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X Troubles
« on: October 23, 2005, 09:01:38 pm »
Specs:
   Processor: AMD Duron 1.4GHz
   Ram: DDR 266 256MB
   Slackware: 10.1 10GB Partition (ext2 FS)
   Video: S3 ProDDR Savage or ATi Radeon 7000 64MB AGP
   

Now when I type in "startx" or "xinit" I simply get a black screen.

Could this be due to a bad installation? The disk is pretty old but I've tried to reinstall numerous times.

Any ideas?
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2005, 09:24:52 pm »
One question: which distro?

I'm not sure what's wrong.  But try this:

When you get the black screen, hit control-alt-backspace.  That should kill X.  Then check /var/log/Xorg*.log.  Or, if it's Xfree, its log files should still be in that folder.  Looking through them might give you a clue. 

Also check /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or xf86.conf or whatever it's called).  See if there's anything odd. 

<edit> If all else fails, there's a Wiki on X's site that is for tech support, or something.  Or www.linuxquestions.org, they know a lot more than us.  Or irc.prison.net #linuxhelp. 
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2005, 09:27:40 pm »
I was having this problem yesterday too. What I ended up doing is

su
cd /etc/X11
rm xorg.conf
rm XF86-*
dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

But you don't have Debian Packages (I suppose) so the last line won't apply/work for you. Basically, reconfigure your X server. xorgconfig or xorgconf in Slackware.
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Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 pm
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 pm
You might be right about that, Joe.

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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2005, 09:44:31 pm »
Quote from: iago on October 23, 2005, 09:24:52 pm
One question: which distro?

Take time to read! :p

Quote from: Warrior[x86] on October 23, 2005, 09:01:38 pm
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2005, 09:57:32 pm »
Rebooting into slack
Going to try and see if I can get a log, thanks.
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2005, 10:34:54 pm »
I think it completely hangs. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace doesn't work. I've tried xorgconfig about 5 times already. :/
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2005, 10:58:53 pm »
Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2005, 11:00:07 pm »
Well once I got "could not find monitor" or something, else I simply had to restart. Note: that previous error exited immediately, didn't hang.
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2005, 11:04:25 pm »
Ctrl+F2. startx
Ctrl+F1. Read output.
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Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 pm
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 pm
You might be right about that, Joe.

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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2005, 11:32:16 pm »
Quote from: Newby on October 23, 2005, 09:44:31 pm
Quote from: iago on October 23, 2005, 09:24:52 pm
One question: which distro?

Take time to read! :p

Quote from: Warrior[x86] on October 23, 2005, 09:01:38 pm
Specs:
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 Slackware: 10.1 10GB Partition (ext2 FS)
Yeah, I obvoiusly didn't see that.  I just skimmed over the specs, because I don't care about them :-P

And yeah, logs would be handy. 
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2005, 12:09:37 am »
Well when I try to have it run on bare vesa I get:
Unable to use framebuffer please specify busID

and when I try to use the Radeon sometimes I get:
no screen found

other times it just hangs and I can't switch consoles or stop the task or anything.
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2005, 12:47:20 am »
Post the Graphics and Monitor section of your xorg.conf. As well as any errors from your Xorg.0.log
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Quote from: Newby on February 26, 2006, 12:16:58 am
Who gives a damn? I fuck sheep all the time.
Quote from: rabbit on December 11, 2005, 01:05:35 pm
And yes, male both ends.  There are a couple lesbians that need a two-ended dildo...My router just refuses to wear a strap-on.
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2005, 01:02:58 am »
I will as soon as I figure out how Links works. It doesn't seem to like saving sessions across pages (WTF!)
Can I mount my windows drive and save it as a textfile on there then unmount? Or are mounts read only?
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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2005, 01:09:04 am »
Links should be able to save sessions... I've used it to post on here before I think.
Yes, you can mount your Windows drive and save it.
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Quote from: Newby on February 26, 2006, 12:16:58 am
Who gives a damn? I fuck sheep all the time.
Quote from: rabbit on December 11, 2005, 01:05:35 pm
And yes, male both ends.  There are a couple lesbians that need a two-ended dildo...My router just refuses to wear a strap-on.
(05:55:03) JoE ThE oDD: omfg good job i got a boner thinkin bout them chinese bitches
(17:54:15) Sidoh: I love cosmetology

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Re: X Troubles
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2005, 02:07:31 am »
I don't believe NTFS can be mounted readwrite yet.
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Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 pm
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 pm
You might be right about that, Joe.

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