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Offline Sheleh

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Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« on: August 22, 2011, 12:59:06 AM »
After trying to get wide screen mode resolution and install Xorg-7.5-3d System only boots into command line mode. After $ startx command, nothing happens.

How to remove Xorg-7.5?


P.S. System installed in the Scatter Mode (Traditional).
« Last Edit: August 22, 2011, 02:19:12 AM by Sheleh »

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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2011, 01:05:39 AM »
Hi Sheleh
Open /tce/onboot.lst and remove the xorg entry. Reboot and un-install xorg using AppsAudit.

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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2011, 01:25:24 AM »
Hi Rich!
/tce/onboot.lst - file not found
/tce - directory not found

But if I'll find onboot.lst which non-GUI application I can edit it?

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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2011, 01:35:23 AM »
But if I'll find onboot.lst which non-GUI application I can edit it?

Vi - "vi /path/tce/onboot.lst"

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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2011, 01:43:48 AM »
Hi Sheleh
Type  sudo find /mnt -iname onboot.lst  to find onboot.lst.
The vi editor is not very user friendly, make a back up copy of onboot.lst before you edit it.
cp onboot.lst onbootbak.lst

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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2011, 02:12:12 AM »
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sudo find / -iname *.lstSo I found 18 different lst-files, but not onboot.lst

Sorry, I forgot to say that the system was installed in the scatter mode
« Last Edit: August 22, 2011, 02:18:13 AM by Sheleh »

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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2011, 02:27:50 AM »
Hi Sheleh
I've never dealt with scatter mode. Maybe you don't have onboot.lst and tce directory?
NO guarantees, but try  sudo find / -iname xorg*  and delete xorg manually. As i said, NO guarantees.

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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2011, 02:35:48 AM »
Open AppBrowser and click local. Path to tce/optional will be displayed, so you will see where is tce dir used by the system.
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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2011, 02:39:11 AM »
That's it with scatter mode, you don't get to remove extensions easily. It's manually searching down files.
The only barriers that can stop you are the ones you create yourself.

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Re: Could not start X-Server after installing Xorg-7.5
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2011, 12:39:57 PM »
Hi bmarkus
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Open AppBrowser and click local. Path to tce/optional will be displayed, so you will see where is tce dir used by the system.
He can't get into a GUI environment because  startx  fails.