Installed arch. cant get x to start.

slkrover · 08-02-2010, 07:36 PM

So I decided to try arch. Install went fine, reboot, login as root and x wont start. The first linux distro I tried that does not work after install. Dont know what I did wrong md5 sum was good and the install process didn't hang.

linus72 · 08-02-2010, 08:07 PM

are you sure you installed X?

heres the xorg pkgs
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=xorg

heres the xf86-* drivers
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?s...gged=&limit=50

what desktop do you have and did you try to configure X?

slkrover · 08-02-2010, 08:09 PM

Sorry I just looked at the beginners guide to arch and I missed alot of stuff . I dont think I have the time for all that. If I am going to do that much work I think I will do a LFS.

linus72 · 08-02-2010, 08:43 PM

Depending on what you wanna do

1) you could test drive/install some ARCH livecd's
archbang
http://archbang.org/

archiso-live
http://godane.wordpress.com/

my own nFluxOS ARCH edition
http://multidistro.com/NFLUXNEW/SQ4/arch4.html

if you wanna check out LFS'esque distros try

calculate linux scratch
http://www.calculate-linux.org/main/en/cls

sourcemage
http://www.sourcemage.org/

sorcery
http://sorcerer.silverice.org/

lunar
http://www.lunar-linux.org/

slkrover · 08-03-2010, 07:21 PM

WOW. Thanks I give some a try.

slkrover · 08-07-2010, 08:10 PM

Thanks linus72

I tried some of the live cds. I liked what I tried so much I went back, re installed arch the right way and am very happy with it. I am also going to try some of the pre built LFS distros you linked too.