Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 11/26/2017 03:31 PM, Alan E. Davis via arch-general wrote: > Thank you for the tips. > > I am able to run either i3 or xfce4 through startx. Not gnome. GDM will > not work. I have made another account. I cannot start GDM as root, nor > run Gnome through startx/.xinitrc, as root. For now, I

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Alan E. Davis via arch-general
Thank you for the tips. I am able to run either i3 or xfce4 through startx. Not gnome. GDM will not work. I have made another account. I cannot start GDM as root, nor run Gnome through startx/.xinitrc, as root. For now, I am abandoning my experiment with Gnome on this machine. I will also tr

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:37:58 +0100, Guus Snijders wrote: >though I can't see any reason for autostarting wine So your advice to create another user account seems to be more promising for troubleshooting. -- $ pacman -Q linux{,-rt{,-cornflower,-pussytoes}}|awk '{print $2}' 4.14-2 4.13.13_rt5-1 4.

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op 26 nov. 2017 13:15 schreef "Guus Snijders" : Op 26 nov. 2017 10:52 schreef "Alan E. Davis via arch-general" < arch-general@archlinux.org>: To clarify, I have been running the same Arch Linux installation for many months, without a hitch. Until this event. [...] I will reinstall Arch Linux,

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 13:15:06 +0100, Guus Snijders wrote: >Though, on second thought; the entire problem could be just ADE ;). >If the problem is that it auto-starts on logon or whatever, try >renaming the wine directory (~/.wine) first. >That's just about comparable to reinstalling Windows... Fo

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Guus Snijders via arch-general
Op 26 nov. 2017 10:52 schreef "Alan E. Davis via arch-general" < arch-general@archlinux.org>: To clarify, I have been running the same Arch Linux installation for many months, without a hitch. Until this event. [...] I will reinstall Arch Linux, no doubt, unless I can fix this. A quicker way

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Alan E. Davis via arch-general
To clarify, I have been running the same Arch Linux installation for many months, without a hitch. Until this event. The exact message since that time has been (on a gray screen) "Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. Please log out and try again

Re: [arch-general] GDM/Lightdm and/or Gnome will not start

2017-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 25 Nov 2017 22:13:51 -0800, Alan E. Davis wrote: >It seemed to start when I tried to install Adobe-Digital-Editions >(ADE), so I could read an ebook borrowed from the local public >library. I installed wine, and attempted to install ADE. At the end >of the install process, the console wen

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-14 Thread Martti Kühne
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > IMHO you shouldn't waste your time with fixing this issue. > Actually changing display managers won't necessarily solve the problem concerning the keyboard layout. Setting the correct layout and variant in xorg.conf{,.d/10-evdev.conf} is th

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:06:46 +0100 Martti Kühne wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:58:17 +0100 > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:47:46 +0100 > >> Martti Kühne wrote: > >> > Using y, z and special characters in all m

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-14 Thread Martti Kühne
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:58:17 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:47:46 +0100 >> Martti Kühne wrote: >> > Using y, z and special characters in all my passwords, thanks for >> > making Frank look bad here. >> >> I didn't,

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:58:17 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:47:46 +0100 > Martti Kühne wrote: > > Using y, z and special characters in all my passwords, thanks for > > making Frank look bad here. > > I didn't, I use special character for my password and run into the > same i

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:47:46 +0100 Martti Kühne wrote: > Using y, z and special characters in all my passwords, thanks for > making Frank look bad here. I didn't, I use special character for my password and run into the same issue several times.

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:39:35 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > IMHO you shouldn't waste your time with fixing this issue. > > I'm using lightdm with the lightdm-gtk3-greeter, it's possible to use > it without a greeter and JFTR there's also lightdm-gtk2-greeter > available and IIRC a few others. > >

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-14 Thread Martti Kühne
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > IMHO you shouldn't waste your time with fixing this issue. > Strong words for somebody who modifies his CHOST in his MUA. xD Using y, z and special characters in all my passwords, thanks for making Frank look bad here. cheers! mar77i

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
IMHO you shouldn't waste your time with fixing this issue. I'm using lightdm with the lightdm-gtk3-greeter, it's possible to use it without a greeter and JFTR there's also lightdm-gtk2-greeter available and IIRC a few others. Btw. I don't know if there is the need to install a X driver or if it's

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-13 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Am Donnerstag, den 13.11.2014, 08:21 +0100 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > Did you set up the keyboard layout by a X config? If not, try this: > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/keyboard.conf > Section "InputClass" >Identifier "keyboard" >MatchIsKeyboard "yes" >

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:02:37 +0100 Frank Zimmermann wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 12.11.2014, 20:51 +0100 schrieb Armin K.: > > > >> > > > > > > This is really weird. I've checked on another machine and there > > > is the possibility to change keyboard layout for GDM in the Gnome > > > Control Cent

