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Hello,
I have installed slackware 14.2 very recently and when I tried to startx, it just showed this: "file /user/.serverauth.XXXX. does not exist
I'm new to linux and I've found no working solution on other forums.
If anyone could help me, I would be very grateful.
I have an intel core i7 6700hq, a gtx 960m and my wifi card is an intel 3165 ac, which requires firmware, but I guess it won't be a problem as I can connect with an ethernet cable temporarily and download it.
$ startx
should *just work* straight out-of-the-box without any modifications so, like Ztcoracat, I'm curious as to whether the installation went smoothly.
I have changed to level 4.
When I tried to reboot, it was stuck at Rebooting (I mean the last printed thing).
Apparently there is no var/log/Xorg log so, is there anything I can do (I have already tried to reinstall once)
If not, I strongly suggest that you download it from there and perform a fresh installation. Don't forget to check the integrity of the .iso file before you use it.
Follow this Video; you can't go wrong. It worked for me:-
-::-Since var/log/Xorg log doesn't exist a fresh installation is best.-::-
I don't think that making a copy of my Xorg file for your pc would work because it would have to have the right strings and commands in order to work properly and function correctly with your pc's architecture.
The Xorg server should of been a part of the installation process.
Since it's stuck at booting into the GUI it's either badly misconfigured or missing.
'/var/log/Xorg log' is just a log that is not required to run 'X'. It will be created when the 'X' system is initiated. Maybe you are confusing that with the '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d'. Or the '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' which is not really needed with newer Slackware unless you are customizing your 'X' to the system.
You do not need to change the run level unless the user wishes to start a GUI login. A user should be able to get 'X' via the 'startx' from the cli.
To the OP, be sure to check your downloaded ISO via the 'md5' verification file that is available from the download site for the ISO.
You can download that '.md5' file and do a 'md5sum -c Slackware64-14.2.ISO.md5' to confirm a valid ISO image. If you are burning the ISO to CD/DVD then be sure to burn at a lower rate. Then verify your burnt ISO image on that media.
For new users it is recommended to do a full install.
EDIT: You can choose a default window manager via cli using xwmconfig;
Quote:
From 'man xwmconfig'; xwmconfig - choose a default window manager for X.
SYNOPSIS
xwmconfig
DESCRIPTION
xwmconfig provides a menu of the window managers available on the machine so that you may choose one of them to use when X is started with
"startx".
When run by root, it sets the symbolic link /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, which selected the default system-wide window manager to use for X, and
also creates a /root/.xinitrc file with the same window manager selected (perhaps suitable to move into /etc/skel/).
When run by a non-root user, xwmconfig writes out a $HOME/.xinitrc file, allowing the user to choose their own default window manager (possi-
bly overriding the one chosen as a system default).
Or you can rerun pkgtool as root to rerun script to choose.
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