. I made a HOWTO for ppl to install lightdm and the pantheon greeter.
Many display managers read available sessions from /usr/share
/xsessions/ directory. It contains standard desktop entry files
for each DM/WM.
To add/remove entries to your display manager's session list;
create/remove the .desktop files in /usr/share/xsessions/ as
desired. A typical .desktop file will look something like:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=xfce4
Comment=Log in using the Openbox window manager (without a session manager)
Exec=/usr/bin/xfce4-session
TryExec=/usr/bin/xfce4-session
Icon=xfce4.png
Type=XSession
yours that you'd create would be xfce4.desktop
inside of /usr/share/xsessions/
or do a
Code:
sudo find /usr -type f -name xfce*
looking for your desktop file and anything that has to do with xfce4 first before creating your desktop file.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
exec xfce4-session
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