64 bit and windows manager

[null]

I appologise if this had been posted before.  I have always used TCL in it's ISO form to boot (directly boot iso from USB, always USB).

I had a chance recently to try out the 64bit TCL, and knowing there's no ISO for this, need to do a bit of install/config.

This is what I have done:
1. Format usb stick in ext2 / ext4 (I have tried a few installs by now)
2. Install grub2 onto stick
3. copied the corepure64 and vmlinuz64 onto usb  root folder.
4. grub2 booted 64 bit.

Now I have tried to get the windows manager up, but without luck. I tried fluxbox and flwm downloaded these TCZs and did tce-load, etc.

When I tried to run fluxbox, I get Cannot connect to XServer or Cannot connect to XServer with null display.

I have trolled through the forum, but can't seem to find a step by step guide to get the windows manager to start in 64 bit TCL.

I am running 64 TCL on a dell inspiron with Corei7.

Sorry if this is a very easy thing to do, but I am new to the 64bit setup.

[gerald_clark]

You must use the corepure64 repo.  Just install the wm over the internet.
tce-load Xvesa Xprogs flwm wbar

[Juanito]

There's no 64-bit Xvesa, it would need to be Xorg-7.6

[null]

You must use the corepure64 repo.  Just install the wm over the internet.
tce-load Xvesa Xprogs flwm wbar

Hi GC,

is the repo:

tinycorelinux.net/4.x/x86_64/tcz?

[Juanito]

affirmative

[null]

affirmative

thank you. will try again tonight.

[null]

Ok,

Loaded the tcz packages as said above:

flwm
XOrg7.6
Xprog
wbar
Xlib,etc

Still when I tried to startx, fluxbox or flwm, I am getting: Can't open display

It seems to not find a certain initialisation file to start the xwindows server. Is this correct?

[tinypoodle]

Check (and possibly attach) /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[null]

Check (and possibly attach) /var/log/Xorg.0.log

there was no such log file. Just keep getting can't open display :0.0.  Is it because I am trying to start x on the "console" so to speak? Being the laptop.

[gerald_clark]

Show the output of 'losetup'.

[null]

This is my config (using grub2), booting from USB stick:

GRUB.CFG
========
set timeout=10
set default=0

#
menuentry "Tinycore 64 bit"
{
   set uuid_partition=de0146ba-e550-432a-aac2-453d91646485
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid $uuid_partition --set=root
   
   linux /vmlinuz64 vga=795 waitusb=5 home=UUID=$uuid_partition restore=UUID=$uuid_partition
   initrd /corepure64.gz tce showapps desktop=flwm lst=base.lst
   
}

base.lst
========
Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz
Xorg.tcz
Xprogs.tcz
Xlibs.tcz
flwm.tcz
wbar.tcz

---- note that the above tcz files are stored on the stick on /tce/optional. the base.lst file is on /tce


losetup
=======
/dev/loop0: 0 /mnt/sdc1/tce/optional/Xlibs.tcz
/dev/loop1: 0 /mnt/sdc1/tce/optional/fltk-1.1.10.tcz
/dev/loop2: 0 /mnt/sdc1/tce/optional/flwm.tcz
/dev/loop3: 0 /mnt/sdc1/tce/optional/wbar.tcz

[gerald_clark]

You have not installed Xprogs nor Xorg-7.6.

[tinypoodle]

This is my config (using grub2), booting from USB stick:

home=UUID=$uuid_partition restore=UUID=$uuid_partition

Unless you know exactly what you're doing such combo might get you in trouble.

Suggestion that you stick with default and omit advanced options like "home=" until you are somewhat familiar with the inner workings of the system.

[null]

Noted.

I have removed all other boot params except for initrd with desktop=flwm tce showapps.

the onboot.lst now contains all the packages and losetup now shows:
..../optional/fltk-1.1.10.tcz
..../optional/Xlibs.tcz
..../optional/Xprogs.tcz
..../optional/Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz
..../optional/jwm.tcz
..../optional/flwm.tcz
..../optional/wbar.tcz

But still can't start up x. Seems that there's no /etc/X11, or X logging file in /var/log/

Also in /home/tc/.xsession , the first line is:

Xvesa -br -screen 1024x768x32 ............

So is it somehow confused and trying to load Xvesa instead of Xorg?

[gerald_clark]

Sounds like you have a mydata.tgz backup file with erroneous data in it.  Delete it and reboot.