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-12 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Am Mittwoch, den 12.11.2014, 20:51 +0100 schrieb Armin K.: > >> > > > > This is really weird. I've checked on another machine and there is the > > possibility to change keyboard layout for GDM in the Gnome Control > > Center, but not here! > > KR Frank > > > > Do you have IBus installed? > No

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-12 Thread Armin K.
On 11/12/2014 08:08 PM, Frank Zimmermann wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 06.11.2014, 06:07 +0100 schrieb Frank Zimmermann: > >> >> Yes I do have a German keyboard layout. However, the link you sent is of >> no help since when I followit I do not have the chance to change the >> keyboard settings for G

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-12 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Am Donnerstag, den 06.11.2014, 06:07 +0100 schrieb Frank Zimmermann: > > Yes I do have a German keyboard layout. However, the link you sent is of > no help since when I followit I do not have the chance to change the > keyboard settings for GDM (Anmeldebildschirm). > For the non Geman speaking r

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-05 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Am Mittwoch, den 05.11.2014, 21:25 +0100 schrieb ake...@akendo.eu: > > Hi maybe you have an german keyboard layout? I think with the update of > gnome the german keyboard layout will be overwritten. > German link: > http://linuxundich.de/gnu-linux/nach-update-auf-gnome-3-14-englisches-tastaturla

Re: [arch-general] GDM

2014-11-05 Thread akendo
Am 2014-11-05 20:38, schrieb Frank Zimmermann: Hi there, since update to 3.14 I cannot log on with the keyboard in GDM. It works when using the screen keyboard or when loggin in the console:-O KR Frank Hi maybe you have an german keyboard layout? I think with the update of gnome the german k

Re: [arch-general] GDM is unable to choose language

2012-11-02 Thread Rodrigo Rivas
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Rodrigo Rivas wrote: > Hello, list! > > After the recent upgrade to GNOME 3.6 I've been having weird characters in > the gnome-terminal. For example, if I run "pstree" the tree lines are all > changed into . > > After some debugging I traced the problem to a bog

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-09-08 Thread Kyle
Well, I first must say that I have no interest in removing PulseAudio from my system, as I have had perfectly good results with PulseAudio and accessibility in the past, and in spite of the bug I am experiencing now on this temporary machine, there's nothing that works as seamlessly for me as Pu

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-09-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
You are not the only one experiencing this problem. This isn't even unique to archlinux either. Wherever pulseaudio is installed, it brings with it chaos and destruction. When I do any install of Linux, if the sound card isn't working it's impossible since I'm totally blind and if the Linux

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-09-08 Thread Chester Wisniewski
I had similar issues on my machine. First I launched mixer and set everything the way I wanted, then I ran sudo alsactl store. Now the problem is gone. Chester On 09/08/2012 09:59 AM, Frank Wilson wrote: According to Kyle: > Apparently, Google is not my friend this time, as I can find no > in

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-09-06 Thread Kyle
According to Kyle: Apparently, Google is not my friend this time, as I can find no information about this problem, and I appear to be the only one experiencing it, and only on this machine. Correction: I actually did find [1], and that appears to be my exact problem, but it is also unsolved.

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-09-06 Thread Kyle
Finally able to return my attention to this problem. alsa-store.service and alsa-restore.service are oneshot services with no [Install] section. Therefore, they cannot be enabled and disabled using systemctl. They do, however, appear to run as needed, probably as a dependency when udev loads t

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-08-18 Thread mike cloaked
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 8:45 AM, mike cloaked wrote: >> while the volume was at the proper level. At this point, I am totally >> stumped. The computer I had that died used a SoundBlaster Live Value, and >> although the sound started out muted, restoring the alsa volumes always >> worked as expect

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-08-18 Thread mike cloaked
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Kyle wrote: > According to Rodrigo Rivas: > >> One last idea. Maybe the gnome-settings-daemon is playing dumb with your >> sound. I think you can disable the sound plugin of g-s-d using dconf >> (org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.sound.active). >> > > I tried > > d

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-08-18 Thread Kyle
According to Rodrigo Rivas: One last idea. Maybe the gnome-settings-daemon is playing dumb with your sound. I think you can disable the sound plugin of g-s-d using dconf (org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.sound.active). I tried dconf write org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/sound/active false

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-08-16 Thread Rodrigo Rivas
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Kyle wrote: > According to Rodrigo Rivas: > > Have you tried running "alsamixer -D hw" and see if there are any muted >> channels in your hardware? >> > > Master is at 87% normally. Once GDM runs, it zeros out and mutes. Also, > once pulseaudio starts, the Maste

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-08-16 Thread Kyle
According to Rodrigo Rivas: Have you tried running "alsamixer -D hw" and see if there are any muted channels in your hardware? Master is at 87% normally. Once GDM runs, it zeros out and mutes. Also, once pulseaudio starts, the Master channel zeros out and mutes. Also, once I had a similar p

