Ok I dl the slack 9 iso. Installed everything in newb fashion w/ no errors. Startx cmd is not found and init 5 does nadda. Gnome is on the cd but it does't seem to have installed. I have no clue what needs to be installed for X to work. So if somebody knows a thing or two, I would love to pick your brain.. cuz your nose might be to messy. hehehe

seingoku

Hmm looks like i wasn't the only one with gnome problem. I have kdeinit won't start either. I thought it was something wrong with the iso I burned. Downloading it again.

What display card do you have on your comp?
(Trying to make a connection)

Geforce4 Ti 4600 However during install I never configured X and I'm pretty sure what I need didn't install. Then again if I knew what I was looking for.... and that pesky find cmd...

ok. install dropline gnome; this is a special gnome distribution
for slackware, which is easy to install, automagically satisfies
dependencies and incorporates various enhancements. get
it here.

Either of you folk get the GNOME thing firgured out?

well gee.. I figured it out in my case. It was right in front of me. And hopefully,to help someone else, let me out line the steps I took, futile and not so futile.

1. From a fresh install of 8.1, I copied the file structure of the 9.0 disk to a local folder (/pub/slackware/Slackware-9.0), and used swaret to update the installed packages with those from the 9.0 distribution I had stored locally.


2. I then did an 'upgradepkg --install-new */*.tgz'

I did this from the

/pub/slackware/Slackware-9.0/slackware

directory, as all the packages are one directory level down in the disk structure.

3. I then rebooted, still no GNOME. I looked back here.. on LinuxQuestions.org, and saw a thread that referred to a package that apparently isnt installed (mind you, the command i ran above should have caught this, but it didn't); the ATK libraries, which you will find in directory /l on the 9.0 disk. There was also a mention of the gtk+-2.2.2 series not being installed.

4. I removed ('removepkg gtk+-2.2xxxxxxx') the gtk+-2.2.2 package, and reinstalled it, along with the atk libraries.

Startx, and viola! there's GNOME, and Gaim as well.

Did you do xf86config?

I did xf86config prior to startx, yes.

I installed the NVIDIA Linux Drivers (I have a GeForce 2) , then ran xf86config, set up the X file (couldnt resist) and made the changes for the driver manually to it.

startx and off I went.

I'm STILL having an issue with mpeglib 1.3.1. Cant watch any VCD's. I had to install a different library with different software. It's the last thing I havent been able to get working.

I will try to upgrade the packages. I tried xf86config and xfree86config but the commands are unknown. Slack 9 is the only thing I could get installed on my new computer. So after I try this upgrade pkg i will let ya know.

chances are that every distro you've installed has worked fine but not left you with a working XF86Config. You dont need anything but a text app to get it going. Get all the specs you can find for you're video card and monitor then have a look at /etc/X11/XF86Config. You should be able to find docs on the XF86Config file and while a bit messy looking
it's a fiarly striaght forward thing (as long as you dont have some screwy video card) Good luck or Congtratulations (if you've got it going already)