(Solved) Trying to edit my slim.conf

So odd here. I'm trying to edit my slim.conf so I can change my slim theme. I've done it plenty of times before in VM. Now I've got Arch up and running on my desktop and can boot into XFCE4 via Slim.
$ cd /usr
..@.. usr}$ ls
bin include lib local sbin share src
No etc....
Last edited by mr.marcus (2012-07-09 04:40:47)

Haha feel like a turd. Like I haven't done this linux stuff b4...thanks

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[Solved] utf-8 messages in slim.conf

Hi,
I'm new in archlinux. First of all, it's a great great distro. Simply enough for maintain it. I migrated from ubuntu.
Well, ...
I have slim installed with slim.conf with this messages:
shutdown_msg "L'ordinador s'està aturant..."
reboot_msg "L'ordinador s'està reiniciant..."
but when I reboot for example I get the typical latin1 (iso-8859-1?) conversion from utf-8. How can I do that it will be displayed correctly?
Thanks in advance,
Xan.
Last edited by xanb (2012-08-15 22:32:09)

xanb wrote:
hesse wrote:
You could try to put the following on top of your slim config before writing the non-ascii strings:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
No, it does not work.
I put that and nothing change.
By the other hand, I doubt a priori that it could work: your instruction is typical using in python programs and slim is written in C (or C++) (see http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/slim/trunk/).
Any other hint?
Thanks in advance,
Xan.
I ask in dev slim mailing lists: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/slim … 00325.html and no one answer me
So I don't know it's a slim bug or archlinux bug.
Regards,
Xan.

[SOLVED:] SLIM not reading slim.conf (no password auto-focus)

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slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
X.Org X Server 1.12.2
Release Date: 2012-05-29
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.0.32-1-lts x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux asus 3.4.4-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jun 24 18:5
9:47 CEST 2012 x86_64
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda4 ro
Build Date: 30 May 2012 07:24:13PM
Current version of pixman: 0.26.2
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: Sun Jul 8 15:30:48 2012
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
/usr/bin/xauth: file /home/rasteenb/.Xauthority does not exist
/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0.0
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slim: waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
slim: System is booting up.
slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication failure
slim: System is booting up.
slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication failure
slim: System is booting up.
slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication failure
slim: System is booting up.
slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication failure
slim: System is booting up.
slim: pam_authentication(): Authentication failure
Now I'm stumped.
Rob
Last edited by rasteenb (2012-07-17 11:16:03)

I solved this - slim was not the last daemon I started in rc.conf. By moving it to the end, I get password auto-focus and everything works.
Now my rc.conf looks like
# DAEMONS
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus acpid @network @wicd @openntpd @cupsd @crond slim)
I found this recommendation in the Display Manager wiki page while researching the problem:
Ensure you start the display manager last in the DAEMONS array, otherwise X will later allocate a tty device which was previously claimed by Getty (see /etc/inittab). Not placing the display manager at the end can cause X crashes, and is therefore unsupported.
I'd just been lucky before that there wasn't a conflict.
There is a "flicker" during login where I'm shown the XFCE splash, then the SLIM splash again, then the XFCE desktop. Not sure what's going on there, but it's no big deal.
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