Plasma not working on my new arch installation
 

I just installed Plasma on my new arch installation. Everything was running fine on the fresh install, but after installing Xorg and Plasma, with the CDM display manager, I'm stuck at login. When I login I get a screen asking me to select my DE. I select Plama, then the following text comes up:

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cdm-xlaunch: waiting for ConsoleKit to register X session.
dbus-monitor: unable to enable new-style monitoring: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error>AccessDenied: "Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.6" (uid=1000 pid=610 comm="dbus-monitor --system type=signal,interface=org.fr") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Monitoring" member="BecomeMonitor" error name=(unset)" requested_reply ="0" destination="org.freedesktop.DBus" (bus)". Falling back to eavesdropping."

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That text stays up for about a minute, then it goes back to the login prompt, and if I login it just repeats the cycle over and over.

When I saw the "access dienied" error I thought I should try logging in as root. But when I do that I don't get any error messages, there's only a non-flashing cursor at the top-left of the screen. I waited a few minutes and it just stays that way.

Is there a way I can at least login to the terminal to work on this? If not I guess I'll just re-install arch from the .iso file and try to install plasma again. anything I should do different next time? Don't think I need to install any graphics drivers, I think the generic stuff should work on my hardware.

Do you have a working X (xorg)? On the archwiki for kde they advise: "Before installing Plasma, make sure you have a working Xorg installation on your system"

You might try hitting a function key (F1 - F8). If you get a command-line prompt, log in as root. Using pacman remove Plasma and then (following the installation wiki) make sure xorg is functioning.

I personally find xfce4 a nice desktop. KDE is quite bloated. At first you might have to use the "startxfce4" command to get X to work. But you can easily make it automatic after log-on (again, following the arch wiki).

Here is the webpage for arch forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/ They obviously would be a great resource for Arch problems.

I have been using Arch for 3 -4 years. I found that the beginner's guide to Arch Linux installation was the best way to get Arch up and running. By the way, it is a great system and with rolling-upgrades you are always on the bleeding edge (minus the blood). Most Arch users are quite willing to help but many of them insist that the user do his due-diligence before asking for help (which sometimes is bothersome). Here is the url for the Beginner's guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_guide

Good luck -- and hang in there. It is an excellent system -- and you will learn a lot as you put your own system together. It is definitely worth the effort!