Re: Debian Testing Xfce4.8 startx problems
On 09/22/2011 04:03 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 21/09/11 22:58, rypervenche wrote:
>> I am having trouble getting Xfce to work with startx. I have followed
>> the instructions in the doc files for xfce4 and xfce4-session, but I am
>> still unable to mount drives, start mylogin keyring, and shutdown via
>> the GUI (shutdown and restart are grayed out). I even tried adding the
>> proper command to visudo, but no success.
>>
>> Things I have tried to solve this...
>>
>> 1. Creating ~/.xinitrc with "startxfce4", "exec startxfce4", and
>> something with ck-launch(er?) in it as well. I have tried adding
>> #!/bin/bash, #!/bin/sh to the beginning and making the file executable.
>> None of these have worked.
>>
>> 2. As per the doc file, it says not to use a .xinitrc file but a
>> .xsession file, so I have tried the same things with that still with no
>> success.
>>
>> 3. Adding my user to the list of sudoers to give myself the permissions
>> to shutdown and restart, but even that does not work.
>>
>> I am currently using lightdm, however I would like to be able to start
>> my computer straight from the command line if possible. Is it possible
>> that because I am using Testing that I am missing some vital package(s)
>> for this to work properly?
>>
>> Any and all help is appreciated. Thank you.
>>
>>
>
> I'm assuming you have xdm installed:-
> $ dpkg --get-selections xdm
>
> If yes, what happens when you?:-
> # /etc/init.d/xdm start
>
> Also, what Debian release are you running?
>
> Cheers
>
>
No, I do not have xdm installed. I want to run my system without a DM.
The xfce4 doc states to simple put "exec startxfce4" in ~/.xsession so
that consolekit and policykit will be called upon, however they do not
seem to be. I was hoping to be able to get this to work without having
to make custom pkla files.
I am using Debian Testing.
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