Re: [arch-general] GDM and/or PulseAudio mute my sound

2012-08-16 Thread Rodrigo Rivas
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Kyle wrote: > Working from the command line in a text-only console using espeakup, all > is well, and sound works as it should. However, starting GDM mutes my sound > card. If I go back to the text console and run > > sudo systemctl start alsa-restore > > Again, a

Re: [arch-general] GDM Locked - is Gnome locked

2010-11-02 Thread Guillermo Leira
> -Mensaje original- > De: arch-general-boun...@archlinux.org [mailto:arch-general- > boun...@archlinux.org] En nombre de Guillermo Leira > Enviado el: sábado, 30 de octubre de 2010 16:03 > Para: 'General Discussion about Arch Linux' > Asunto: Re: [arch-ge

Re: [arch-general] GDM Locked - is Gnome locked

2010-10-30 Thread Guillermo Leira
> > On 06:51 Tue 19 Oct , Guillermo Leira wrote: > > > > After the last Pacman -Syu, I can't login with gdm. As soon as I clikc > > on my > > > > username, the system seems to freeze... Although not completely: I can > > ping > > > > from other computer, but I can't ssh. > > > > > > > > Before

Re: [arch-general] GDM Locked

2010-10-19 Thread karl
On 06:51 Tue 19 Oct , Guillermo Leira wrote: > > After the last Pacman -Syu, I can't login with gdm. As soon as I clikc on my > > username, the system seems to freeze... Although not completely: I can ping > > from other computer, but I can't ssh. > > > > Before I click on the username, the "s

Re: [arch-general] GDM Locked

2010-10-19 Thread Cédric Girard
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:56 AM, karl wrote: > On 06:51 Tue 19 Oct , Guillermo Leira wrote: > > > After the last Pacman -Syu, I can't login with gdm. As soon as I clikc > on my > > > username, the system seems to freeze... Although not completely: I can > ping > > > from other computer, but

Re: [arch-general] GDM Locked

2010-10-19 Thread karl
On 06:51 Tue 19 Oct , Guillermo Leira wrote: > > After the last Pacman -Syu, I can't login with gdm. As soon as I clikc on my > > username, the system seems to freeze... Although not completely: I can ping > > from other computer, but I can't ssh. > > > > Before I click on the username, the "s

Re: [arch-general] GDM Locked

2010-10-18 Thread Guillermo Leira
> After the last Pacman -Syu, I can't login with gdm. As soon as I clikc on my > username, the system seems to freeze... Although not completely: I can ping > from other computer, but I can't ssh. > > Before I click on the username, the "switch off" icon at the right down corner > works. Once I cl

Re: [arch-general] GDM + Xfce

2009-10-22 Thread Lars Tennstedt
Hi, sorry that I answer only now. I tried slim and it does a great job. Thanks for the hint. Bye, Lars Andreas Radke wrote: Am Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:27:51 +0200 schrieb ludovic coues : You can give a try to slim, as a login manager. Very simple, it does the job. try lxdm. it's in AUR. -And

Re: [arch-general] GDM + Xfce

2009-10-15 Thread Andreas Radke
Am Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:27:51 +0200 schrieb ludovic coues : > You can give a try to slim, as a login manager. > Very simple, it does the job. > try lxdm. it's in AUR. -Andy

Re: [arch-general] GDM + Xfce

2009-10-14 Thread ludovic coues
You can give a try to slim, as a login manager. Very simple, it does the job. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

Re: [arch-general] gdm not found when booting into runlevel 5

2008-06-19 Thread Nigel Henry
On Thursday 19 June 2008 21:48, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:39 PM, David Rosenstrauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aaron Griffin wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Nigel Henry > >> > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Is there some file that I need to edit, in ord

Re: [arch-general] gdm not found when booting into runlevel 5

2008-06-19 Thread Christian Babeux
David Rosenstrauch wrote: Aaron Griffin wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there some file that I need to edit, in order to use gdm as the display manager? Nigel. You need to edit /etc/inittab Not saying you're wrong, but personally I've nev

Re: [arch-general] gdm not found when booting into runlevel 5

2008-06-19 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:39 PM, David Rosenstrauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Griffin wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Nigel Henry >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Is there some file that I need to edit, in order to use gdm as the >>> display >>> manager? >>> >>> Nigel. >

Re: [arch-general] gdm not found when booting into runlevel 5

2008-06-19 Thread David Rosenstrauch
Aaron Griffin wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there some file that I need to edit, in order to use gdm as the display manager? Nigel. You need to edit /etc/inittab Not saying you're wrong, but personally I've never edited the inittab file,

Re: [arch-general] gdm not found when booting into runlevel 5

2008-06-19 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I already have one instance of Archlinux installed that has xorg, and KDE > installed, and from looking at /var/cache/pacman/pkg, I also have gdm > installed. Now this instance of Archlinux works fine, and I can login to KDE