LinuxQuestions.org
Welcome to the most active Linux Forum on the web.
Home Forums Tutorials Articles Register
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Laptop and Netbook
User Name
Password
Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 02-22-2010, 07:25 PM   #1
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Rep: Reputation: 15
Question hp tx1020ea slackware 13 can't start x-server


iv been working on this for a while now and im just not getting anywhere.... i type in startx and it comes up with the splash screen and shows the hdd icon but then it dumps me strait back into shell... the error it prints is...

Code:
kded(11105): Communication problem with  "kded" , it probably crashed.
Error message was:  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Did not 
receive a
reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a 
reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply 
timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." "

kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kcminit_startup
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/ksmserver
ksmserver: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open 
shared
object file: No such file or directory
startkde: Shutting down...
klauncher: Exiting on signal 1
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
kded(11106): "Error launching kconf_update. Either KLauncher is not 
running anymore, or it failed to start the application."

startkde: Done.

waiting for X server to shut down kded4: Fatal IO error: client killed
error setting MTRR (base = 0xd0000000, size = 0x04000000, type = 1) 
Invalid argument (22)
i have run xorgsetup but this did not help... am i doing something silly???

any help would be great!!! thx

Last edited by creatureofthedark; 02-22-2010 at 07:40 PM. Reason: added more info to the error message
 
Old 02-22-2010, 08:07 PM   #2
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
ah ha!! i got xfce working!!!! by followinf this:

Quote:
Originally Posted by adamk75 View Post
As your user, try this:

$ echo "/usr/bin/startxfce4" > ~/.xinitrc

Then try starting X with:

$ startx

And see if X starts up with xfce4.
now to see if it works with kde....
 
Old 02-22-2010, 08:10 PM   #3
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
dose not work with kde... to be expected relay.... as it didnt work befor... im assuming this means a bad install of kde???
 
Old 02-23-2010, 06:43 AM   #4
Hangdog42
LQ Veteran
 
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 7,803
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422
From your original post, it looks like there is a library missing. Did you do a full install of Slackware?
 
1 members found this post helpful.
Old 02-23-2010, 07:56 AM   #5
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
yes i did a full install and iv just done it twice now... any idea what library it is?? and how to add it?

thx
 
Old 02-23-2010, 01:54 PM   #6
Hangdog42
LQ Veteran
 
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 7,803
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422
Then I wonder if you got a bad download of Slackware. If I were in your shoes, I'd check the md5sum of your iso against what it is supposed to be (provided you downloaded Slackware). KDE should work out of the box without the need for installing anything else. The only other thing I can think is that if you installed Nvidia or ATI drivers, that might have screwed up the OpenGL libraries. Also have a look in your Xorg logs in /var/log and see if there are some additional error messages there.
 
1 members found this post helpful.
Old 02-23-2010, 04:27 PM   #7
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
will do.. il also re download the disks at uni where the internet is soooooo much faster.... thx for the help
 
Old 02-23-2010, 05:45 PM   #8
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
ok i have managed to get the log file into a txt file so i can post it...

but its HUGE.... soooo im going to add it as an attachment
Attached Files
File Type: txt xorglog.txt (29.4 KB, 15 views)
 
Old 02-24-2010, 06:37 AM   #9
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
ok wtf!! a fresh download came back with an error on the MD5sum thing!!
 
Old 02-24-2010, 07:09 AM   #10
Hangdog42
LQ Veteran
 
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 7,803
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422
Well, there aren't any errors in your X log, so that means X is starting up OK. That suggests the problem is in one of the KDE packages. The fact that you don't get the correct MD5sum isn't good. If you're not getting the download from either Slackware or LQ, where are you getting it? Also, you're downloading 13 and not Slackware-current, right?
 
1 members found this post helpful.
Old 02-24-2010, 07:53 AM   #11
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
i was downloading from mirror-uk but i went for the ftp strait from slackware and that work out well... just reinstalling now... il let u know how it gose :P and yer its slackware 13 :P
 
Old 02-24-2010, 08:00 AM   #12
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
oh helz yer baby!!! /me dose a lil dance :P

it works it works it works )))))

thx dude!! was much help!!

now to get wifi and touchscreen working... fun....
 
Old 02-24-2010, 12:25 PM   #13
Hangdog42
LQ Veteran
 
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 7,803
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422Reputation: 422
Cool. I'm glad it was the download, because if it wasnt', I had no idea where to take this one. Wifi will (hopefully) be pretty straight forward. The touchscreen, I'm not so sure about. For that one in particular, if you have a problem, post in the Slackware forum. There are some frighteningly good people that hang out there.
 
Old 02-24-2010, 01:50 PM   #14
creatureofthedark
Member
 
Registered: Jan 2007
Distribution: LFS / Ubuntu / CentOs
Posts: 56

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
wifi took me alll day... was not easy... stupid broadcom...
just starting touchscreen now :P
 
  


Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
[SOLVED] slackware 13.0 wont start X - waiting for X server to shut down compul Slackware 10 09-10-2009 03:40 AM
Failed to start FTP server - server daemon when in inetd mode. pujakofriendly Slackware 2 11-30-2006 01:58 AM
Can i start SMTP server on slackware 10.2? FISC Linux - Networking 20 12-05-2005 05:02 AM
Can't start X server in slackware thorney Linux - Newbie 7 07-31-2005 09:51 PM
How do I start Slackware 10.0? greentooth Linux - Software 4 06-23-2005 02:58 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Laptop and Netbook

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:07 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration