Re: New install - boot, 'startx', freeze.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Mark Filipak <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 03/24/2015 09:24 AM, Lucas C. Villa Real wrote:
> -snip-
> > Ah, so the tricks we're using in the LiveCD are indeed outdated. But
> > there's a workaround which hopefully will work for you.
> > At some point during the boot process (near the end) you will read the
> > following message:
> >
> >     "Starting X11 detection (<esc> to skip)"
> >
> > Just press ESC at that point. Then, once you are in the command line,
> > type 'startx' with fingers crossed.
>
> Update:
>
> I just booted from the live CD as though I hadn't installed Gobo yet. I
> didn't see a "Starting X11..." message while booting the live CD, but
> the lines of text fly by so quickly.
>
> As an aside: Why does Linux put up so many messages that indicate no
> problems, but then when there's an error, Linux doesn't pause so that
> the error message can be read? It reminds me of some sort of Tarantino
> movie in which the antagonist talks trivia at a mile a minute, then in
> the middle produces a gun and shoots someone, then continues talking as
> though nothing happened, and we never learn who was shot or why. It
> shakes my confidence that the folks who are writing the code know what
> they're doing. (BTW, I dislike Tarantino movies.)
>

Hi Mark,

Sorry for the late reply, but I didn't have the ISO next to me. Please
replace your current /System/Settings/X11/xorg.conf file with the following
contents, then let us know if 'startx' works:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
        Screen         0 "Screen0"  0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        Option       "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
EndSection

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