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Offline gojirasan

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how to add window manager to core
« on: September 19, 2012, 01:44:03 PM »
The wiki page isn't exactly comprehensive on this matter. I've been able to successfully install the core, but I haven't been so successful adding icewm to it. After I had installed the core (by copying the two system files to a /boot directory and setting up grub) I used the application browser to install xlibs, xorg, icewm, and firefox. When I rebooted it resulted in just a blank standard background with the tinycore logo at the center. No mouse cursor and no panel or anything. All I could do was turn off the computer with the power switch. At this point I don't even know how to get it to boot to a command line instead of a dead end GUI background. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just want to install xorg and icewm over core in a way that I can get to a working desktop.

Offline gerald_clark

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Re: how to add window manager to core
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2012, 01:47:43 PM »
You forgot Xprogs.

Offline gojirasan

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Re: how to add window manager to core
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2012, 07:29:07 PM »
Thanks. Is there a way to stop the system from booting directly to the GUI so that  I can install xprogs?

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Re: how to add window manager to core
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2012, 07:56:41 PM »
Hi gojirasan
Use the  text  boot code, you'll wind up at the console.

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Re: how to add window manager to core
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2012, 08:01:00 PM »
"Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster." Niklaus Wirth - A Plea for Lean Software (1995)