I've just recently install slackware 13.1 on IBM R40e laptop but every time i try to start fluxbox with
startfluxbox it just comes up:
However xdm works.
The specs of the computer:
IBM R40e 2684 L9G
2.4GHz Intel celeron processor
128MB ram
ATI radeon 330M 16MB integrated
30GB hard drive
DVD rom drive
I'm not sure if it's of any use but here's my xorg.conf file:
Code:
I was about to do upgrade from 11.3 to 11.4.I was following the guide I found in opensuse's website. I was to the point where I had to disable all 11.3 repositories and add the 11.4 at that point I forgot to change my nvidia repository ( I have a g210m graphic card).
thus after the upgrade the X could not start at all. I think this was because Yast could not find the nvidia driver.
Using text mode YaSt2 I added the nvidia driver but after restart I can not see and X running. I receive an error message that the current kernel can not be loaded!!!
I also checked in command line if there is something like Sax2.. but I couldnot find anything.
Yesterday, I was doing some work (Don't worry, I didn't lose anything), and I restored a terminal I had open, and it completely froze! I couldn't do anything on the desktop, so I tried rebooting. Doing that resulted in an error when booting. It would say "bin/sh : Can't mount" or something like that (Can't quite remember) not too long after trying to start up, and it would leave me stuck with some weird terminal. The only command I know on this new terminal is reboot. What should I do?
Note that I just installed Debian two nights ago and it was working perfectly fine until last night...
The error says "/bin/sh: Can't access tty; job control turned off"
im sure that my graphic card is good but after i installed the compiz manager ....the system failed to start the xserver this is the xserver output :
x.org x server 1.7.5
release date : 2010-02-16
x protocol version 11, revision 0
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I was playing around with bash scripting and the last thing I remember doing was checking for suid root files. However now I cannot launch sbopkg, tpfand etc and the binaries are nowhere to be seen. I was experimenting with the sticky bit for tpfand so I could load it as a normal user.
Code:
chmod u+s /usr/sbin/tpfand
chmod u-s /usr/sbin/tpfand
However now tpfand is no long in /usr/sbin. But a whereis produces the following results.
Code:
tpfand: /etc/tpfand.conf /etc/tpfand.conf~ /usr/share/tpfand
The same applies for sbopkg, which I have not touched. I think this problem is also related to the wicd error stating it cannot connect to DBus client From these symptoms has anybody experienced anything like this before from tinkering?
When I run sudo apt-get update I get the following message at the bottom:
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I have tried numerous ways to add the keys i.e: gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EF4186FE247510BE && gpg --export --armor EF4186FE247510BE | sudo apt-key add - However, I then get the following message:
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I am using Gslapt version 0.5.2b with slapt-get 0.10.2c and when I try to update I get this error message.
Code: Failed to download: FTP: couldn't retrieve (RETR failed ) the specified file. I have tried http ones also but get the same message except instead of FTP: it is HTTP:. Is anyone else having this problem? Are the repositories experiencing difficulties? Is my personal system to blame? Am I an idiot?
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Error in console:
libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/001/001: Permission denied. libusb requires write access to USB device nodes.
my sript runs:
scanimage
--device $MODEL
--resolution=$RESOLUTION
-x 5104 -y 6840
my groups:
uid=1000(fogie) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),7(lp),11(floppy),12(mail),15(man),17(audio),18(video),19(cdrom),20(games),21(sloca te),83(plugdev),84(power),86(netdev),93(scanner)
Even a simple:
scanimage -Lv
in console gives this on a separate --current pc as well.
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Quote:
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name of display: :0.0
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Quote:
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Quote:
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05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device 2353
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
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But the program still starts, no problem. Happens with both
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