Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 2014-03-20 00:41, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:
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Message: 8 Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:20:28 +0100 From: "Armin K." <krejzi@email.com> Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 03/19/2014 09:17 PM, message wrote:
Readers,
According to the command 'pacman -Q -e | less', gdm is shown as installed. The command 'startx' doesn't start gdm, but instead the same graphical manager that starts following the test procedure.
How to start gdm?
gdm is a daemon, not something that's started with startx.
After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root and the computer never starts with a graphical interface, always the command terminal.
systemctl start gdm, as root.
systemctl enable gdm will enable it to always start at boot.
From to the wiki web page, the command 'ls -l /etc/systemd/system/default.target' revealed: displaymanagerservice gettytargetwants/ multiusertargetwants/ There is no 'defaulttarget' -- digest-mode subscriber; please cc to maintain message thread
Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@openmailbox.org> het volgende:
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After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root [...]
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message? mvg, Guus
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote:
Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@openmailbox.org> het volgende:
[ gdm ]
After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root [...]
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message?
mvg, Guus Salutations,
Do you have the correct graphics drivers installed (xf86-video-*)? At least xf86-video-vesa should work. See <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Driver_installation> In addition, '# systemctl enable gdm' links to /etc/system/display-manager.service. If you read the file you'll find it's /usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service. When enabled it should skip the tty prompt and go straight to the gdm login manager (grey background, usually lists the users in the system). Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlMrdGQACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/bAcwEAlgHFCr/Q0ghTyxbEWCVSU8uD rwWWWWJXF2kyTZn851kA/3ORNmeiDR2m+NEsKBQMqW3DJwqWEEjc82BRazf4JPhc =b1EG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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