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[Andrew Langdon-Davies <ald2 AT arrakis.es>]

qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> > I am setting up 3 P100s.  I got for 100 euros the 
> > lot without monitors. So far 2 are running with X. 
> > Here's my problem:  I've done exactly the same 
> > installation on both. I even copied the XF86Config 
> > from one to the other once it was working. startx 
> > gets a display going, but one has a panel with a 
> > start button and pop-up menu, four virtual desktops, 
> > something that looks like a cpu monitor and a calendar; 
> >    
>
> That one appears to be working 100%
>
>  
>
> > the other has the panel with the cpu monitor and 
> > nothing else.  Any ideas?
> >    
>
> That's strange.  I seem to remember that keesan had 
> something similar.  
>
> You said that you copied the XF86Config from one to 
> the other.  Which XF86Config are you using?
It came from the remains of an attempted custom-built Slackware 
distribution which I abandoned because I got tangled up in dependency 
problems. The GUI was about all that worked right.

>  Do both
> computers have identical video cards?
Onboard trident chipset. One has 1024 MB video, the other 2048.

>  Do both have
> identical monitors?
No, but I've tried swapping them around and it makes no difference.

>  The bl2-x.tgz package installs a 
> pre-configured XF86Config -- did that not work?  
No. I got a sort of pink screen with vertical green lines.

> It seems to me that there are two places this problem
> could be coming from:  (1) XF86Config -or- (2) the
> icewm configuration files.  Check that the problem
> system has all the same icewm configuration files
> as the other system.  You should find them in:
> /usr/local/lib/X11/icewm
Now we come to the interesting bit: on both systems /usr/local/lib is empty.
But have no fear. Meanwhile, a thought crossed my mind. The only 
difference between the two installations is that on one I installed the 
X packets in one go. That is, pkgtool did them in alphabetical order, 
with bl2-x first. So, I've reinstalled bl2-x, recopied XF86Config, and 
hey presto. Everything (seems to be)  fine.

> > Also, how do I boot direct to the gui?  I've tried 
> > editing /etc/inittab, but it didn't make any difference. 
> > I made it id:5: initdefault: 
> >    
>
> I think Slackware might use id:4:initdefault to run xdm.
> But I don't use that method.  I simply execute xdm at the
> end of /etc/rc.d/rc.M.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>  
And thank-/you/, sir.
Andrew