On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:31 AM, Juan R. de Silva <juan.r.d.silva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a new arch install with basic X environment added and successfully > tested. > > Following instructions here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts > I installed "terminus" fonts, created ~/.xinitrc file and added to it the > following lines as advised: > > xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local > xset fp rehash > > After this X fails to start with error: > > "/usr/bin/startx: Line 127: hostname: command not found" > > When ~/.xinitrc file deleted, X starts as before just fine. > > Could somebody help me to figure out what am I doing wrong, please? > You don't have 'hostname' installed. hostname, is available in net-tools - which has been deprecated. net-tools from testing don't provide hostname anymore http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2011-August/021397.html Next time, install pkgtools package and run 'pkgfile foo' where 'foo' is the file or command you want to find.
