Init 4 wont startx after upgrade...

Alexvader · 01-28-2010, 10:44 AM

Hi

Thing is :

I have an Install DVD created from current with the script from AlienBob about two months ago, I use it as my "default" Slackware64 13 install.

So far so good...

I had my drivers working ( KO modules loaded in kernel 2.6.29.6 ) I had to build for Broadcom Wireless and Nvidia GPU.

Today I decided to make an upgrade w slackpkg, blacklisted kernel kernel headers, and everything pertaining to it...

Still the damn thing installed 2.6.32.x... how come..?!

.. anyway, ran lilo to take notice of the change, and rebooted...

... booted allright, only when i Init 4, it failed to startx...

... Ok, ok... new kernel, new mods needed to be loaded, i picked my DVD with drivers, and tried to run the Nvidia proprietary installer...

It uninstalled the previous driver and started compiling a new kernel module... and Failed. so, no X...

...no hassle at all...

I had the previous DVD installer of Slackware64 Current, as well as my private repo of packages, either built by me with src2pkg or makepkg, or from slackbuilds, I had my /home partition mounted apart, so i regenerated my system in about one hour... not bad

Can someone tell me what went wrong here...? I am clueless..

BRGDS

Alex

mlangdn · 01-28-2010, 11:49 AM

The first thing that comes to mind is that you are using an older version of the nvidia driver that may not be compatible with the new kernel. Try downloading the latest nvidia driver and using that.

samac · 01-28-2010, 11:51 AM

Quote:

samac@quad64:~$ cat /etc/slackpkg/blacklist
# This is a blacklist file. Any packages listed here won't be
# upgraded, removed, or installed by slackpkg.
#
# The correct syntax is:
#
# To blacklist the package xfree86-devel-4.3.0-i386-1 the line will be:
# xfree86-devel
#
# DON'T put any blank line(s) or any space(s) before or after the package name.
# If you do this, the blacklist will NOT work.
#
# Automated upgrade of kernel packages aren't a good idea (and you need to
# run "lilo" after upgrade). If you think the same, uncomment the lines
# below
#
# kernel-ide
kernel-modules
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-firmware
kernel-generic
kernel-huge
#
# aaa_elflibs can't be updated.
#
aaa_elflibs

#
# Now we can blacklist whole directories
# The two versions of udev inside that dir conflicts with
# Slackware 11.0's default udev (in /slackware).
/extra/udev-alternate-versions

# The gcc compiler suite:
gcc
gcc-g++
gcc-gfortran
gcc-gnat
gcc-java
gcc-objc

# The GNU libc libraries:
glibc
glibc-i18n
glibc-profile
glibc-solibs
glibc-zoneinfo

This is my /etc/slackpkg/blacklist note the changes pertaining to the kernel. This will stop half installs of the kernel packages.

samac