Need some help with xfce4 installation

[MedoX71T]

i installed the FULL ISO and installed xfce4 & xfce4-goodies using pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies

now i have error because gst-plugins-base-libs is old and will break the system so i hit this pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies --ignore gst-plugins-base-libs

and it asked me to skip parole package because i ignored gst-plugins-base-libs [y/N]: y

now everything seems OK but when i get login using XFCE i type my username & password it kicks me out why ? i tried to install blackarch-config-xfce but nothing works everytime i login using XFCE I'm forced to logout automatically

I just want the FULL ISO but with XFCE from the slim iso can you help ?

[noraj]

Hi,

1. Please do not use the full ISO, it's only meant for offline use like some air gap use cases. It's hardly possible to update it due to conflicting dependencies. Prefer the slim or netinstall ones.
2. What do you mean gst-plugins-base-libs is old, AL package is sync with last upstream version.
3. I don't think xfce login issues are related to the parole / gst-plugins-base-libs issues.
4. blackarch-config-xfce brings some BA theming on XFCE, so if your XFCE doesn't work in the first place this won't make it work any better.

[MedoX71T]

thank you for the quick response 1- i installed the slim iso and its so nice to work with but when i install blackarch-group ex: scanner i have a lot of errors like xxxxx package corrupt with delete question so i decided to install the full iso

2- what is the proper way to install xfce4 on the full iso and how to debug it ? like is there a tutorial of wiki with xfce4 login issues i can look at ?

here is the terminal log when i hit startxfce4 /sbin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0.0 <stdin>:16:99: warning: missing terminating " character <stdin>:76:99: warning: missing terminating " character xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xfce4-session: /usr/lib/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by /usr/lib/libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0)

i already have glibc installed because pacman works great so how xfce4-session can't find glibc ?

[noraj]

1- i installed the slim iso and its so nice to work with but when i install blackarch-group ex: scanner i have a lot of errors like xxxxx package corrupt with delete question so i decided to install the full iso

It's because there are too many tools in the groups and if one of them is broken it will make the whole operation fails. Forget groups, on slim you have a minimal set of tools already install + you can install all the tools you want manually. Anyway groups are useless, is a group contains 500 tools you will never have a use for all of them, just wasting storage and update bandwidth. Just install manually what you need. The full ISO has the same issues as groups but worth.

2- what is the proper way to install xfce4 on the full iso and how to debug it ?

As I said, the full ISO is not meant to be updated or modified, it's just made to be deployed and used as is. Often on air gap environment where it's impossible to install stuff over the network. So there is no easy way to install anything on it without having to deal with troublesome dependency issues.

TL;DR: install netinstall or slim ISO + install manually only the tools you need with pacman -S. Forget groups and full ISO.

[noraj]

For the record, a warning is on the website telling people not to use the full ISO unless you are an expert willing to spend ton of times debbuging: