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Old 09-07-2010, 04:04 AM   #1
apemax
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fluxbox not starting "Error: couldn't connect to XServer"


I've just recently install slackware 13.1 on IBM R40e
laptop but every time i try to start fluxbox with
startfluxbox it just comes up:

xmodmap: unable to open display ''
Error: couldn't connect to XServer

however xdm works.

the specs of the computer:
IBM R40e 2684 L9G
2.4GHz Intel celeron processor
128MB ram
ATI radeon 330M 16MB integrated
30GB hard drive
DVD rom drive

I'm not sure if it's of any use but here's my xorg.conf file:

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     

"/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "dri2"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option       "XkbOptions"  

"grp:switch,grp:lswitch,grp:lwin_switch,grp:rwin_switch

,grp:win_switch,grp:caps_switch,grp:rctrl_switch,grp:to

ggle,grp:lalt_toggle"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: 

"True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> 

Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"            	# 

[<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"            	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"       	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"     	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"       	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"           	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"       	# <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"          	# <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"        	# <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"           	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "CustomEDID"         	# 

[<str>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"    	# 

[<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"          	# 

[<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"   	# 

<freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"        	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"          	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType" 	# <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"        	# <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"        	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"      	# 

[<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "ClockGating"        	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"          	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"         	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"       	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"     	# <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable" 	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"     	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"    	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"         	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"         	# <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"    	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"    	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"              	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"           	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"          	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"           	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceLowPowerMode"  	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicPM"          	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "NewPLL"             	# 

[<bool>]
        #Option     "ZaphodHeads"        	# <str>
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
	BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection
 
Old 09-07-2010, 07:11 AM   #2
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Run xwmconfig choose fluxbox from the list, then type startx
 
Old 09-07-2010, 07:20 AM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dive View Post
Run xwmconfig choose fluxbox from the list, then type startx
...or, add this to the user's .xinitrc file:

Code:
# Start the window manager:
exec /usr/bin/startfluxbox
cheers,
 
Old 09-09-2010, 05:38 AM   #4
apemax
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ok thanks that worked.
 
  


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