[linux-help] Re: Slackware

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 09:57:50PM -0600, Jim Vetor wrote:
> I'm trying to install Slackware 8.0 on my Toshiba Tecra 510CDT with a 5 Gig 
> drive.
> I used a boot and root disk to get the installation started. All seemed to go 
> well and I did a full installation.
> 
> I wasn't able to set up lilo from the CD or from the boot disk although I 
> thought it was letting me install it from the floppy. When I rebooted it got 
> as far a LI and died. I used the boot disk to boot.


Generally when I get this behavior, I have been able to fix it by
putting the key word "linear" in the /etc/lilo.conf. Make sure you
then rebuild lilo with the command "lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf" I don't
remember what this means, but it seems to work.


> After logging in as root I did a startx and ended up with "X connection to 
> :0.0 broken (explicite kill or server shutdown)."
> 
> I tried XF86Setup and got "bash: XF86Setup: command not found"


Slackware 8.0 uses X version 4.1.0. Looking at the distribution
source, it doesn't look like there is an XF86Setup. I have actually
never set up this version of X so I don't know if there should be or
not. In previous versions of Slackware, which used X version 3.x.x,
there was an XF86Setup program.


> I tried xvidtune and Xconfigurator and neither one of them worked either. The 
> only one that will work is xf86config the text based X configurator. I have 
> to find my manual to use that one. 
> 
> I always thought that XF86Setup worked with Slackware? Any suggestions on 
> getting this thing set up? Thanks.
> 
> Jim Vetor
> 
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