upgrading from 10.2 to 11.0

Zyphix · 02-27-2007, 12:17 PM

Still kinda new to Slackware and Linux

Yesturday I upgraded my laptop from 10.2 to 11.0 using slapt-get. After upgrading i rebooted my system and ever since then i haven't been able to start kde. I have it set up to start in run level 4 and it freezes at "Starting up X11 session manager...".

After some research I found how to get to the console login with ctrl+alt+F6. I than ran xorgsetup, though, i think xorgsetup was updated (there were more keyboard setup screens). After that I tried startx and It brought up a window that said "Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation. I tried re-installing lilo and still nothing. Anyone know what I could do? The only other thing I can think of is to just re-install slackware and try agian. Don't want to though.

Edit--
after a failed startx and the config msg It goes back to the console with the following error messages:
(==) Using confg file: "/etc/x11/xorg.conf"
No maching wisual for __GLcontextMode with visual class = 3 (32772), nplanes = 24
(along with 3 more for class 1,2 and 0)
Could not init font path element /usr/x11R6/lib/x11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
kdostartupconfig: error while loading shared directory
/opt/kde/bin/startkde: line 80: /root/.kde/share/config/startupcinfig: no such file or directory

waiting for X server to shut dow FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/x11/lib/x11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

root@zyphix:~#

kodon · 02-27-2007, 12:26 PM

many packages were added/split

check the changes and hints file
as well as the changelog
for what you might be missing

Eternal_Newbie · 02-27-2007, 12:50 PM

What video driver are you using? Is it a standard XOrg driver or a 3rd-party driver? If it is a 3rd-party driver then it will need recompiling for the new kernel. I would suggest editing xorg.conf and changing your driver to vesa and see if you can run XWindows.

Also, as kodon suggests, did you read CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT, UPGRADE.TXT, FAQ.TXT, RELEASE_NOTES.TXT, Slackware-HOWTO.txt and README.TXT? If you do not follow the procedure outlined in UPGRADE.TXT, you will almost certainly have problems. Pay special attention to the section about changing your configuration files.

It is quite possible you are missing an XOrg package, as XOrg was split into several packages in 11.0 and automated package managers like slapt-get don't always pick that up. I would suggest reinstalling everything from the slackware-11.0/slackware/x/ directory by hand. Something like

Code:

upgradepkg --install-new slackware-11.0/slackware/x/*.tgz

should do it.

Zyphix · 02-27-2007, 12:54 PM

i just thought, I probably should have got the file from 11.0 directory rather than -current. or would that make a difference? Is there a way to change the slapt-getrc file with out loading up kde? I've been trying and it says Permission denied, even though I'm logged in as root.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eternal_Newbie

What video driver are you using? Is it a standard Xorg driver or a 3rd-party driver? If it is a 3rd-party driver then it will need recompiling for the new kernel. I would suggest editing xorg.conf and changing your driver to vesa and see if you can run XWindows.

***Neo-magic something or other. I'm pretty sure its just a standard driver, I never installed any different drivers for it.

Quote:

Also, as kodon suggests, did you read CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT, UPGRADE.TXT, FAQ.TXT, RELEASE_NOTES.TXT, Slackware-HOWTO.txt and README.TXT? If you do not follow the procedure outlined in UPGRADE.TXT, you will almost certainly have problems. Pay special attention to the section about changing your configuration files.

bioe007 · 02-27-2007, 01:29 PM

1st thing- try:

Code:

$su
password:
#mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/BKPxorg.conf
#cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#exit
$startx

that'll tell you if its your xorg.config or not. if you get x to run in vesa, then need to fix your xorg.conf, if not, then you need to fix X or your WM.

2nd thing- try running xorgconfig, manually enter your info, then try startx

3rd thing-

Code:

$echo startfluxbox > ~/.xinitrc  # or some other windowmanager here
$startx

that should tell you if its your KDE thats screwed up or not. (I'm presuming you have some other WM installed to try)

btw- does this path/directory exist?

Quote:

kdostartupconfig: error while loading shared directory
/opt/kde/bin/startkde: line 80: /root/.kde/share/config/startupcinfig: no such file or directory

4th thing - need more information, please post:
xorg.conf # the one you're running now, not the -vesa
lspci
ls /var/log/packages | grep x11

these options are not necessarily in order, and if you try the alternate WM - leave (or move back) your original xorg.conf and see if it works)

Zyphix · 02-27-2007, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bioe007

1st thing- try:

Code:

$su
password:
#mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/BKPxorg.conf
#cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#exit
$startx

that'll tell you if its your xorg.config or not. if you get x to run in vesa, then need to fix your xorg.conf, if not, then you need to fix X or your WM.

still the same error msg

Quote:

2nd thing- try running xorgconfig, manually enter your info, then try startx

same

Quote:

3rd thing-

Code:

$echo startfluxbox > ~/.xinitrc  # or some other windowmanager here
$startx

that should tell you if its your KDE thats screwed up or not. (I'm presuming you have some other WM installed to try)

btw- does this path/directory exist?

i meant /root/.kde/share/config/startupconfig

Quote:

4th thing - need more information, please post:
xorg.conf # the one you're running now, not the -vesa
lspci
ls /var/log/packages | grep x11

these options are not necessarily in order, and if you try the alternate WM - leave (or move back) your original xorg.conf and see if it works)

how do you open a .conf file to view its contents w/o being in kde?

bioe007 · 02-27-2007, 02:38 PM

well theres lots of ways, depends on what you prefer. I personally use 'vi' because its only two letters

try:

Code:

$ vi /<path>/filename

some quickie vi commands:

x - delete char
a - append after current position
dd - delete line (and place in buffer)
yy - copy line
p - paste buffer below line
o - open line below current line
/ - search
:q! - quit w/o saving
ZZ - save and exit
'esc' - go to 'Command' mode

since none of those things worked, I'd be agreeing with...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eternal_Newbie

upgradepkg --install-new slackware-11.0/slackware/x/*.tgz

its very likely that slapt-get missed something X needs to run.

Zyphix · 03-03-2007, 08:35 PM

well, I figured out where i went wrong. I didn't realize that all the new config file ended in .new and that you had to go in and delete the old file and drop the .new off of the new one.