installation problems
I just installed slackware 10.0 on /dev/hda3, alongside my windows xp home install, which is only /dev/hda2. I installed KDE as my default windowmanager. I then setup LILO with the auto config, and installed it to the beginning of my linux partition, rather than installing to the MBR. I then got done with the setup and tried to boot linux... but it never gave me any options at boottime to select which os I wanted. So I went into cfdisk and changed the bootable partition from /dev/hda2 (windows) to /dev/hda3 (linux), and rebooted. But the same thing happened, no options and XP just starts up. I checked back in cfdisk and somehow /dev/hda2 is boot again... along with /dev/hda3. I then tried the boot floppy I had made during install... it said that its not a boot floppy and to restart. I then was able to boot in from the Slackware install cd 1 but I couldn't get into X, I tried startx and it gave me an error... something about no screen or display. I tried running xorgconfig but I'm not sure about my monitor sync value and some other options. I would just prefer to log in normally at boottime so that it would automatically start in X. Any ideas how to resolve my LILO issue and my X issue?
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run set-up) or did you actually boot the installed slack of hda3 using the install CD? Chances are that X won't start because it may be using fbdev which wouldn't be loaded if you start the machine from CD... just edit /etc/lilo.conf and change boot = /dev/hda to boot = /dev/hda3 and re-run lilo ... you should then be presented with lilo's boot-options on reboot. Cheers, Tink P.S.: Your thread title sucks, pick something more descriptive next time, like "can't boot Slack after successful install, lilo-settings?" ... ;) |
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could I just use pico or something to edit /etc/lilo.conf? I suppose I could try running liloconfig again too. |
Alright, I got booted into lilo by putting it on a bootfloppy. But I still cannot get startx working, I ran xorgconfig and took my best guess at all the settings, trying to be conservative. Anyway here is the error when I try and run startx as root (sorry about the flash):
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/image...7392/error.jpg |
I'm getting this same error. I installed Redhat9 and it boots up to a prompt and leaves me there. What do I do to get a GUI working?
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Try XF86config..................
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Fortunately I got everything working. I wrote lilo to a floppy and that works.. so all I have to do to run slackware is stick it in. X was a pain but I was able to get it working by copying the xorg.conf file from my old topologilinux install (and modifying it for the old nvidia drivers) into /etc/X11/ in Slackware. After a few trys all it took was startx to get KDE going. Now I'll just have to do some swaret updating and update my video driver.
Thanks for all your help! |
swaret ...
/me still doesn't get why anyone would want to trust someone other than Pat with putting packages for slack together ;D |
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