slack vs. redhat when starting gnome

bashrc2 · 05-18-2004, 11:28 PM

hello all!

i have been using slackware for some time now.. then i tried to install redhat. I noticed that redhat boots faster than slackware. so i want slack to boot as fast as it can. any tips? oh yeah when I type "startx" in Redhat it shows me the gnome-splash screen right away. but in slackware it shows the grey screen with the "x" mouse pointer, waits for a while the shows the gnome-splash screen. so anybody knows how to get rid of the grey screen??? thanks..

shilo · 05-19-2004, 12:52 AM

I used to have the grey screen until I updated to the nvidia drivers. After that, I never saw the grey screen again. Maybe the problen is in your /etc/X11/xf86config (or /etc/X11/xorg.conf , depending on which X server you use). Post yours and maybe someone here can help you out.

bashrc2 · 05-19-2004, 03:36 AM

hmmm its kinda big.... but ok..

[root@slackware1 ~]# more /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Code:

# File generated by xf86config.
                                                                                 
Section "Module"
                                                                                
    Load        "dbe"   # Double buffer extension
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "speedo"
    Load        "glx"
                                                                                
EndSection
                                                                                
Section "Files"
                                                                                
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
#    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
 
EndSection
 
Section "ServerFlags"
 
#    Option     "NoTrapSignals"
#    Option     "DontVTSwitch"
#    Option     "DontZap"
#    Option     "DontZoom"
#    Option     "DisableVidModeExtension"
#    Option     "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
#    Option     "DisableModInDev"
#    Option     "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
#    Option      "blank time"    "10"    # 10 minutes
#    Option      "standby time"  "20"
#    Option      "suspend time"  "30"
#    Option      "off time"      "60"
#    Option      "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"
 
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
 
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "Keyboard"
#    Option     "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
#    Option     "XkbModel"      "pc101"
#    Option     "XkbLayout"     "us"
#    Option     "XkbVariant"    ""
#    Option     "XkbOptions"    ""
 
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
 
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"     "yes"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#     Option "Resolution"   "300"
 
EndSection
 
Section "Monitor"
 
    Identifier  "My Monitor"
    HorizSync   30.0 - 70.0
    VertRefresh 50-90
 
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    Option      "NvAgp"  "1"
    Option      "NoLogo" "on"
    #VideoRam    4096
    VideoRam     32768
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "VESA Framebuffer"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24
 
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
 
EndSection
 
Section "ServerLayout"
 
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
 
EndSection

shilo · 05-19-2004, 10:51 AM

Huh, that looks good to me. did you add the line

Code:

alias char-major-195 nvidia

To your /etc/modules.conf ?