I cant get into Desktop Environment

Tekniqall · 01-06-2021, 01:52 PM

I recently installed slackware current on my computer, right now i have a problem where after boot, instead of the login screen i get a black screen, a cursor that doesnt blink, and a normal cursor that i can move, if i Alt+Ctrl+F2 and log in, i can startx normally, why do i get this problem and how do i fix it?
Thanks for help in advance

Tonus · 01-06-2021, 02:01 PM

Init 4 ? 3 ? How ?
What did you chose in xwmconfig ?
Had a look at /var/log/ logs ?

Alien Bob · 01-06-2021, 02:05 PM

Did you login through the SDDM graphical login? If so, did you look at the desktop dropdown in the bottom of the screen? Did you perhaps start the 'Wayland' desktop instead of the 'Plasma5' desktop?
The Wayland desktop needs some additional love to make it work, so if that was the one you selected, pick the other one instead and afterwards, it will have become your new default desktop selection.

Tekniqall · 01-06-2021, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Did you login through the SDDM graphical login? If so, did you look at the desktop dropdown in the bottom of the screen? Did you perhaps start the 'Wayland' desktop instead of the 'Plasma5' desktop?
The Wayland desktop needs some additional love to make it work, so if that was the one you selected, pick the other one instead and afterwards, it will have become your new default desktop selection.

I tried twm at first which caused the movable cursor to appear, if i change to xfce its the same but with no movable cursor, if i change to the kde one same thing happens as xfce

enorbet · 01-08-2021, 03:05 AM

Hey Tekniqall, welcome to Slackware and the LQN subsection. To get more help you need to post some details about your graphics hardware (and, hopefully, driver) and whether or not you default to runlevel 3 (MultiUser CLI) or runlevel 4 (X environment). IOW did you edit /etc/inittab or not?

walecha · 01-08-2021, 10:02 PM

And maybe attach some log snippet (Xorg.0.log, syslog, dmesg)