Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2018-07-08 at 04:37 -0500, Roger Heflin wrote: > startx has worked for me on Fedora 27, and it did start the same > desktop as what graphical -> login as same user started. Again, that depends on the setup, specifically .xinitrc, .xserverrc etc. See startx(1). poc

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-08 Thread Roger Heflin
startx has worked for me on Fedora 27, and it did start the same desktop as what graphical -> login as same user started. On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 4:18 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2018-07-07 at 18:12 -0700, solarflow99 wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 2:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan >> w

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2018-07-07 at 18:12 -0700, solarflow99 wrote: > On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 2:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > > On Fri, 2018-07-06 at 20:09 -0700, solarflow99 wrote: > > > so it seems only lightdm works, using sddm just gives the black screen > > > > with > > > a mouse pointer. Going

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-07 Thread solarflow99
On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 2:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2018-07-06 at 20:09 -0700, solarflow99 wrote: > > so it seems only lightdm works, using sddm just gives the black screen > with > > a mouse pointer. Going back to using multi-user.target, what is the > > correct way to start x-

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-07 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2018-07-06 at 20:09 -0700, solarflow99 wrote: > so it seems only lightdm works, using sddm just gives the black screen with > a mouse pointer. Going back to using multi-user.target, what is the > correct way to start x-windows now? I always used startx. > I also see display-manager.servic

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread solarflow99
so it seems only lightdm works, using sddm just gives the black screen with a mouse pointer. Going back to using multi-user.target, what is the correct way to start x-windows now? I always used startx. I also see display-manager.service was enabled, that didn't seem to ever help though. On Fri,

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/06/2018 05:48 PM, solarflow99 wrote: I'm getting somewhere, thanks guys.  Both lightdm and sddm were disabled, I can't believe thats all it was Just remember, you only need one of them active. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread solarflow99
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 5:08 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 07/06/2018 05:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > >> >> I expect that "systemctl status sddm" would be more useful since that's >> what was installed. >> Try running: >> systemctl enable sddm >> and >> systemctl start sddm >> > > I sit corrected; I tol

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread Joe Zeff
On 07/06/2018 05:01 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: I expect that "systemctl status sddm" would be more useful since that's what was installed. Try running: systemctl enable sddm and systemctl start sddm I sit corrected; I told him to type what I would, forgetting that he uses sddm, not lightdm. __

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 07/06/2018 04:50 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Please don't top post on this list or quote the list's footer. On 07/06/2018 04:32 PM, solarflow99 wrote: ok, I see sddm got installed.  Doesn't seem to have helped anyways Please run this command (It doesn't need su or sudo.) and post the response:

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread Joe Zeff
Please don't top post on this list or quote the list's footer. On 07/06/2018 04:32 PM, solarflow99 wrote: ok, I see sddm got installed.  Doesn't seem to have helped anyways Please run this command (It doesn't need su or sudo.) and post the response: systemctl status lightdm.service You proba

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread solarflow99
ok, I see sddm got installed. Doesn't seem to have helped anyways On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:22 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 07/06/2018 03:07 PM, solarflow99 wrote: > >> shouldn't that have got pulled in with the groupinstall? >> > > Display managers are separate from the desktop environments. Yo

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 07/06/2018 03:07 PM, solarflow99 wrote: shouldn't that have got pulled in with the groupinstall? Display managers are separate from the desktop environments. You can mix or match if you want. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.o

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2018-07-06 at 15:07 -0700, solarflow99 wrote: > shouldn't that have got pulled in with the groupinstall? [Please don't top-post on the list] If you're running a display manager, why are you using startx? poc > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 07/06/2018 02

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread solarflow99
shouldn't that have got pulled in with the groupinstall? On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 07/06/2018 02:25 PM, solarflow99 wrote: > >> Hi, I have installed the fedora 28 server image for ARM, and wanted to >> have x-windows, so I did a groupinstall of LXQt Desktop and als

Re: X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 07/06/2018 02:25 PM, solarflow99 wrote: Hi, I have installed the fedora 28 server image for ARM, and wanted to have x-windows, so I did a groupinstall of LXQt Desktop and also LXDE Desktop.  But running startx just gives me a black screen and a mouse pointer, nothing else works.  isolating g

X-windows only gives a mouse pointer

2018-07-06 Thread solarflow99
Hi, I have installed the fedora 28 server image for ARM, and wanted to have x-windows, so I did a groupinstall of LXQt Desktop and also LXDE Desktop. But running startx just gives me a black screen and a mouse pointer, nothing else works. isolating graphical.target doesn't work at all. Perhaps the