I recently successfully installed Arch Linux in VirtualBox, for the first time. I want to install FVWM, so I installed X Server, and then ran pacman -S fvwm
. It says that fvwm has been installed, but the terminal still stays there and there is no windowing. I know I am probably doing something stupid, but I'm not sure what. Please tell me what I am doing wrong.
Update: I installed GDM. When I select "fvwm" in the menu and enter my password, the screen turns black, several console messages with a green "okay" status to the left appear, the screen goes black again, and then it turns gray and returns to the login screen.
startx
? If that does not work, post your/usr/bin/startx
file.startx
, the screen goes black and resizes, but then nothing happens and ctrl-c doesn't work. I have reboot through the virtualbox menu./usr/bin/startx
and I am able to access it through nano, but I am not sure how to post it since I just installed Arch.exec fvwm
line at the end, there shouldn't be, but just in case. Try what MariusMatutiae suggests, if that fails, just addexec fvwm
to the end ofstartx
. Oh, and Ctrl+Alt+Backspace should let you exit after you've run startx.startx
still goes black, andCtrl+Alt+Backspace
doesn't work. I get the errorxauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/cloudcoder2000/.Xauthority
. It pops up 3 times, then I see several output messages, and then finally the screen goes black.