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General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: Noob2020 on October 24, 2020, 05:36:48 AM

Title: No gui on virtual box installation
Post by: Noob2020 on October 24, 2020, 05:36:48 AM

Hey forum,
I'm trying to get a vm installed but I ran into a problem.
Config:
512 mb ram
2 gb hdd
linux 2.6 32 bit
tinycore 11x or 10x

Each time I boot the iso the system works fine with the tinycore iso. Then I load the tc-installer and run it. I install the system from cd, use the whole drive, take a boot loader and finish the installation with success. But after ejecting the iso the system starts with the tc@box shell. I already tried to set other usbwait values in /mnt/sda1/tce/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Title: Re: No gui on virtual box installation
Post by: polikuo on October 24, 2020, 08:40:17 AM

Hi, welcome to the forum.

I can't replicate your problem.

What's your host system ?

The default X server [Xvesa] can be quirky on VM sometimes.

Perhaps you should use Xorg instead.

Try this on your installed system.

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tce-load -wi Xorg-7.7
Remove Xvesa.tcz from your tce(tce32)/onboot.lst and retry.

Title: Re: No gui on virtual box installation
Post by: Noob2020 on October 24, 2020, 02:40:35 PM

Thx a lot for your reply. My host is running Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS.
I installed Xorg-7.7. Xvesa.tcz wasn't listed in the onboot.lst. Now my system stops at "Booting the kernel." with a blinking cursor. boots into a black screen.

Title: Re: No gui on virtual box installation
Post by: Rich on October 24, 2020, 04:58:01 PM

Hi Noob2020

Quote from: Noob2020 on October 24, 2020, 05:36:48 AM

... linux 2.6 32 bit ...

If you're referring to the 2.6 kernel, I think it was replaced about 10 years ago.

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... I install the system from cd, use the whole drive, take a boot loader and finish the installation with success. ...

Did you select  X/GUI Desktop  during the installation:
http://tinycorelinux.net/install.html#5_

Title: Re: No gui on virtual box installation
Post by: polikuo on October 24, 2020, 09:26:18 PM

Quote from: Noob2020 on October 24, 2020, 02:40:35 PM

Thx a lot for your reply. My host is running Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS.
I installed Xorg-7.7. Xvesa.tcz wasn't listed in the onboot.lst. Now my system stops at "Booting the kernel." with a blinking cursor. boots into a black screen.

On some machines, graphics-KERNEL may be required for X to display.

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tce-load -wi graphics-KERNEL
Have you installed any window manager ? (flwm, jwm, icewm, fluxbox, hackedbox, openbox ..

Please show us the contents of your tce(tce32)/onboot.lst

You might need to refresh the extensions.

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tce-audit updatedeps
tce-audit builddb
tce-audit fetchmissing


Title: Re: No gui on virtual box installation
Post by: Rich on October 24, 2020, 10:25:54 PM

Hi polikuo

Quote from: polikuo on October 24, 2020, 09:26:18 PM

... You might need to refresh the extensions.

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tce-audit updatedeps
tce-audit builddb
tce-audit fetchmissing

And:

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tce-updateThen reboot:

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exitcheck.sh reboot

Title: Re: No gui on virtual box installation
Post by: Noob2020 on October 25, 2020, 12:49:56 PM

Thanks a lot for your answers. I just wanted to try a simple installation out of the box with the current iso.

Title: Re: No gui on virtual box installation
Post by: Noob2020 on October 25, 2020, 02:14:16 PM

Strange... it worked with the core plus.iso.