Startx issue with Lenovo T550 intel 5500, screen not found

Bbruyne · 10-19-2015, 03:54 PM

Hello,

I have installed the latest slackware on my new Lenovo T550 with a 3K screen and a intel 5500 graphics card. Everything went well until, I tried to "startx". "Screen not found" is my problem. I have tried to play a bit with the xorg config file but nothing changed. Do I have to install specific intel drivers ? For information, I am in EFI boot mode. And it is dual booted with Windows 10.

Thank you very much for your future help,

Bbruyne

TobiSGD · 10-20-2015, 10:59 AM

When you say "latest Slackware", do you mean the latest stable version (14.1) or the -current branch of Slackware? With this GPU you definitely will want to run -current, 14.1 simply doesn't support it.

Bbruyne · 10-20-2015, 02:17 PM

Yes, I am running 14.1. Is it simple to upgrade to the current branch of Slackware from 14.1 ? Or shall I better do another clean install ? Thank you so much for your quick reply! Bbruyne

TobiSGD · 10-20-2015, 02:50 PM

An upgrade to -current is rather simple, but keep in mind that -current is a development branch, so thinks may break from time to time (though -current is pretty stable).
To upgrade to current follow these instructions:
1. Uncomment a mirror for Slackware -current in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors, if you have previously uncommented a 14.1 mirror comment it out again
2. Run these commands

Code:

slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system
lilo

After a reboot you should have a clean -current system.

Bbruyne · 10-20-2015, 03:51 PM

Thanks, I ran into another problem. The kernel hasn't got a driver for Intel Corporation Device 095b (rev59). I can't connect to internet. When I type iwconfig. I get lo no wireless extension. What should I do ? I won't give up, I am more than motivated to get Slackware up and running! Thank you

TobiSGD · 10-20-2015, 04:03 PM

If you have the possiblity to download on a different machine just grab the kernel from -current and install it.