[solved] Xfbdev: X doesn't start; xsetup.sh crashes; Xorg: black screen

[yaakov]

[BS"D]

I need help for my first Corepure64 installation:

  * In the default state (no boot codes; no additional extensions loaded),
    I get the message 'failed in waitforX'.
  * xsetup.sh exits right after answering the first question (mouse config).
  * When I install Xorg-7.7.tcz, then xsetup.sh still exits after the first question,
    but startx switches the screen mode --- to a black screen.

Maybe there is an incompatibility with my graphics card? Maybe I need to tell X about my screen resolution?

  * VGA compatible controller:  Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/
    4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
  * 1680x1050 LCD

I would be very happy about any hints what I can try next --- I have very little experience in configuring X. 
Any help is highly appreciated.

Background:
 
* I copied TinyCorePure64-5.4.iso to a USB key,  renamed /cde/ to /tce/
  and added a bootloader.

[gerald_clark]

THere is no Vesa for 64 bit so you need Xorg.
It sounds like you may not have installed a window manager.

[curaga]

In addition to Xorg, you need to install the xf86-video-intel driver.

[yaakov]

gerald_clark and curaga: Thank you very much for your help!  I just did what you suggested:

tce-load -wi Xorg-7.7.tcz
tce-load -wi xf86-video-intel.tcz
startx

... and my shiny new TinyCorePure64 box runs like a charm!

Again --- thanks a lot for your help!

[yaakov]

... by the way --- Is there any way to change the title of this topic?
Now, it would be better to call it:

    [Solved]: Xfbdev: X doesn't start; xsetup.sh crashes; Xorg: black screen

Rather than:

    Need help: Xfbdev: X doesn't start; xsetup.sh crashes; Xorg: black screen

Best regards --- and thanks a lot!

Yaakov

[maluvia]

Fwiw, I am using Xfbdev exclusively on Corepure64.  I have had no issues thus far running any applications except conky, which I replaced with gkrellm2.  I am using jwm, leafpad, and firefox-34.0.5 with Xfbdev, and can watch YouTube videos with html5.

I get this working on my hardware (Intel HD3000) using the following boot codes with grub2:

menuentry "6.x-64" {
linux /boot/vmlinuz64 quiet noswap nozswap tce=sda10 home=sda10 opt=sda10 restore=sda10/backup lst=6.x64.lst mydata=6.x64 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3 pause
initrd /boot/corepure64.gz
set gfxpayload=1366x768x32
}

(I have had to modify the dependency lists for cairo and gtk2 to remove the Xorg/xorg-server dependencies, otherwise they reset the Xserver to Xorg)

[ctor]

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