[SOLVED] root gets desktop environment, user gets bare-bones window ma

Installed everything, following (as best I could) step-by-step instructions in beginners guide...
Everything works ok, except it was all installed by myself as 'root', and I want to start day-to-day operation as a user called 'piers'.
When 'root' logs in and invokes startx, desktop environment fires up.
When 'piers' logs in and invokes startx, all I get is the rudimentary windows-manager screen of three xorg windows, as installed earlier in the proceedings for testing purposes...
How does 'piers' get to see the desktop? I'm sorry, I must be missing something terribly obvious!
TIA!
Last edited by pierssnell (2011-11-21 11:08:25)

Thanks SS4 and karol, you're very kind; that seems to have done the trick.
For some reason, the 'piers' startx only gets the Gnome fallback, where 'root' gets full service, but I had an idea I hadn't gone the full distance yet with my display driver, which is what Gnome tells me is deficient. I'll try to do battle with that next!
Thanks again.

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Last edited by Joel (2014-07-14 04:37:30)

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[jordan@jordanpc-linux ~]$ panel dzen2
/home/jordan/scripts/panel: line 6: : No such file or directory
/home/jordan/scripts/panel: line 7: : No such file or directory
cat: : No such file or directory
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Making it the default within the file causes bspwm to start without a bar at all. I don't really mind whether I end up using bar or dzen2, as long as one works. I would however appreciate fixing both so I can learn why they aren't working.
Last edited by instantepiphany (2013-09-04 14:07:45)

[SOLVED] X server and desktop environment?

ok I have 2 Q now I've been studding this quite a long time
well 1. Q
if I want to have a desktop I have to install X server and Desktop environment?
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according to this article:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_GMA
I'd ask do I have to create a new file or is this an old topic for an old X server?
as I have now like this:
/etc/X11/
/twm
system.twmrc
/xinit
xinitrc
xserverrc
/xorg.conf.d
10-evdev.conf
10-monitor.conf
10-quirks.conf
Last edited by psihokiller4 (2010-08-07 13:50:03)

psihokiller4 wrote:
1. ok thanks
2.
it's sad:
X11 Configuration
If you find yourself needing to tell X11 to use the intel driver, set Driver to "intel" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf as in the example below,
File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "My Intel Video Card"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
but I don't have it there so... do I need to create a new file or do I get this 4 lines in to
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
Depends what works for you. You should do away with xorg.conf, but some setups are easier to pull off with it.
How about creating a new file named 20-intel.conf, just as you do with nvidia?

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