X problems on slackware 10.2
hi, i just moved frm fedora to slack, having some problems with X, here are they:
i'm still using default setting i.e., i hav to manually start X by typing startx at the console(I like it this way), now when i come out of my X session (either KDE or fluxbox), i come to the console but now if i again want to startx nothing shows up on my screen, although X is running. and one more thing i have configured the lilo to use standard display(not the one that shows Tux on top), this is because there's another problem, when i boot slack, everything is displayed & after i start X & come out of it nothing shows on my screen i.e., i cannot see the console. plz help... |
In your xorg.conf file what driver is the graphics device set to use?
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Try using runlevels instead of startx.
> init 3 multiuser mode (default commandline mode) > init 4 multiuser mode with X11 and session manager It could also be something in /etc/rc.d/rc.3 This script is run when you enter runlevel 3. |
thanx for the reply
It uses the VESA framebuffer |
finally figured out, i hav an 845G chipset so i ran xorgconfig & chose the i810 driver & it works!;)
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oh oh, also figured out there's another 1 problem, that is:
i startx & i close the X session, now i return to the console all right, but instead of quitting if i use ctrl+alt+F2 and again i come back by ctrl+alt+F1, i do not see X, but some text that runs in background of X session..... what should i do? |
try ctrl+alt+f7
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thanx it worked! :) , i'm using only 3 terminals, so that would make ctrl+alt+F4
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Quote:
In slackware's runlevel 3 you have 6 virtual terminals (tty1 to tty6, [Alt]+[F1] to [Alt]+[F6] in the consoles) The X server sessions are from [Alt]+[F7] to [Alt]+[F12] in the initiated order, i.e. the tty3 console doesn't have to be the [Alt]+[F9] X session As mentioned before, when in X you can switch back to any of the 6 terminals with [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F 1-6]. You need the [Ctrl] key there for functionality purposes. |
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