[SOLVED] Errors running Xorg | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

old yoke Jan 22, 2025, 11:51 AM

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Bit of a noob, installing arch linux to challenge myself, maybe starting to regret that....

As far as I know, xorg is the display server required by DEs like KDE Plasma (installing KDE Plasma is my goal). I have installed Xorg using sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit.

When I try to test it using startx, I get the following error in the photo which is attached to this post.

Then I try sudo startx, and this time, both my monitors clear the terminal of all text then one of my monitors goes black for a second, before both going back to normal, with an error message also pictured (the one with the red line).

I'm not sure to do here. Any help is appreciated.

eternal nest Jan 22, 2025, 11:52 AM

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startx does not have anything to run and exits as expected

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no problem here, other than you being seemingly unable to start it as your own user but thats easily fixable with a display manager

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install openbox so xorg has something to run, start it with openbox-session

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also if your goal is installing kde plasma, why go through the hassle of trying to use bare xorg

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just install plasma and it will pull a display manager with itself giving you basically everything you need

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other than possibly putting you into the video permission group, which might be the reason of the error in your first screenshot (suggested fix: sudo usermod -aG video $(whoami))

old yoke Jan 22, 2025, 12:01 PM

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eternal nest just install plasma and it will pull a display manager with itself giving you ba...

Oh I see, so if I just put sudo pacman -S plasma-meta kde-applications it will install it by itself?

eternal nest Jan 22, 2025, 12:02 PM

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mostly yeah

old yoke Jan 22, 2025, 12:02 PM

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eternal nest mostly yeah

I'll try that, thanks 🙏

bronze geyserBOT Jan 22, 2025, 12:02 PM

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old yoke Jan 22, 2025, 12:13 PM

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This worked, awesome thank you so much man

eternal nest Jan 22, 2025, 12:30 PM

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... solved

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#[SOLVED] Errors running Xorg