I have tried examining the messages sent to STDERR, but the messages present there are also found … Running startxfce4 results in a blank screen with a popup saying "Unable to load failsafe session". It is running the latest stable version of Debian. I use xorg-xinit and edit my .xinitrc to point to xfce. Why? Now the problem is a lack of storage space. I've removed everything from my Chromebook's download folder and it says the same thing. View this report as an mbox folder, status mbox, maintainer mbox. I think that need to change permissions, but where? Thank for your attention to this problem, and thank for your opinions about it. Read the section below for more information. I have a debian server. if you are using consolekit2. I've never edited an init script before. if [ "$(tty)" = "/dev/tty1" ] ; then startxfce4 fi. How to correct this behavior? I think that this may have something to do with the ~/.xinitrc file or xsession, but I'm not sure. Solution #1. But when I type "startx" in tty1 is says "command not found". Reply or subscribe to this bug. I have spent an entire day (or two) looking for solutions online, but these attempts have not been fruitful. I appreciate your help. Okay I've looked into it some more, and I've found some possible solutions that I have yet to try but have worked for others. For properly registering the ConsoleKit session, you probably want to add --with-ck-launch with startxfce4 (new since Xfce 4.10). – Natalie Adams Oct 25 '09 at 2:06. What irritates me, is that I am trying to configure Arch to start X without a login manager like GDM (it is too heavy). – Mike B Oct 25 '09 at 2:08. Want me to post the script edited with comments (echo statements)? The reason it doesn't work is because the method 'xorg' can't get the screen to move over to Linux. After running # pkg install xfce as root (it installed, i think), I tried "startx" I got "command not found". I am not a CentOS guru, but this is defiantly a good place to start in my opinion. This will start Xfce if you login from the first console. Which package do I need to be able to use startx and .bashrc instead of gdm? xfce4-session: startxfce4 fails to start X on "Cannot open /dev/tty0" Package: xfce4-session; ... Found in version xfce4-session/4.12.1-3. instead of the whole xfce. xfce4: sudo startxfce4 - all good, but only startxfce4 - fail. exec startxfce4. That would be great if you could. Last edited by Troels (2009-03-03 21:18:24) OK, emerge xfce4 took over 6 hours to compile so I'm gonna work at it I type startx and command is not found I type startxfce4 and /usr/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server Hi, I am using Manjaro Net-Edition and I just installed Xfce. As usual, I know enough to screw things up. exec ck-launch-session startxfce4. Fortunately, there's the 'xiwi' method, which lets you open Linux through a browsing tab or window. 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