Hi :) when I try to start xfce (as root, since I didn't add a user until now) I get "/usr/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: line1: /usr/bin/X: No such file or directory" I missed something when reading the Wiki. I'll read it again. Any hints are welcome. Cheers! Ralf PS: ----------------------------------------------------------------- > cat /media/archlinux/etc/gdm/custom.conf [snip] [security] AllowRoot=true [snip] ----------------------------------------------------------------- > grep DAEMONS= /media/archlinux/etc/rc.conf DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng !network !netfs crond acpid dbus) ----------------------------------------------------------------- # cat /media/archlinux/root/.bash_profile # # ~/.bash_profile # [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc if [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ]; then startxfce4 fi ----------------------------------------------------------------- # grep exec /media/archlinux/root/.xinitrc # exec gnome-session # exec startkde # exec startxfce4 exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- # cat /media/archlinux/root/.xsession #!/bin/sh # # ~/.xsession # # Executed by xdm/gdm/kdm at login # /bin/bash --login -i ~/.xinitrc ----------------------------------------------------------------- # cat /media/archlinux/root/.xprofile # [snip, it's empty] # Executed by gdm at login # ----------------------------------------------------------------- # ls /media/archlinux/root -hAl total 32K -rw------- 1 root root 2.7K 2011-12-11 10:45 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 2011-12-11 06:17 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 111 2011-12-11 06:25 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141 2011-12-11 06:18 .bashrc drwx------ 2 root root 4.0K 2011-12-11 10:10 .w3m -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 379 2011-12-11 06:29 .xinitrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57 2011-12-11 06:45 .xprofile -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 100 2011-12-11 06:19 .xsession ----------------------------------------------------------------- # ls /media/archlinux/var/log -hAl total 4.2M -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 480 2011-12-11 10:46 acpid.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 6.3K 2011-12-11 10:44 auth.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34K 2011-12-11 10:46 boot -rw------- 1 root root 0 2011-12-07 19:59 btmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-12-10 19:58 ConsoleKit -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 7.0K 2011-12-11 10:46 crond.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 47K 2011-12-11 10:46 daemon.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53K 2011-12-11 10:46 dmesg.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 56K 2011-12-11 10:46 errors.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 1.4M 2011-12-11 10:46 everything.log -rw------- 1 root root 4.5K 2011-12-11 10:44 faillog drwxrwx--T 2 root 120 4.0K 2011-12-11 10:46 gdm -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 1.4M 2011-12-11 10:46 kernel.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 126K 2011-12-11 10:44 lastlog -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 880K 2011-12-11 10:46 messages.log drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K 2011-10-10 01:25 old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41K 2011-12-11 10:39 pacman.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 3.6K 2011-12-11 10:46 syslog.log -rw-r----- 1 root floppy 1.3K 2011-12-11 10:46 user.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 222K 2011-12-11 10:46 wtmp -----------------------------------------------------------------