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Devil
01-27-2002, 06:49 PM
I have slackware 8.0 up and running on a dell latitude CP laptop, p2 266mhz, 64mb ram, neomagic graphic chipset...
The problem is this... when I try to start X the screen goes black for a moment and then back to the console... it says that it can't find the screen or something :(
I have no idea what to doo...
Can someone please help me... I'm a newbie in the linux world and don't understand everything so please keep it simple...
...thanks...
AdaHacker
01-27-2002, 07:00 PM
Did you set X up yet? The Slackware install doesn't configure X for you - you have to do it by hand afterward. As root, run the command xfree86setup. With any luck, it should find everything automatically.
snowgod
01-27-2002, 07:03 PM
check the XF86Config file and make sure your monitor selection is correct, as far as the horizontal and vertical syncs and stuff. Check out this link for monitor info (http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/pdp/ose/linux/lsr/pro/RedHat/instimage/u)
Hope that helps, slack and X don't always agree, but this helped me
PimpHolic
01-27-2002, 07:07 PM
on slackware you run XF86Config command
then just answer the questions (quite easy if you know your hardware. all the specs you need should be in a manual or something that came with your laptop)
Strogian
01-27-2002, 07:18 PM
I thought it was xfree86 --configure or something like that, now.
yeppers, thats how i did my slack...
xf86config from the commandline...
after i got X lined out how it should be i edited the default runlevel in inittab to runlevel 4, after a few times of crashing slack due to my own overtweaking i learned to do xf86config in my sleep ;)
z0mbix
01-28-2002, 05:06 AM
Yeah, use xf86config. If you've got any problems, just post your /etc/X11/XF86Config file here and I'm sure someone will have a closer look for you ;)
evilcartman
01-28-2002, 05:15 AM
just make X -configure as root and it will create a config file for you all you have to do is changing modes in that config file to get desired resolution...
PimpHolic
01-28-2002, 03:38 PM
well its better to be safe and go with xf86config in my opinion because you dont know that a "pre-configured" file will work for your hardware. plus, configuring takes about 5 minutes.
then edit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules if you need to, and your good to go.
Devil
01-28-2002, 03:39 PM
ok I managed to configure X to start but I want to use KDE or Gnome... How do I start it??.. And yes it is installed...
ps.. thanks 4 all the help...
mangeli
01-28-2002, 04:02 PM
Originally posted by Devil:
<STRONG>ok I managed to configure X to start but I want to use KDE or Gnome... How do I start it??.. And yes it is installed...
ps.. thanks 4 all the help...</STRONG>
try running xwmconfig as root to select the default WM.