I'm new in slackware and installed 13.0 but when i startx......
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I'm new in slackware and installed 13.0 but when i startx......
My usb-mouse and laptop-keyboard didn't work, and my screen was flickering
a xterm appeard but the information "cannot convert string "nil2" to type "FontStruct"" keeped showing on its title
then X crashed
I don't know how to start HAL as Arch,(or nothing to do with it ?)
it's hard to share my log,so i copy some of it ....
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device USB Keyboard
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device USB Keyboard
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /etc/X11/xkb/rules/evdev
(EE) XKB: No components provided for device Video Bus
(WW) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) PS/2 Mouse: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) HID 04d9:1133: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) USB Keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) USB Keyboard: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
(II) Video Bus: Close
(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x812d22b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80bc721]
2: [0xffffe400]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libshadow.so(shadowRemove+0x4e) [0xb78ffe1e]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libshadow.so [0xb79002d4]
5: /usr/bin/X [0x80d4f77]
6: /usr/bin/X [0x810ab4c]
7: /usr/bin/X [0x8116e7c]
8: /usr/bin/X [0x811d6dc]
9: /usr/bin/X [0x80cf10e]
10: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vesa_drv.so [0xb7a81b22]
11: /usr/bin/X [0x80d3a2b]
12: /usr/bin/X [0x81584eb]
13: /usr/bin/X [0x80d5ac8]
14: /usr/bin/X [0x80bfd63]
15: /usr/bin/X [0x8143225]
16: /usr/bin/X [0x8172b2c]
17: /usr/bin/X [0x813cfeb]
18: /usr/bin/X(main+0x44c) [0x806c4ec]
19: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7bc56a5]
20: /usr/bin/X [0x806b911]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
i installed it with txz(s) in DVD iso ,without X it's hard for me to download new packges
do i have to do something with evdev? I thought I installed it ...
Installed what with txz(s)?
It's a bit difficult to understand what you've done, and what the problem is. So I'll suggest running xorgsetup .
This is probbaly not the solution in this case. He's definitely talking about Slackware 13.0 and therefore I/O device infgormation should be being passed to X by hald, there should be no need for an xorg.conf.
Without knowing more (if there's any chance he can elucidate somewhat), it's difficult to tell if the problem is an xorg.conf that shouldn't be there, or a broken or disabled hal, or some other issue.
Last edited by zordrak; 12-07-2009 at 10:08 AM.
Reason: foo
maybe not relevant at all, but I had a problem where usb mouse was not working after installing slackware64 13 - it worked once I had disabled the ps2 in the bios (the only other thing I did inbetween was to install/initialise the mysql database)
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