On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:37:58 +0200, Karol Blazewicz wrote:
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:31 AM, Juan R. de Silva <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a new arch install with basic X environment added and successfully tested.
Following instructions here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts I installed "terminus" fonts, created ~/.xinitrc file and added to it the following lines as advised:
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local xset fp rehash
After this X fails to start with error:
"/usr/bin/startx: Line 127: hostname: command not found"
When ~/.xinitrc file deleted, X starts as before just fine.
Could somebody help me to figure out what am I doing wrong, please?
You don't have 'hostname' installed. hostname, is available in net-tools - which has been deprecated.
Sorry but this creates more questions then helps. :-( See below...
net-tools from testing don't provide hostname anymore http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2011- August/021397.html
1. My net-tools package is not from testing but from core. Could I conclude from what you've said above that my net-tools still provides hostname? 2. Sincerely I do not understand what hostname has to do with the attempted procedure at all and why X without ~/.xinitrc file does not require hostname and needs it when ~/.xinitrc file is present? 3. In case net-tools package from core does not provide hostname any more as well, what would be a solution then for one that would like to use "terminus" fonts which by default installed into /usr/share/fonts/local?
Next time, install pkgtools package and run 'pkgfile foo' where 'foo' is the file or command you want to find.
Thank you for this I'll use it certainly.