Installed, now how do i access my desktop?

10-29-2007	#1 (permalink)
stlinux Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19	Installed, now how do i access my desktop? I've installed arch and added a user, finally solved the problem, but how do i now access my desktop? All help is welcome. Thanks in advance stlinux

10-31-2007	#2 (permalink)
budman7 Linux Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Knee deep in Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 3,242	Did you install the Desktop software during the install? If not you will need to do pacman -s your fav desktop And then edit /etc/rc.conf the way you want it. __________________ Go RedWings How to know if you are a geek. when you respond to "get a life!" with "what's the URL?" - Birger New users read The FAQ

10-31-2007	#3 (permalink)
Thrillhouse Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arlington, VA, USA Posts: 1,366	You should familiarize yourself with the Arch Wiki. It contains directions for pretty much anything you want to do on Arch, including installing Desktop Environments and Window Managers. A vanilla Arch install doesn't come with either of these. Here's the Gnome page. Here's the KDE page. Here's the XFCE page. I would also take a look at this page. Good luck.

10-31-2007

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Originally Posted by stlinux

I've installed arch and added a user, finally solved the problem, but how do i now access my desktop? All help is welcome.

Thanks in advance
stlinux

I'm very curious... what did the problem with adding a user turn out to be, or did a reinstall fix it?

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11-01-2007	#5 (permalink)
stlinux Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19	a reinstall fixed it wohoo!!!

11-02-2007	#6 (permalink)
stlinux Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 19	I've written in the two methods first "pacman -s gnome" and then the same with 'gnome-extra' and the error appears warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale error: 'gnome extra': not found in sync db

11-02-2007	#7 (permalink)
Thrillhouse Linux Engineer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arlington, VA, USA Posts: 1,366	Take a look at this article in the Wiki.

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