On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400
From: Mark Lee <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote:
Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> het
volgende:
[ gdm ]
After power-on, the computer
starts with a sign-in prompt.
Normal user does not work.
Signed in as root [...]
Ok, now we're getting somewhere.
When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message?
error: 'login incorrect'.
As root, enter the command 'su a' and not prompted for a password. 'less
/etc/shadow' shows the password for the user.
Interestingly, 'su a' results in the cursor 'pwd' to be the root home
directory and not '/home/a'.
Do you have the correct graphics drivers installed (xf86-video-*)? At
least xf86-video-vesa should work. See
<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Driver_installation>
Yes, according to the successful initiation of an x session when signed
in as root and the driver installation test instructions.
