can't configure x

TheRecluse · 03-06-2005, 02:20 AM

i just got slackware installed, after running xorgsetup and xorgconfig it tells me that the xorg conf file has been configured. but when i startx it tells me that there was an error loading the config file.

m3trj · 03-06-2005, 06:47 AM

Did it not ask you what GUI you wanted when you installed Slackware? When I installed it I just typed startx and it ran straight away.

horndude · 03-06-2005, 10:03 AM

have you tried configuring it again?

what graphics card please?

what montor please, er do you know its refresh specs?

also run xwmconfig and pick a gui

TheRecluse · 03-06-2005, 04:40 PM

i tried configuring a couple times, same thing

it's a generic integrated graphics card.. i'm not sure of the type
(the device manager says Intel 82845G/GL Graphics Controller)

under windows the screen refresh rate is set at 1024x768 85 Hertz

i remember picking a default gui during the set up

horndude · 03-06-2005, 04:45 PM

whats the x error say exactly?

TheRecluse · 03-06-2005, 04:55 PM

well this isn't it verbatim, but after i startx it goes to a blank screen then comes back to the prompt and says

Fatal OI error, no monitor found.

then it tells me to make sure the xorg.conf is configured

horndude · 03-06-2005, 05:07 PM

no monitor, that sucks

ok...........hmmmmmmmmmm

open this with an editor like pico or vi or whatever:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

scroll down and check the monitor lines about 3/4ths of the way down

its a well commented text config file, linux relies on these
"#" make lines unreadable and left alone, deleting a "#" make a line active

your looking for a monitor being present AND the proper horiz and vert refresh rates

check and make sure your monitor settings are correct and match your monitor, you need to know what nukbers go there or you will have to guess and use the process of elimination

TheRecluse · 03-06-2005, 10:25 PM

ah, i accidently skipped an option on the configuration.. hit enter too fast

everything is working now, thanks

03-06-2005, 02:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheRecluse Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 467	can't configure x i just got slackware installed, after running xorgsetup and xorgconfig it tells me that the xorg conf file has been configured. but when i startx it tells me that there was an error loading the config file. __________________

03-06-2005, 06:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
m3trj Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,577	Did it not ask you what GUI you wanted when you installed Slackware? When I installed it I just typed startx and it ran straight away. __________________ \'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you **** well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.\'

03-06-2005, 04:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheRecluse Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 467	i tried configuring a couple times, same thing it's a generic integrated graphics card.. i'm not sure of the type (the device manager says Intel 82845G/GL Graphics Controller) under windows the screen refresh rate is set at 1024x768 85 Hertz i remember picking a default gui during the set up __________________

03-06-2005, 04:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheRecluse Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 467	well this isn't it verbatim, but after i startx it goes to a blank screen then comes back to the prompt and says Fatal OI error, no monitor found. then it tells me to make sure the xorg.conf is configured __________________

03-06-2005, 10:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
TheRecluse Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 467	ah, i accidently skipped an option on the configuration.. hit enter too fast everything is working now, thanks __________________

03-06-2005, 10:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	have you tried configuring it again? what graphics card please? what montor please, er do you know its refresh specs? also run xwmconfig and pick a gui

03-06-2005, 04:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	whats the x error say exactly?

03-06-2005, 05:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
horndude Master Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,532	no monitor, that sucks ok...........hmmmmmmmmmm open this with an editor like pico or vi or whatever: /etc/X11/xorg.conf scroll down and check the monitor lines about 3/4ths of the way down its a well commented text config file, linux relies on these "#" make lines unreadable and left alone, deleting a "#" make a line active your looking for a monitor being present AND the proper horiz and vert refresh rates check and make sure your monitor settings are correct and match your monitor, you need to know what nukbers go there or you will have to guess and use the process of elimination

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