Article 6EN3P can't open X-session in new installation slackware 15.0 x64

can't open X-session in new installation slackware 15.0 x64

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vonbiber
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I installed slackware-15.0 64-bit on a brand new laptop.
I applied the latest patches available (including linux-5.15.117/*).

I tried to open an X-session.

Code:startxfailed, with some error messages.

Here's an excerpt of /var/logs/Xorg.0.log
that I think might be relevant:

Code:X.Org X Server 1.20.14
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 325.235] Build Operating System: Slackware 15.0 Slackware Linux Project
...
[ 325.237] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[ 325.237] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 325.237] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[ 325.237] vesa: Refusing to run on UEFII was wondering if this was due to the new kernel.
So I tried a new installation on another partition.
This time I skipped the patching from the linux-5.15.117

This time the booting process got stuck here
Code:Updating hardware database index
/sbin/udevadm hudb --update
Triggering udev...
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