Blank Screen
Yo,
I gave up trying to install Slack 10.1 a couple weeks ago, now I am trying to do it again... I installed Slackware, did everything correctly. For the kernel I used : bare.i After the installation was succesfully finished I took out the CD and rebooted my rig. Grub came up, I chose Linux. Linux Loaded, and I was in the command prompt, or bash I think it's called. While at the c prompt I logged in as root, and added a user with 'adduser', and filled that all out. I did that without a problem. Than, I restarted, and logged in as root, and typed 'startx', it didn't work, it brought me to a blank screen. So I rebooted again. After rebooting again I logged in as root and typed 'xorgsetup', I went through that, and tried 'startx' again, but again, it brought me back to a blank screen. So I rebooted again. After rebooting, I logged in as root again and typed 'xorgconf' and went through everything. This is where I think I must of made a mistake. My rig: P4 2.4 ghz Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Soundblaster Live! Realtek Ethernet Card Logitech Wireless Mouse + Keyboard Combo Samsung SyncMaster 955DF So for the mouse I chose #1 (Auto), and for Keyboard I chose 7 (Microsoft Natural). For the monitor there were not correct Vertical + Horizontal ranges that fitted my monitor, so I entered my own after searching the internet for the correct ranges, which are: Vertical = 50-160 Horizontal = 30-85 Then came time (or was it before ?) to configure my Graphics Card. I went through the list and came upon "Nvidia Geforce" as a driver, so I used that. Then I changed the default 24 bit resolution to 1152 x 864 pixles. And then I wrote it to the xorg file. So I restarted (just to be sure) and logged in as root, typed 'startx', and it brought me to a blank screen. So I restarted again, logged in as my User account and typed 'startx' and that brought me to a blank screen. I am really confused, I'm kind of a Linux noob I guess, I've been using it for about 7 months. Any help is greatly appreciated ! Thanks. |
I would change the resolution to a more standard setting, like 1024x768 or 1280x1024. The manual for your monitor doesn't mention the setting you have (1152 x 864), maybe it's not valid.
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Alright, I will try that, but I normally use 1152 x 864 in other Linux distros + Windows... But I will try it.
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Changed it to 1024 x 864, it did not work, I recieved a blank screen when trying to start x.
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edit xorg.conf driver to "nv" (open source 2d nvidia driver)
or "vesa" (generic driver) either of these should work Then download nvidia drivers from their website. if you are still in console mode (runlevel 3) log in as root and run the nvidia installer modify xorg.conf or run xorgconf then startx. If it works you will see a nvidia spalsh screen. |
are you using the 66xx version of the nvidia driver?
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As an aside: If X ('startx') fails on you, you can do 'alt-ctl-backspace' to kill X. It will save you from rebooting.
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Okay. I've edited my xorg configuration file twice and tried both vesa and the nv drivers. Both did not work. The vesa driver totally shut off my monitor, and the NV just made it go blank.
Jeeze what the heck is up with this! |
take a look at " /var/log/xorg.0.log "
it's there to log what's happening when X is started. see any clues/warnings/errors ? egag |
/var/log/xorg.0.log
No such file or directory |
oops...." /var/log/Xorg.0.log "
a big X egag |
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
Permission Denied (In root) |
When you type :
/var/log/Xorg.0.log ...followed by <enter>, the shell believe it is a command and try to execute it, as Xorg.0.log has not executable permission, even root can not execute it try : tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log instead or : tail -150 /var/log/Xorg.0.log ...to see the 150 last lines |
look at " #ls -l /var/log/*.log ?
what are the permissions on that file ? ( should be -rw-r--r-- ) if not , do a " #chmod 644 /var/log/*.log " guess the info is needed. EDIT : ah...keefaz.....i didn't think of that.... :) egag |
okay,
tail /var/log/xorg.0.log worked, and opened the file. In the file there were tons of errors (I am guessing) because it went through about 20 pages of text. |
20 pages...? ( much... )
find errors with : " # grep "(EE)" /var/log/Xorg.0.log ". can you post some specific errors here ? egag |
Ahh well. I think I am going to give up on Slackware and move back to Ubuntu, or Arch.
Thanks for your help! |
You have been blacklisted
Hey, x problems are generally not too difficult to solve (wait for a real problem ;))
Did you at least try install the last official nvidia drivers from www.nvidia.com as you have a modern video card |
yeah...guess Slack is not for you.....
good luck though. egag |
When I buy my new PC I will give Slack another chance, for now I am sticking with stable old Debian.
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Having the same blank screen on sony vaio
I had slackware 9.1 on a sony vaio pcg-505ex, seemed to work fine. I installed 10.1 on an amd 850, got the blank screen of death when I startx. moved that hard drive to my p4 2.26, same blank screen. reinstalled 10.1 on the p4 2.26, works fine. I installed 10.1 on my sony laptop, and am not getting the blank screen.
What i have noticed is, the installs that got the blank screen recieved 2 errors on package install about X11 arch fonts or something, the reinstall on the p4 2.26 is the only install that did not recieve these errors and is the other copy that doesn't blank screen, I think the errors are produced from certian cd-rom drives..? How would I disable these or enable different fonts. I have tried the xorgconfig and all that stuff over and over, sometimes recieving errors about color depth, others just blank screen. how do I load gnome apposed to kde? Thanks for any help. i'm new but i think i picking this stuff up pretty well |
hey, X configuration is not that hard in Slackware..
you haven't been caught by a real problem yet... the thing is: Slack is not a "just works" distro... there's a lot of very useful info on X settings in previous posts in this thread and I'm sure everything written here is worth the attempt sad to hear you're switching off slack.. |
Since you have debian installed.
Just copy the xorg.conf OR xfree86.conf file over to Slackware. I know you said you quit. But Slackware ain't quiting. |
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but , when it works , be sure to take a look at the differences between the two config files, as a lesson for later. and people.....one day they quit, the next they are on it again with new energie. so there is still hope. egag |
Blank Screen
I am having te same problems that you had. I am using a nVidia Fx5200 and get a blank screen when I boot. Did you manage to solve the problem and if so what did you do?
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I used to get this problem not reliasing that when you do the xorgconfig as user, the xorg.conf will be created at your home directory. Just copy that config file to /etc/X11/ will solve the no X problem. Hope yours is as simple as mine.
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