uefi slackware 14.2
by perbh from LinuxQuestions.org on (#56WXF)
Please bear with me - I'm an old hand but I guess mental capabilities are getting short.
So here's my problem:
1) I have one of these new-fangled micro 'desktops', cool li'l thing with 8 Gb of memory, wired and wifi - but alas uefi only. You can pick 'legacy' in the bios but it won't be honoured.
2) My usual setup is mx-linux and slackware - dual-booting
3) Installing mx-linux was a breeze, no problems at all
4) I could not 'install' slackware (couldn't boot from an iso-image), but used my 'usual' trick of copying a tar-ball of a working, current 14.2, then 'update-grub' using mx-linux - seems ok
5) So yes, I can boot into slackware, but ... using 'startx' it will not find a working screen. I have even copied /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d (from mx-linux) to my slackware partition - still no luck *sigh* - here's from my 'startx' command <code>
hostname: Unknown host
xauth: file /home/pbh/.serverauth.1598 does not exist
X.Org X Server 1.18.3
Release Date: 2016-04-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 14.2 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux pita 4.4.227-smp #2 SMP Thu Jun 11 15:43:45 CDT 2020 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp ro root=/dev/sda3
Build Date: 18 October 2017 01:09:49PM
Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Aug 13 23:10:09 2020
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
>/code>
It is complaining about 'hostname, but hostname is correct (pita - which is sufficiently descriptive!)
Can anyone help me out on this one?
So here's my problem:
1) I have one of these new-fangled micro 'desktops', cool li'l thing with 8 Gb of memory, wired and wifi - but alas uefi only. You can pick 'legacy' in the bios but it won't be honoured.
2) My usual setup is mx-linux and slackware - dual-booting
3) Installing mx-linux was a breeze, no problems at all
4) I could not 'install' slackware (couldn't boot from an iso-image), but used my 'usual' trick of copying a tar-ball of a working, current 14.2, then 'update-grub' using mx-linux - seems ok
5) So yes, I can boot into slackware, but ... using 'startx' it will not find a working screen. I have even copied /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d (from mx-linux) to my slackware partition - still no luck *sigh* - here's from my 'startx' command <code>
hostname: Unknown host
xauth: file /home/pbh/.serverauth.1598 does not exist
X.Org X Server 1.18.3
Release Date: 2016-04-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 14.2 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux pita 4.4.227-smp #2 SMP Thu Jun 11 15:43:45 CDT 2020 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp ro root=/dev/sda3
Build Date: 18 October 2017 01:09:49PM
Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Aug 13 23:10:09 2020
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
>/code>
It is complaining about 'hostname, but hostname is correct (pita - which is sufficiently descriptive!)
Can anyone help me out on this one?