Slackware GUI Problem

Saythein · 09-06-2005, 07:41 AM

Ok, I just installed Slackware and it booted to the console. I type, startx, and it says unknown command. How can I get Slackware to boot to the GUI?

gbonvehi · 09-06-2005, 07:48 AM

That weird, Slackware includes startx in the default PATH.
Check if /usr/X11/bin/startx exists.

Nylex · 09-06-2005, 07:50 AM

You'll need to install X first, which you can do with pkgtool. If you have Slackware CDs, I can't remember which one contains in, but you'll find the x11-<version> package in the "x" directory. Mount the CD and change to that directory and as root, you can either

1. installpkg x11-<version>

2. pkgtool and select "Install packages from current directory" and look for it in there.

You might also want to install KDE, GNOME (unless using current, because it isn't in there), Xfce or Fluxbox (or any other WMs), as the default WM for X (TWM) is very basic.

HTH a bit.

Saythein · 09-06-2005, 07:52 AM

In my usr/X11/bin directory, I have gxditview, xamp, xbattery, xorgsetup, xwmconfig and that is all

ingvildr · 09-06-2005, 07:54 AM

run xorgsetup as root and enter your hardware details then try startx again.

Saythein · 09-06-2005, 07:59 AM

Ok, I tried the pkgtool, and I do not see kde anywhere. I typed xorgsetup and nothing happened. I tried to install a new package but I did not see a list of packages anywhere. This is the first time I have ever used Slackware so I may just be overlooking something. Is there anything else that I can try?

gbonvehi · 09-06-2005, 08:08 AM

Saythein, there's no list of available packages.
You need to mount your Slackware CD, goto to where packages files are, and use installpkg or pkgtool.
You can find more information in http://slackbook.org

Next time, do a full installation

Saythein · 09-06-2005, 08:23 AM

I told it to do a full install..... so I don't know.

I mounted my cdrom. How do I browse through the files to find the X11 package? I've never had to do this before so I don't know how. I know how to change directories I just dont know how to get to the cdrom. I tried cd /dev/cdrom and cd /dev/hdc and cd /cdrom and some more but I never got it to work. Am I way off?

gbonvehi · 09-06-2005, 08:31 AM

It's usually mounted in /mnt/cdrom
Once there goto slackware/x and install the packages there.

Saythein · 09-06-2005, 08:39 AM

Thanks to all of you for helping me out, I know how annoying I must be to you guys.

Ok, I went into slackware/x, typed pkgtool, then said install from this directory.

It asked if I wanted to install x11 i486, I said yes, afterwards I was taken back to console.

then, I cd back to root@darkstar, typed startx, and it says,

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xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority -- it says this twice

xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATH

Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/X11r6/bin is in your path and that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server for your display. Possible server names include:

Xorg X.Org displays

giving up.
xinit: Network is unreachable (errno 101): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

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What should I do now?

gbonvehi · 09-06-2005, 08:46 AM

It seems X binary is missing.. maybe your package is corrupt.
Try downloading it from internet with: wget ftp://ftp.scarlet.be/pub/slackware/s...8.1-i486-3.tgz

dive · 09-06-2005, 11:09 AM

did u run xorgsetup or xorgconfig after installing the packages? x probably wont start until u have a working xorg.conf file which either of those 2 progs create

Saythein · 09-06-2005, 08:39 PM

Man, this is really annoying. I ran the xorgsetup and config. When I was finished, it said everything was fine, I typed startx, same error.

killerbob · 09-06-2005, 08:51 PM

Could you please post the output of "ls /var/log/packages | grep x11"?

Should look something like this:

Code:

x11-6.8.2-i486-2
x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-1
x11-docs-6.8.2-noarch-1
x11-fonts-misc-6.8.1-noarch-2
x11-fonts-scale-6.8.1-noarch-2

You need at least the fonts-scale and one version of x11-x.x.x. If you don't have both of those, then your X server won't be able to start. You may also want to reboot the computer after installing those.

Note that I don't have the virtual console and virtual framebuffer X11 servers installed. That list is all of the x11 packages that I have installed.

Failing that, remove all of the "x11" packages, reboot, and reinstall them after downloading them from a -current mirror. (find it by going to http://slackware.it/en/pb/)