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GSnake
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 Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:47 pm Post subject: Slim starts X but not XFCE4 |
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| As the title says, I've set everything up but when I type my user/pass my PC logs into a X session (black screen with X as cursor) and not into a XFCE4 one. What should I do? |
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Hypnos
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Can you start XFCE successfully from a text console with the 'startxfce4' command?
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DanneStrat
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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Have you specified xfce in the XSESSION variable?
| Code: | | # nano -w /etc/env.d/90xsession |
XSESSION="Xfce4"
| Code: | | # env-update && source /etc/profile |
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GSnake
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| DanneStrat wrote: | Have you specified xfce in the XSESSION variable?
| Code: | | # nano -w /etc/env.d/90xsession |
XSESSION="Xfce4"
| Code: | | # env-update && source /etc/profile |
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I already done that... not working.
| Hypnos wrote: | | Can you start XFCE successfully from a text console with the 'startxfce4' command? |
Yes, it starts. |
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jgascon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Can you post the /etc/slim.conf and the ~/.xinitrc files? |
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GSnake
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| jgascon wrote: | | Can you post the /etc/slim.conf and the ~/.xinitrc files? |
Solved by installing ConsoleKit...
By the way I've no xinitrc files set for any of the pc users... |
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v_andal
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Just a side note. Newer slim (~1.3.4) supports consolekit, so when starting XFCE one does not need to use ck-launch-session. Otherwise 2 sessions are started and the user permissions get messed up.
Also, maybe http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xfce gives better instructions. |
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Walen
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:50 am Post subject: Re: Slim starts X but not XFCE4 |
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| GSnake wrote: | | As the title says, I've set everything up but when I type my user/pass my PC logs into a X session (black screen with X as cursor) and not into a XFCE4 one. What should I do? |
I just had exactly the same problem. It seems the "solution" is to press F1 key until you see Session: Xfce4. http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Xfce/Installation#XDM hints to add xfce4-session to your .xsession file to make it the default choice. |
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