Slackware 13 with Voodoo 3 - Blank Screen at KDE logout
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Slackware 13 with Voodoo 3 - Blank Screen at KDE logout
I'm wondering if someone can point me in the right direction for getting a Voodoo 3 graphics card to work with Slackware 13. I had it working with Slackware 12.2 but on Slackware 13 I always get a blank screen after KDE logout. If I don't use the graphical login manager and just use "startx" from a shell prompt then everything works fine.
Here's my "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" and it uses the same driver and settings as from 12.2. I also tried using "xorgsetup" but that results in the same problem and a very similar "xorg.conf" file.
The problem happens whether I log in to KDE or XFCE. It happens at log out when the KDE login manager is supposed to display. I also noticed that I get the square cursor from "gpm" so it seems to be switching to a text page.
wow man you are a trooper still using a Voodoo 3. I was in high school when those bad boys came out. Sorry I can't help with your problem though, I just wanted to give you a thumbs up for still rocking a Voodoo
If you are booting to run level 4 and using kdm, then you can try adding TerminateServer=true in kdmrc so that the Xserver is restarted after logout.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try and post the results. I was able to change the login to use "xdm" instead of "kdm" and avoid the problem but that also makes shutdown a bit harder.
Now I'm going to see if I can get some desktop effects working, but that's not a major concern. I use the machine mostly as a file server and the GUI is for administration rather than desktop activities.
The "TerminateServer=true" line has to go under the "[X-*-Core]" section in the file "/etc/kde/kdm/kdmrc".
Perhaps I should have mentioned that you just needed to search for 'TerminateServer' in kdmrc and then uncomment the line. But this is Slackware and you should research changes before making them. Glad you got it working.
Perhaps I should have mentioned that you just needed to search for 'TerminateServer' in kdmrc and then uncomment the line. But this is Slackware and you should research changes before making them. Glad you got it working.
In the "kdmrc" for Slackware 13 there is no commented "TerminateServer" line. I had to add it rather than un-comment it. I did end up having to research it a bit to find what section of "kdmrc" allows that option. So, I figured I'd post those details in case someone else has to edit "kdmrc".
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