LinuxQuestions.org
Welcome to the most active Linux Forum on the web.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Distributions > Slackware
User Name
Password
Slackware This Forum is for the discussion of Slackware Linux.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 08-19-2014, 05:14 AM   #16
yilez
Member
 
Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 127

Rep: Reputation: Disabled

wget should have been installed in the N package when setting up slackware. Did you pick and choose packages when installing? Has xfce ever worked? You say 'suddenly xfce doesn't work' so I'm guessing it did once. When trying another user, are you loggin in as that user, or 'su'-ing to them?
 
Old 08-19-2014, 05:31 AM   #17
morizuki
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Aug 2014
Posts: 8

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Quote:
Originally Posted by yilez View Post
wget should have been installed in the N package when setting up slackware. Did you pick and choose packages when installing? Has xfce ever worked? You say 'suddenly xfce doesn't work' so I'm guessing it did once. When trying another user, are you loggin in as that user, or 'su'-ing to them?
wget isn't installed or not included in setting up Slackware, yes the XFCE was working before after I-don't-know-what-did-I-do, I just only remember that I'm trying to install wget, slapt-get using installpkg but only slapt-get was installed while wget has an error when trying to ./configure.
 
Old 08-19-2014, 07:07 AM   #18
saxa
Senior Member
 
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Nova Gorica, Salvador
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,346

Rep: Reputation: 333Reputation: 333Reputation: 333Reputation: 333
Please try to see your logs, what "cat /var/log/messages" say ? If you see a bunch of sdX access errors your hdd is dying most probably or a bad cable.
You get errors because your FS is corrupt, if you ever installed those packages.

If you try to do as TobySGD said you will be able to see quickly on whats going on. I personally would just try to overwrite what you already have installed with the slackware install disk. Just start a new install, do not format the partitions, and try to finish the installation. You can follow the happenings on the ALT+F4 console and see if errors appears.
 
Old 08-19-2014, 09:20 AM   #19
yilez
Member
 
Registered: Apr 2004
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 127

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
Quote:
Originally Posted by morizuki View Post
wget isn't installed or not included in setting up Slackware, yes the XFCE was working before after I-don't-know-what-did-I-do, I just only remember that I'm trying to install wget, slapt-get using installpkg but only slapt-get was installed while wget has an error when trying to ./configure.
You didn't answer whether you did a pick and choose packages when installing or not.

Wget definitely should have been installed. Here it is in package N on 64 bit: http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa...4-x86_64-1.txz
Here it is in Package N on 32-bit: http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa....14-i486-1.txz

If you did a full install, it should already be installed. If it isn't, then you either have very bad corruption or have had packages removed randomly.

Either way, you are missing more packages than you probably realise and seeing as you don't know what you've done, I would suggest just reinstalling.
 
Old 08-19-2014, 09:23 AM   #20
TobiSGD
Moderator
 
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
Posts: 17,148
Blog Entries: 2

Rep: Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886Reputation: 4886
Quote:
Originally Posted by yilez View Post
Either way, you are missing more packages than you probably realise and seeing as you don't know what you've done, I would suggest just reinstalling.
I would suggest to do a proper diagnosis before "just reinstalling", since the logs indicate hardware failure, which will not be fixed by reinstalling the OS.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

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 13.37 - can start XFCE but not KDE, xorg seg faults dc_eros Slackware 3 08-01-2012 11:09 PM
[SOLVED] xfce crashed and won't restart after window decorations theme change. Slackware 13.1 Holering Slackware 1 09-27-2010 07:37 PM
Firefox won't start with Xfce interface vozke Linux - Software 1 01-25-2008 11:12 AM
Slackware 11.0 Xfce problem - failing to start xfdesktop thethinker Slackware 4 07-13-2007 03:16 PM
xfce won't start dracolich Slackware 12 10-17-2005 03:55 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Distributions > Slackware

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:47 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