startx --> black screen (slackware10, geforce4mx64mb)
 

Used DOS/Windows all my life, making the switch.

Running dual boot winxp/slackware10 on p4 2.4ghz, 768mb ram, geforce4mx64mb. Booting off lilo to 1024x768 (my lcd monitor's native resolution), 256 colors.

Everything works fine, boots perfectly, no errors, i can login as root.

But then if I put startx or xinit, i get a black screen and the indicator led on my monitor goes orange--- as though it were switching video modes. But it just sits there like that.

ctrl+alt+del, CR, gets me back to console. I can see a list of startx errors and a kde stop message.

How can I fix this? I'm sure it's something simple, but I basically have no clue what I'm doing. Docs I found suggest some config utils but /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup does not exist, nor does /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config. /usr/X11R6/bin/xwmconfig works fine, I picked KDE.



Thanks.....


EDIT: thought I should mention that video console mode 1024x768x256 works fine. Cute penguin.

I think in commandline mode, every thing is case sensitive. You will have an XF86Config file.

It sounds to me like your monitor cannot handle the res/refresh rate that the gui is after. Perhaps someone else can direct you how to do this in commandline mode, as I don't

Seriously man, them files dont exist.

I set the refresh rates from the monitor specs in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Now the monitor says "Cannot display this video mode." Clearly a message hardwired into the monitor, as it's in some nice sans serif font smack in the middle of the screen.

hi there
if ur monitor is not takingthat frequency

try
ctrl+del+(+,-)

u can try either + or -

this will try out varios frequencies for ur monitor

regards

No dice, still a black screen.

HELP! getting desperate..... Don't want to reinstall linux for 4th time....

do u have X package installed in ur system


and u need to try ctrl+del+ (+,-) 3-4 times
so that u may get some correct frequency for u .

regards

Post your xorg conf file so we can take a look.

emm
 

try

$ gdm

should work, i have the same problem with startx... i think startx its only the service... well.. that should start gnome login

xorgsetup is what your looking for. I had the same problem with my S10 install and after i used xorgsetup X started up with no blank screen. ><

Thanks all, problem fixed now.

hi Sinope

could u please tell us everbody out here
what worked out for u???


regards
gaurav