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Just installed Slackware 10.1. The full install, from CD. I log in, run startx and get the x startup stuff, then a black screen. I'm new, so where can I ...
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- 06-10-2005 #1Linux Newbie
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startx gets a black screen and hangs.
Just installed Slackware 10.1. The full install, from CD. I log in, run startx and get the x startup stuff, then a black screen. I'm new, so where can I go from here?
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No errors? If you get a blank screen it's because X has not been properly configured. Try doing so with xorg-config, as root.
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That command is not found
xorg-config is not found.
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The command is xorgconfig, without the -
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use xorgsetup instead, it doesn't have options that can be harmfull to your hardware like refresh ranges and video memory size
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Did xorgsetup, it did a backup of my xorg.config, ran through some x startup, and black screen again. I'm going to look in the config file, but any other ideas?
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This black screen you get, no errors or anything?
Does the mouse pointer show up?
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Nothing shows up, no mouse pointer, no errors, nothing. I click, nothing. I hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, it goes through the shutdown process (I assume) stilll see nothing, but it does something, can hear the hard drive working... then it reboots.
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hit ctl-alt-f1 and post the text that shows up in the terminal, then we'll get you on track. Might be a problem with vertical and horizontal syns with the monitor, slack doesn't really autodetect very well and you may have to manually setup your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
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When the screen blacks out you can use ctrl+alt+backspace to kill the X-server.
What I did, was boot up in W2K and check my monitor for the Hsync & Vsync settings that it was using for the particular resolution that I wanted. Then I booted back into Slackware and manually entered the values in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. After that it seemed to work fine.
I know getting your X settings can be frustrating but stick with it. You'll eventually get it and you will learn a lot in the process. Right now, I am fighting an X issue after switching to the 2.6.11 kernel. The settings work fine in 2.4.29, but not in the 2.6 kernel??????
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