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Old 02-14-2009, 06:12 AM   #1
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Smile startx or init 4 in Slackware


I installed Slackware successfully.
After installing slackware the default runlevel was 3.

I tried to start graphical mode. So I entered startx
But the screen became blank

I also tried init 4, same problem there comes blank screen.
What is the problem.

Why I am unable to start graphical mode?
 
Old 02-14-2009, 06:24 AM   #2
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have you configured X (using xorgconfig, xorgsetup or editing xorg.conf)?
 
Old 02-14-2009, 06:24 AM   #3
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Have you configured X? If not, you may want to do that. You can run xorgsetup or xorgconfig to do so, both of which will need to be run as root. Some info about these can be found here.
 
Old 02-14-2009, 09:20 AM   #4
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A good start would be to download Slax (Slackware live disk) and boot it. It will generate a pretty good xorg.conf file which you could copy to /etc/X11 and be able to use startx or init 4 to bring up the GUI.

Rich
 
Old 02-15-2009, 02:59 AM   #5
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Download Link?

Can anyone give me a link to get SLAX?
 
Old 02-15-2009, 03:03 AM   #6
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Google it? Really, it's not that hard.
 
Old 02-15-2009, 03:08 AM   #7
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Google?

tried all the links.
All of them are blank
 
Old 02-15-2009, 03:12 AM   #8
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The "Get Slax" at the bottom of slax.org works, so obviously you didn't try all the links.
 
Old 02-15-2009, 03:17 AM   #9
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slax.org?

Tried that also, even I became member of slax.org as errorsunknownp
Same problem while downloading slax for cd as well as slax for usb
 
Old 02-15-2009, 03:30 AM   #10
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Smile mistake

I've replied that i tried all the links. It was mistake
I meant that I've tried most of the links.
Finally I got slax in http://fileforum.betanews.com/downlo...X/1178288086/1
 
Old 02-17-2009, 08:47 PM   #11
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SLAX?

I've downloaded Slax 6.0.9 and tried it also.
It works fine.
Now does copying xorg.conf file from slax to my / partition really solves
my problem.
If it is unsure then why to damage the default xorg.conf
Can anybody suggest
 
Old 02-17-2009, 10:02 PM   #12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by errorsunknownp View Post
I've downloaded Slax 6.0.9 and tried it also.
It works fine.
Now does copying xorg.conf file from slax to my / partition really solves
my problem.
If it is unsure then why to damage the default xorg.conf
Can anybody suggest
While SLAX is running go to a terminal window. Change directories to the X11 directory on your hard disk. It will be something like
/mnt/hda1/etc/X11

rename the xorg.conf that is on the disk
mv xorg.conf xorg.config.default (for example)

copy the xorg.conf from the running SLAX this directory
should be
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf xorg.conf

Then when you reboot from your hard disk, you will have a configured GUI.

Rich
 
Old 02-18-2009, 01:09 AM   #13
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Unhappy hangs

I copied xorg.conf from slax's etc/X11 to my Slacware's etc/X11

After rebooting from my hard disk
I entered startx mode
Then mouse pointer appeared after sometime my system got stucked.....


What to do now???
 
Old 02-18-2009, 03:52 AM   #14
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Forget about slax.

I would recommend you first run 'xorgsetup' and setup X properly.
Then, you may need to run 'xwmconfig'.
If you run that and it doesn't work, try posting your '/var/log/Xorg.0.log', you may also want to browse through the slackbook and see if you missed something:
http://www.slackbook.org/html/book.html#X-WINDOW-SYSTEM
 
Old 02-18-2009, 04:31 AM   #15
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The command to change run level is telinit, not init. So you should have typed 'telinit 4'.

If that or 'startx' does not work, send the output of following command:
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grep "(EE)" /var/log/Xorg.O.log

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