X doesn't start on it's own. Probably a really easy fix. Already in runlevel 5...

Marks256 · 06-07-2008, 01:31 PM

Hey. Been a while since i have been here. Just an update, i have been using Ubuntu quite happily for well over a year now, and i have learned quite a bit about linux...

Anyway, to my problem.

I'm building a digital picture frame out of an old HP Pavilion N3300 (~550MHz 256mb ram... 20gb hd, which i am going to replace with a compactflash soon)

I am following this build guide http://www.thewares.net/item/33

I have everything working "fairly" decently. I worked out most of the bugs on my own, but i cannot figure out how to get X to start on its own, without me having to start it manually. I don't mind SSHing into it and starting X with the "startx" command, but what if want to bring the DPF to a friends house to show how geeky i am?

It is already in run level 5, but there is no gui. I am using fluxbox.

It works fine if i type in "startx"

Thanks.

let me know if anymore information is needed...

alan_ri · 06-07-2008, 04:48 PM

Try to change runlevel to 3 or 4 to see will it solve the problem.
Did you have these problems with Gnome?If so,I would like to know do you have S30gdm file in /etc/rc5.d directory.
Our friend Google said that there have been some issues with fluxbox(I didn't use it much)and X sessions,so you should check ~/.fluxbox/startup configuration file and /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop. When you see the following text:

Code:

exec=fluxbox

replace that line with

Code:

exec=startfluxbox

Here's what I have found;

Quote:

For some reason, the Fluxbox packages in Ubuntu's universe repositories
create non-standard (at least for Fluxbox) xsession files

Marks256 · 06-07-2008, 06:37 PM

No, i didn't have this problem before I tried to use fluxbox. I don't think it was gnome...

There is no ~/.fluxbox/startup config file, nor is there a /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop

Edit: but there is an rc5.d directory

Second edit: Should have mentioned this before, i am using Damn Small Linux.

Marks256 · 06-07-2008, 06:48 PM

No for no reason at all (I did not edit anything), it is saying the following when i type in "startx"

Code:

xinit: NO such file or directory (errno 2): no program named "//.xinitrc" in PATH

Specify a program on the command line or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path.


waiting for X server to shut down

alan_ri · 06-08-2008, 06:08 AM

So,do they(X and fluxbox)start with that error or now they don't start?
What you should do is edit

Code:

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc

and add something like

Code:

/usr/local/fluxbox/startfluxbox

because I assume that's the path in DSL.Anyway your path should look something like;

Code:

PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin" startx

To avoid that error you must start X in this way;

Code:

/usr/X11R6/bin/startx

Marks256 · 06-08-2008, 05:34 PM

they are not even starting at all.

I am going to reinstall damn small (again) and see if that works...

thanks for your help so far.

Marks256 · 06-08-2008, 06:34 PM

I think my laptop isn't going to live long enough to fix the problem... It might be the hard drive, so i will replace it quick and see what happens.

Marks256 · 06-08-2008, 08:07 PM

Yeah, it is the laptop.

It could be bad ram... i will replace that when i get a chance, I am not feeling very energetic at the moment.