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Old 01-04-2004, 11:53 PM   #1
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Can't Start KDE, Only Boots To Console


When I boot Slackware 9.1, it boots to the console. I use the command 'startx' but I receive this error messege:

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connetion reset by peer) on X server "0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
 
Old 01-05-2004, 12:20 AM   #2
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HyBriDJoKeR,

What video card are you using? Sounds like something typical for a Nvidia card without the proper drivers. What video card are you running, and have you installed the drivers for it yet?

If you have all the information about your mouse, monitor, and video card - you can try running xf86config from that command line as a normal user.

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Old 01-05-2004, 12:22 AM   #3
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You need to run xf86config in order to configure X. Don't worry about graphic memory size or about 'device indentifiers'. First backup /etc/X11/XF86Config. This is the file that xf86config will overwrite. A useful command: CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE. This will kill X if you have problems such as mouse not working. After running xf86config then type startx. If you have installed other windowmanagers you can choose which one to use by running(from console) xwmconfig, then startx
You can set it up so that Slack boots to a graphic login by editing the file /etc/inittab and changing the line
id:3:initdefault
to
id:4:initdefault
However this is not really a good idea since if your X configuration isn't right or you ever have problems in X, this setting will put your box in a loop where you can't shutdown or login. If you decide to try this anyway, be sure you have a rescue disk around, like tomsrtbt, so you can boot, mount your partition and change this. It's not as elegant to have to type startx each time but it's MUCH safer.
Also don't use the other X configuration utilities such as xfree86setup or xf86cfg as they will create an incomplete XF86Config file which will cause the problems I described above (CTSL+ALT+BACKSPACE doesn't work in these case!)
The only times I have ever 'lost' a Slackware install is from having to crash it because of improper X configuration. If you are using ext2 file system, it may recover once or twice, but usually not three times. Reiser file system is much better at recovering itself.
Start with conservative settings for horizontal and vertical sync in xf86config unless you know your monitors capabilities.
 
Old 01-05-2004, 12:27 AM   #4
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Im using a GeForce 4 Ti 4200

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Old 01-05-2004, 12:44 AM   #5
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Quote:
Originally posted by HyBriDJoKeR
Im using a GeForce 4 Ti 4200
Go to the Nvidia driver archives and get that driver. Print the README - Text Version file and follow the instructions.

There is a new driver but many people have had problems with it, and I would not recommend that one (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run).
 
Old 01-05-2004, 09:26 AM   #6
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You may just have to add a user first. This will create the home directory where X places its files.

user the adduser command as root.
 
Old 01-05-2004, 01:56 PM   #7
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Ok, I tried adding a new user and the Linux driver. Still no cigar
 
Old 01-05-2004, 05:02 PM   #8
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I got it working Now to get the sound to work...
 
Old 06-25-2004, 12:24 PM   #9
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how???

How did you get it working? I've got the same problem.
It worked until I added a new user, but then it just stopped...
 
Old 06-26-2004, 05:09 AM   #10
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you added a new user and now that user cant use it or it doesnt work for anyone?

if just that user cant use X then its a permission problem ... if it isnt working for anyone then you got something messed up. Try with root or even better the user you were using before you added a new user.
 
  


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