[NOT SOLVED] Gnome will not start

I'm editing this original message by way of summing up so that anyone coming here with a similar problem will know what to expect if they read further:
I believe the reason Gnome would not start on the machine in question was that it made too many demands on the available hardware (see desm0te's comments below).
For this reason I decided to switch to LXDE as Desktop Environment which works well on the restricted hardware. I did not investigate the Gnome related problem any further.
The original message follows:
After a successful installation of the basic command-line Arch according to the Beginner's Guide, I went on to install Gnome according to instructions in the Wiki.
I Did not want Gnome to start automatically but only when I type in the command startx.
This it does, but all I get is the nice blue "curtain" background - no black bar at top of screen with Actions, date , name etc...
and no cursor.
One funny thing was - this afternoon while I was concentrating on another machine - the black bar suddenly appeared (apparently for no reason) showing the date and my name but with the X cursor
from the X11 environment. However as soon as I moved this cursor to the bar and clicked, both dursor and bar disappeared never to return .
I decided to redirect the stderr of startx to a file in the hope that it would give a clue as to what was wrong.
X.Org X Server 1.11.4
Release Date: 2012-01-27
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.2-1-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux pdv 3.2.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 26 08:28:27 UTC 2012 i686
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda1 ro vga=773
Build Date: 29 January 2012 03:41:53PM
Current version of pixman: 0.24.2
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Feb 3 21:13:19 2012
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[10f] 320 x 200, 70Hz
[134] 320 x 240, 72Hz
[144] 400 x 300, 72Hz
[154] 512 x 384, 70Hz
[11e] 640 x 400, 70Hz
[112] 640 x 480, 60Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz, 160Hz
[115] 800 x 600, 60Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz
[118] 1024 x 768, 60Hz, 70Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz, 130Hz
[17b] 1280 x 768, 60Hz
[16a] 1280 x 960, 60Hz, 85Hz
[11b] 1280 x 1024, 60Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz
[13e] 1400 x 1050, 60Hz, 75Hz
[124] 1600 x 1200, 60Hz
(gnome-shell:770): Clutter-CRITICAL **: Unable to initialize Clutter: Unable to find suitable fbconfig for the GLX context: Failed to find any compatible fbconfigs
Window manager error: Unable to initialize Clutter.
Failed to play sound: File or data not found
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/dick/.config/tracker/tracker-miner-fs.cf** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
(nm-applet:789): libnotify-WARNING **: Failed to connect to proxy
** (nm-applet:789): WARNING **: get_all_cb: couldn't retrieve system settings properties: (25) Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1.
** (nm-applet:789): WARNING **: fetch_connections_done: error fetching connections: (25) Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1.
** (nm-applet:789): WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (25) Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
Tracker-Message: Setting up monitor for changes to config file:'/home/dick/.config/tracker/tracker-store.cfg'
(tracker-store:791): Tracker-CRITICAL **: D-Bus service name:'org.freedesktop.Tracker1' is already taken, perhaps the daemon is already running?
(tracker-miner-fs:788): Tracker-CRITICAL **: Empty locale file found at '/home/dick/.cache/tracker/miner-applications-locale.txt'
(gnome-settings-daemon:668): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output
(tracker-miner-fs:788): Tracker-WARNING **: Couldn't properly parse desktop file 'file:///usr/share/applications/brasero-nautilus.desktop': 'Desktop file doesn't contain type'
(tracker-miner-fs:788): Tracker-CRITICAL **: Empty locale file found at '/home/dick/.cache/tracker/miner-applications-locale.txt'
xinit: connection to X server lost
waiting for X server to shut down gnome-session[655]: Gdk-WARNING: gnome-session: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.
Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Error while sending AddMatch() message: The connection is closed
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot remove match rule 'type='signal',interface='org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor',sender='org.gtk.Private.GduVolumeMonitor',': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
(tracker-miner-fs:788): GVFS-RemoteVolumeMonitor-WARNING **: cannot remove match rule 'type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',arg0='org.gtk.Private.GduVolumeMonitor'': org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection is closed
xinit: unexpected signal 2
If this gives clues could someone please point me in the right direction? Are the two EE messages significant (Failed to load modules "vesa" and "fbdev"). What is Clutter*? What should I do to get it initialized?
Thanks for any help.
Dick Summerfield (aka Battus).
* Sorry about that - it's an open source graphics library for creating hardware-accelerated user interfaces - but am I any the wiser for that
Last edited by Battus (2012-02-21 19:48:23)

desm0tes:
To take your points one by one:
1. I am now quite happy with LXDE too. The problems I mentioned last night seem to have gone (???!!!) and I can just start LXDE from my user account. Maybe later, I'll realize what I was doing wrong or rather what I did to make it work... . Now I just type:
startx
having put:
exec ck-launch-session startlxde
in .xinitrc.
2. Thanks for the tip about yaourt. I shall try that sooner or later.
3. Well as I said - I don't understand what I was doing wrong -  which makes me feel a bit stupid and is rather annoying but looking on the bright side it's fine to be able to start-up, have a legible screen and logout successfully - which I couln't do before. I now have to figure out how to expand the contents of LXDE a bit but that's the fun of it!
LXDE starts up nicely with minimal possibilties but I can change look & feel and customize the panel settings.
"Menu" contains:
    Accessories:
        File Manager
        Image Viewer
        LXTerminal
        Leafpad
        Xarchiver
    Internet:
        Avahi SSH Server Browser
        Avahi VNC Server Browser
    Office:
        ePDFViewer
    System Tools:
        Avahi Zerconf Browser
        Task Manager
    Preferences:
        Customize Look and Feel
        Monitor Settings
        OPenbox Configuration Maanger
        Preferred Applications
    Run
    Logout
All of these start up OK and work, on cursory examination, except the Avahi Browsers which I don't understand and which appear to do nothing as no window appears on screen.
4. I'm not quite sure I can yet see the use of a login manager such as SLiM, since I seem to get on quite nicely without it but since I've heard it mentioned a lot I'm sure I'm just missing the point.
Dick Summerfield (aka Battus)
Last edited by Battus (2012-02-06 19:56:30)

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