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TinyCore x86 boots to black screen with underscore

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GNUser:
Duh, sorry. Yes, tce-status shows that Xvesa, wbar, aterm, and flwm_topside (among several others) are loaded.

Juanito:
Execute the first line of .xsession to see if you get a useful error message.

GNUser:
I booted with text boot code then executed only the first line of .xsession. It causes the black screen with underscore in upper left corner as described in first post. No error message or warnings.

P.S. This is the first line of .xsession:

--- Code: ---Xvesa -br -screen 1024x768x32 -shadow -2button -mouse /dev/input/mice,5 -nolisten tcp -I >/dev/null 2>&1 &
--- End code ---
My hardware must really dislike something about it.

GNUser:
juanito, this may have something to do with Libreboot and Xvesa not getting along. Some graphics-related applications  (e.g., vbetool) work fine on my netbook (which has BIOS) but not on my T400 laptop (which has Libreboot).

I know that full-blown Xorg works fine on this laptop, though, as it I use the laptop daily with X in both Devuan and OpenBSD.

We could try using Xorg instead of Xvesa, but I know too little about graphics (and even less about graphics on TC) to change this without help.

GNUser:
SOLVED!

1. use text boot command
2. install graphics-KERNEL and Xorg-N.N extensions
3. remove Xvesa from onboot.lst
4. reboot

Then the whole boot process completes normally, ending at a nice minimalistic desktop with a dock at the bottom.

Just one final quick question: What if I want to use a different WM (e.g., fluxbox)? What's the easiest way to change the default WM? Do I do it in ~/.xsession then backup .xsession using /opt/.filetool.lst?

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