startx fails after slackware 8.1 install

frocco · 06-21-2002, 08:09 AM

Hello,

I'm a newbie at linux, after I installed Slackware 8.1, it fails to startx.

I don't remember the error in detail, looks like some kind of authority with the display.

Can anyone help me?
I have been trying to learn linux by installing gentoo and slack as a duel boot system along with XP.

Regards,

Frank

Sky · 06-21-2002, 08:31 AM

You have to configure x at first.
Have a look at http://slackware.com/book/index.php?source=c1364.html

s.

frocco · 06-21-2002, 08:43 AM

No, was thought the install did that for me, like redhat or mandrake.

Thanks

Frank

MikeeX · 06-21-2002, 06:22 PM

You have to run xf86config.

jamaso · 06-21-2002, 10:50 PM

is it possible to download these slackware books you mentioned sky ? sorry for the intrusion and thanks for any hints

Sky · 06-22-2002, 02:55 AM

Well, i did a search with google and found http://www.nmt.edu/ftp/linux/slackwa...book/slakbook/

You could download the book using 'wget -m -np url' i think.

s.

Cryptic · 06-22-2002, 03:49 PM

Running xfree86setup at the command line might help you to at least be able to start the X server and get to a viewable screen. its a little less painless than xf86config, but i still had to use that after to get my resolutions straightened out. hope that hels ya out at least a little bit