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gui not started
« on: June 24, 2019, 04:09:18 PM »
 Hi i put my Tiny Core files (boot, cde - folders) into my hd (alongside ubuntu). I setup Grub2. Everythings is fine but my tinycore boot process always end in command line without gui. How can I fix.  same problem on usb with Unetbootin.
 (it works before - version 5.x etc...)
Thank a lot...

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2019, 05:01:23 PM »
Since this isn't a CD installation, try moving your CDE directory and file structure within to the root of your hd drive.  Rename that directory to TCE.

If using a gui interface, you might find it easier to just "copy and paste" the cde directory and it's contents to the root of the drive, and rename cde to tce.

Modify your grub.cfg boot stanza from "cde" to "tce".  Be careful - 3rd party bootloaders such as Yumi will have plenty of grub.cfg files floating around - for example, in Yumi, the grub.cfg you want to edit for 64 bit is in the multiboot/Tinycorepure64-10.1/EFI/BOOT/grub/grub.cfg - as just an example.

Check to make sure you did this propely by looking inside /tce/optional and seeing if a bunch of extensions are in there.  If the /tce/optional directory is empty, then that means you merely copied directories over, and not any files.
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Re: gui not started
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2019, 05:01:56 PM »
grub settings is:
initrd=/tce/boot/core.gz
boot_image=/tce/boot/vmlinuz

...any idea what is wrong?

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2019, 05:06:56 PM »
try adding

loglevel=3 tce waitusb=5 vga=791 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3

in your boot_image line.
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Re: gui not started
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2019, 05:11:36 PM »
I have
this folders:

/tce/boot/isolinux
/tce/cde/optional

optional folder is not empty....

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2019, 05:26:03 PM »
I tryed it it boot little bit differernt but in the end stack on commandline (with ascii tux logo). Startx  not working.
loglevel=3 tce waitusb=5 vga=791 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2019, 05:29:36 PM »
you mean i should rename cde folder to tce?

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2019, 05:33:41 PM »
I suppose an inventory is needed as we are winging it now with 3rd party bootloaders.

Are you 32 bit or 64 bit?  If 64 bit, are you csm or uefi?  Is Unetbootin a 32 or 64 bit version?

Have you tried using the CorePlus installer?  Are you using the *core iso's, or are you doing it manually with the distribution files etc etc.

Unfortunately I'm not expert in this matter and will have to leave it to others...

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2019, 05:35:05 PM »
you mean i should rename cde folder to tce?

Yes, unless you are running from a CD, changing cde to tce is pretty much standard procedure.  Moving (or copying and pasting it) to the root directory of your boot drive is an easy method for *core to detect it.
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Re: gui not started
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2019, 05:49:23 PM »
O thanks for reply I am using 64bit (before i used 32 with older version and it work fine. I downloded TinyCore-10.1.iso and extracted it and copied files in the /tce folder manually. And after that set up Grub /etc/grub.d/40_custom. I think thereis not problem in grub boot...

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2019, 05:54:11 PM »
ok
I shoul have
/tce/boot
/tce/tce  (renamed cde)?
« Last Edit: June 24, 2019, 06:22:33 PM by -tri- »

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2019, 06:03:33 PM »
Actually I have 64 bit system but i downloaded.... O
now I see I downloaded x86 release it is problem?
« Last Edit: June 24, 2019, 06:23:11 PM by -tri- »

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gui not started
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2019, 06:28:42 PM »
ok
I shoul have
/tce/boot
/tce/tce  (renamed cde)?

You should have
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/tce
/tce/boot
/tce/optional

Or preferably
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/boot
/tce
/tce/optional

You’ll just need to edit the syslinux (extlinux) or grub config file accordingly which is not too difficult

You can follow the guide in the core book to add UUID and waitusb bootcodes if applicable (waitusb only needed for usb thumb drives)


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« Last Edit: June 24, 2019, 06:34:14 PM by coreplayer2 »

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2019, 06:36:18 PM »
It is very strange. I burned cd from .iso file what i downloaded. And that cd work normaly (gui started...). On that cd is /boot/ and /cde/ folders. I don´t understand it....???

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Re: gui not started
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2019, 06:53:14 PM »
to coreplayer
hey man you are guru ... I put my folders in order as you say and now (first case /tce/boot /tce/optional)
finally GUI STARTED!!!
Thanks a lot.