Hi all,

I'm trying to install Slackware 9 onto my laptop, I got the ISO from a magazine so that should be good. I've installed it, and I chose to install KDE and Gnome, and I chose that Gnome should be my default window manager.

Setup completed successfully (I'm pretty sure!) and I rebooted the laptop and then created a new user account. I then went back to root and tried to configure the X Window system, but I cannot get xf86config to run, reading some guides this is a text based setup program, but I get this error message:

-bash: xf86config: command not found

I also get the command not found error message if I try to run, startx, so it maybe something is wrong with the installation?

Thanks in advance for any help.

/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config

you have to be running as root to run that command as well.

/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config gives me, no such file or directory and yes I am trying to do this from the root account.

I've tried doing this from a user account and also root, on both the command is not found, same goes for startx.

Oops, seems my message got posted twice, please ignore this.

try:
/usr/X11/bin/xf86config

if it's not there try:
find xf86config

Command not found for, /usr/X11/bin/xf86config.

And find didn't find it!

Anyone got any other ideas?

Should I be able to run startx, even the X Server is not configured?

Did you get this from a magazine? It's just that I spotted a very similar post on another forum...? if not, then spoooooky

Yes I did, if it was at www.linuxformat.co.uk then the post could have been by me! Was that the one?

Try XF86Setup

That's the one - have you tried emailing them? If this is a disc problem or even a problem others get they may answer - either directly or through the mag. If it's through the mag you'll have to wait 2 weeks or a month for the answer though.

From your post above, it sounds as though graphics weren't installed. Can't help, far too much of a newbie I'm afraid. My RH9 did it all for me, so I can't even tell you what you would need to do.

find / | grep xf86

find / | grep xf86config

If you don't find it that way, quit looking.

ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config
ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xfree86setup
ls -l /var/log/packages/xfree86-4.3.0-i386-2