startx doesn't work

karthik_holla · 07-03-2022, 05:15 AM

Will compiling a new kernel help solve this problem ?

henca · 07-03-2022, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by karthik_holla

Will compiling a new kernel help solve this problem ?

Maybe that will give you a newer graphics driver and help, but I wouldn't count on that unless you find something in the kernel changelogs indicating that a bug related to your problem has been fixed.

Do you have any other monitor you can try with? Do you get the same problem also with other monitors? Does your monitor and graphics card have any other interfaces and do you have cables for those interfaces (DVI / HDMI / DisplayPort / VGA)? Do you also get the same problem with other interfaces?

regards Henrik

karthik_holla · 07-06-2022, 08:01 AM

When I change to runlevel 4 the login prompt loads properly. When I enter the password the window manager sometimes loads properly and sometimes only on the second time it loads. So there should not be any issue with the X. So I am puzzled with it.

enorbet · 07-06-2022, 02:59 PM

Do you have 30GB of storage you can spare? If you do, I'd install a default Full Recommended Install parallel system for comparison.

karthik_holla · 07-06-2022, 11:45 PM

It is already a full installation.

henca · 07-07-2022, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by karthik_holla

When I change to runlevel 4 the login prompt loads properly. When I enter the password the window manager sometimes loads properly and sometimes only on the second time it loads. So there should not be any issue with the X. So I am puzzled with it.

Places to look for clues:

/var/log/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old
~/.xsession-errors

Each time X is restarted (possible because of some kind of crash) a new Xorg.0.log is created and the old log file with clues of what caused the crash is renamed to Xorg.0.log.old.

Each time you successfully log in the .xsession-errors is recreated. To study that file after a failed login attempt you will need to login on a virtual text console or from the network by something like ssh.

regards Henrik

karthik_holla · 07-08-2022, 08:29 AM

After comparing the x.org.old and xorg.0.log files

Code:

[   229.650] (II) Server zapped. Shutting down.
[   229.675] (II) event6  - Power Button: device removed
[   229.689] (II) event11 - Video Bus: device removed
[   229.701] (II) event4  - Power Button: device removed
[   229.713] (II) event5  - Sleep Button: device removed
[   229.725] (II) event1  - Logitech Anywhere MX: device removed
[   229.745] (II) event17 - Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate: device removed
[   229.773] (II) event10 - eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC3000-0367-44.00.00: device removed
[   229.825] (II) event2  - Dell WMI hotkeys: device removed
[   229.837] (II) event0  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[   229.849] (II) event7  - DELL Wireless hotkeys: device removed

Suddenly at this step the x server pauses and I am not able to understand what is happening.

karthik_holla · 07-18-2022, 05:13 AM

But slackware live boots perfectly there is no problem at all. It is very confusing.

enorbet · 07-18-2022, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by karthik_holla

But slackware live boots perfectly there is no problem at all. It is very confusing.

Allow me to suggest creating a new partition and employing the Liveslak "usb2hdd" script to create a parallel system and compare those.

karthik_holla · 08-18-2022, 08:25 AM

After entering the following lines in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf file it is booting properly

Code:

Section "Module"
  Load "dri3"
EndSection
Section "Device"
  Identifier "Intel Graphics"
  Driver "intel"
  Option      "DRI"   "3"
  Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
  Option "TearFree" "true"
EndSection

One more change I did was shifting from slackware 15.0 to current but I am not sure which one helped.

enorbet · 08-18-2022, 10:41 AM

I have to ask, given one of Slackware's advantages over most systemd based distros is human readable text-based configuration, what do you think is the value advantage in creating "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf" over just placing those lines in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" ?

Tonus · 08-23-2022, 05:02 PM

I believe it's to avoid the change of the file and rather have one added : moduarity to get easier backup/sink and readability (a named change rather than everything in the same place).

enorbet · 08-24-2022, 11:32 AM

Thanks for the response, Tonus. IO understand modularity even if I disagree that is at all helpful but that's just my personal preference. I want everything to do with X features in one place. Also I like the documentation Slackware provides in the xorg.conf.example and the NVIDIA-foo.run installer offers to write the Display options for you in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf", not a major concern now but it does hint at how universal that configuration is or can be.

I don't understand what you mean by "change of the file". Could you expand please?

LuckyCyborg · 08-24-2022, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

Also I like the documentation Slackware provides in the xorg.conf.example ...

I'm not sure how actual is this documentation written while on other places of Earth happened the Soviet-Afghan war...

You know, meanwhile a lot of things happened in the World.

Heck, in those old times even I, I had hair!

PS. I still miss ZipSlack ...

http://www.slackware.com/zipslack/

Tonus · 08-25-2022, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

I don't understand what you mean by "change of the file". Could you expand please?

I should have wrote "avoid changing the file".