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Old 03-10-2011, 01:46 PM   #1
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Xfce freeze


I have installed Slackware and chose Xfce as my primer desktop. but when I run startx or startxfce4 xfce freeze during startup what to do?
 
Old 03-10-2011, 01:50 PM   #2
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Have you modified your .xinitrc?
 
Old 03-10-2011, 01:55 PM   #3
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Have you modified your .xinitrc?
No.. should i do that?
 
Old 03-10-2011, 01:58 PM   #4
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it`s a fresh innstall so i havent don anything to it yet..
 
Old 03-10-2011, 02:03 PM   #5
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It should launch with
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exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
 
Old 03-10-2011, 02:18 PM   #6
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It should launch with
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No it still freeze :/
 
Old 03-10-2011, 02:21 PM   #7
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but when I run startx or startxfce4 xfce freeze during startup what to do?
What do you mean by
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freeze during startup
Any error messages on the screen, or in the logfiles?

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Old 03-10-2011, 02:25 PM   #8
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What do you mean by

Any error messages on the screen, or in the logfiles?

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no Xfce start then it freeze no error messages..
 
Old 03-10-2011, 02:27 PM   #9
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What happes if you use another WM?

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Old 03-11-2011, 01:54 AM   #10
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What happes if you use another WM?

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Get "Can`t conect to Xserver" if i try login to fluxbox or kde..

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Old 03-11-2011, 04:49 AM   #11
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Take a look at the error messages on the screen.
Take a look at
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/var/lg/xorg0.log
and
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/home/user/.xsession.errors
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Old 03-11-2011, 05:40 AM   #12
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A small correction, repo. No disrespect intended.

/var/log/xorg0.log
 
Old 03-11-2011, 05:41 AM   #13
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I`m going to take a look at it when i get home


does not have any Users yet.. so i dont have /home/user/.xsession.errors
 
Old 03-11-2011, 05:46 AM   #14
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does not have any Users yet.. so i dont have /home/user/.xsession.errors
then it's in /root/.xsession.errors

I would however suggest to create a user.

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Old 03-11-2011, 09:57 AM   #15
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from Xorg.0.log Last line : No input driver/identifier spesified
 
  


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