[SOLVED] Would love a desktop in 13.37 please

mutexe · 05-02-2011, 09:16 AM

Hiya,
Long time 13.0 user here. I'm initially trying 13.37 in a VM. Now the only thing I decided not to install from the packages was the games one.

After everything was installed and i added a non-root user, i tried "startx" to find that wasn't recognised. So i tried "xwmconfig" and that wasn't recognised. So basically, somehow, i dont have gdm, kdm, or xdm installed. Not really sure how I've managed this.

What's the best way to recover from this?

Many thanks in advance!

Tom

kernel-P4N1C · 05-02-2011, 09:36 AM

did you made an upgrade or a clean install?¿

TobiSGD · 05-02-2011, 09:36 AM

Login as root, mount your install-DVD and cd to the slackware directory on the DVD. Now issue this command:

Code:

installpkg */*.t?z

This will install all packages from the DVD.

mlangdn · 05-02-2011, 09:45 AM

The non-root user can't start xwmconfig. Try it as root first.

mutexe · 05-02-2011, 09:57 AM

clean install, and I ran commands as root too.

cheers Tobi, is this a little overkill though?

Perceptor · 05-02-2011, 10:00 AM

Have you tried running the corresponding scripts from pkgtool?

ruario · 05-02-2011, 10:00 AM

Hmm ... makes me wonder what else is missing. If I where you I would make a text file containing the little script mentioned in UPGRADE.TXT, minus the 'y' (a.k.a. 'games') directory, since you said you didn't want that. i.e.:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
for dir in a ap d e f k kde l n t tcl x xap; do
 ( cd $dir ; upgradepkg --install-new *.t?z )
done

Then make it executable, switch to root, remount the install DVD/CD, change ('cd') into the the 'slackware' subdirectory under the mount point and finally, run the script. It will then install any packages that are missing.

Note: This will only install missing packages!

ruario · 05-02-2011, 10:14 AM

Alternatively, if you don't want to make the tiny script you could just 'cd' into the 'slackware' subdirectory and issue the following as root:

Code:

find a ap d e f k kde l n t tcl x xap -regex ".*/.*t?z" -exec upgradepkg --install-new {} \;

mutexe · 05-02-2011, 10:22 AM

Cheers all,
Will try a few of these suggestions and get back to you soon.

I knew a successful install without looking at any help pages was just too good to be true

mutexe · 05-02-2011, 10:24 AM

OMG i'm such an idiot. I dont think i downloaded the correct amount of CDs....

I'll look into that as well.

Thanks again.

ruario · 05-02-2011, 10:29 AM

As long as you are planning on putting the machine on a network you only ever need one CD. Just do a network install. Or install what is available on the first disk and do the rest later via slackpkg later.

This would also work for you if you know which series you are missing, e.g. if you wanted to install the 'x' series:

Code:

slackpkg install x

(Just make sure you have a mirror set in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors)

Add more series as needed with spaces after 'x', so for example to install all of 'x' and all of 'xap' you could issue:

Code:

slackpkg install x xap

pwc101 · 05-02-2011, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlangdn

The non-root user can't start xwmconfig. Try it as root first.

Yes, they can. It is a per-user setting.

Code:

DESCRIPTION
       xwmconfig  provides  a  menu  of  the  window managers available on the
       machine so that you may choose one of them to use  when  X  is  started
       with "startx".

       When  run  by  root,  it sets the symbolic link /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc,
       which selected the default system-wide window manager to use for X, and
       also  creates  a  /root/.xinitrc  file  with  the  same  window manager
       selected (perhaps suitable to move into /etc/skel/).

       When run by a non-root user,  xwmconfig  writes  out  a  $HOME/.xinitrc
       file,  allowing  the  user  to  choose their own default window manager
       (possibly overriding the one chosen as a system default).

From man xwmconfig.

mutexe · 05-02-2011, 11:59 AM

hmm ok thanks. Of course, i need to know what packages are really needed, which i shall look into. I guess this is better than downloading the dvd iso. i will be on a network, but wirelessly, so I guess i need to get wicd from somewhere. And i use the mirror that i use with my 13.0 install.

Many thanks again,

Tom

ruario · 05-02-2011, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mutexe

hmm ok thanks. Of course, i need to know what packages are really needed, which i shall look into. I guess this is better than downloading the dvd iso. i will be on a network, but wirelessly, so I guess i need to get wicd from somewhere. And i use the mirror that i use with my 13.0 install.

I would do a full install if you have the disk space. You don't really need that much in modern disk terms.

If you want the wicd package, any of the mirrors will have wicd in the extra/wicd/ directory. Use another machine to download the package and then copy it over to your Slackware machine.

mutexe · 05-02-2011, 02:53 PM

Right, I've set my VMs network adapter to be bridged, plugged in a network cable, and am now installing each of the series I need using slackpkg.

Thanks again for the help everyone.

Tom