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SliTaz graphical desktop will not start on laptop.
  • guitarMan666guitarMan666 March 2010
    When booting from the latest cooking CD, SliTaz absolutely refuses to open X. Using the tazx configuration utility yields a "messed-up" looking interface with garbled text. I have tried several solutions offered by indigo6 on the IRC channel. These include using the tazx to create a .xsession file for user "tux" and using VGA mode 788 to force a resolution of 1024x768.

    However, neither of these will allow X to run, it simply complains about a missing .xsession file. The CD image boots perfectly fine into a graphical environment when used under VirtualBox.

    The only unusual thing about my laptop is the resolution of the screen display 1366x768. Previous versions have booted perfectly into a graphical environment at a stretched-out 1024x768.

    Any ideas what could be going on here? I have confirmed the CD's integrity and the integrity of the ISO image so I am certain it's not corrupted! --Eric
  • maxxmaxx March 2010
    how did you make the USB Live?
  • guitarMan666guitarMan666 March 2010
    Well, for one thing, the problem is with the CD just on its own as well. However, I made a LiveUSB (which I have not tested) from the command line that DOES boot using "tazusb gen-liveusb" and that seemed to work OK.
  • maxxmaxx March 2010
    Hmmm...., what about the burning process, sometimes it corrupts over here. Or, have you tried the CD on another PC?
  • mojomojo March 2010
    All versions of cooking released in 2010 have xorg that often requires hand editing of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf to get your monitor working.The cooking-2009 and stable-2.0 use xvesa,which always worked for me.If it's not dropping you to command prompt ctrl/alt/+ toggles the resolutions.You might get some kind of display,then you can tweak xorg.conf to fix things.On my 21" dell monitor I add Modes "1024x768" under "Display" subsection.I'm stuck using the vesa driver as the ati won't work with my mach32 video card.On Dell E1505 laptop I was dropped to login console, I add HorizSync 28-64 VertRefresh 43-60 under Monitor section in addition to Modes "1024x768" I might fiddle with the intel driver at a later date and some 915 hack to get a better resolution.
    I found tazx and X -configure to be of no help. In the end google and nano got my video working.
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