Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Base => CorePlus => Topic started by: Cyberium on October 01, 2015, 09:50:41 PM

Title: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Cyberium on October 01, 2015, 09:50:41 PM: I'm using CorePlus via a USB and none of my boot codes seem to be working and in the text more doing xstart tells me command not found
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: gerald_clark on October 01, 2015, 10:03:13 PM: How did you install to USB?
Show us your boot codes.
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Cyberium on October 01, 2015, 11:06:29 PM: Well, I used YUMI to install the CorePlus Iso onto my usb as I also have a few other live distros on the usb.

Using the default boot codes for the boot option of Boot Core with X/GUI and Wifi extensions

The screen goes past the setting language to C
Then says skipping loading extensions as per command line.

Then it just brings me to a CLI and the startx command isn't found.

In the boot options I put in either tinycore xsetup, xsetup, core xsetup, plus xsetup, tc xsetup

And they still bring me to the CLI
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: gerald_clark on October 02, 2015, 12:01:44 AM: That won't work.
Use dd to copy the ISO to the raw thumb drive.
Then boot the thumb drive and use the provided installer to do a normal install to another thumb drive.
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Cyberium on October 02, 2015, 12:07:29 AM: So I won't be able to use multiple distros if I have tinycore installed in a usb
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Cyberium on October 02, 2015, 12:21:53 AM: Boot code default for Boot Core with X/GUI (TinyCore) + WiFi extension
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/multiboot/CorePlus-current/boot/vmlinuz initrd=/multiboot/CorePlus-current/boot/core.gz log level=3 cde showapps lst=xwbase.lst base desktop=flwm_topside
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: gerald_clark on October 02, 2015, 12:27:53 AM: If you already have a bootloader on the USB drive, create a boot stanza that loads vmlinuz and the core.gz initrd.
Then create a tce directory on the root filesystem on the USB.
Boot core and run "tce-load -iw Xvesa Xprogs flwm_topside aterm wbar"
Then run startx.
On reboot X should start automatically.
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Cyberium on October 02, 2015, 02:08:29 AM: This is the SYSLINUX Bootloader entry i have for CorePlus

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#start CorePlus-current LABEL CorePlus-current MENU LABEL CorePlus-current MENU INDENT 1 CONFIG /multiboot/CorePlus-current/boot/isolinux/isolinux.cfg APPEND /multiboot/CorePlus-current/boot/isolinux #end CorePlus-current
And This is the entry in the CorePlus boot menu itself
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LABEL cxw MENU LABEL Boot Core with X/GUI (TinyCore) + Wifi Extension. TEXT HELP Boot Core with flwm_topside with X/GUI and the Wifi Extension. Extensions are loaded mount mode. Boot media is not removable. Use TAB to edit desktop= to boot to alternate window manager. ENDTEXT kernel /multiboot/CorePlus-current/boot/vmlinuz APPEND initrd=/multiboot/CorePlus-current/boot/core.gz loglevel=3 cde showapps lst=xwbase.lst base desktop=flwm_topside
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Misalf on October 02, 2015, 03:04:18 AM: Boot code cde is used for CD-ROM only. Remove it from your boot codes and rename the cde directory to tce .
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Cyberium on October 02, 2015, 04:10:12 AM: cde removed and renamed to tce

What do I do in terms of tce-load as I do not have a Ethernet connection
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Juanito on October 02, 2015, 07:19:45 AM: You find a machine that does have an Internet connection and download the required *tcz, *tcz.dep and *tcz.md5.txt from:

http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/6.x/x86/tcz/

..and then copy them to tce/optional on your machine.
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Cyberium on October 02, 2015, 07:21:47 AM: Quote from: Juanito on October 02, 2015, 07:19:45 AM
You find a machine that does have an Internet connection and download the required *tcz, *tcz.dep and *tcz.md5.txt from:

http://repo.tinycorelinux.net/6.x/x86/tcz/

Do I have to have my tce folder in the root of my flash drive or does it auto detect its location based on the location of the initrd?

I ask this as I have multiple live distros stored on my usb which are configured via syslinux as a multiboot.
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: gerald_clark on October 02, 2015, 09:04:24 AM: Remove "base" from your boot options. It tells it not to load extensions.
Change he line to read:
APPEND initrd=/multiboot/CorePlus-current/boot/core.gz showapps

You can copy the "cde" directory from the ISO to the thumb drive, and rename it "tce"
Then you can edit your /tce/onboot.lst to contain:

Xvesa.tcz
Xprogs.tcz
aterm.tcz
wbar.tcz
flwm_topside.tcz
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Lee on October 02, 2015, 12:15:22 PM: Quote
Do I have to have my tce folder in the root of my flash drive or does it auto detect its location based on the location of the initrd?

* The running system has no reliable way to determine from where the kernel and initrd were loaded but...

* it will scan for a tce directory in the root of any available fiilesystem, which can be slow and prone to finding the wrong tce directory if there is more than one match, -but-...

* you can specify a tce clause in the boot loader (in the APPEND line) that specifies not to scan and where to find the desired tce directory. Something like this:

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tce=LABEL=apollo80_a1_17/boot/core4.7.7/tce
where you would replace apollo80_a1_17 with the filesystem label of your flash drive and replace /boot/core4.7.7/tce with the path from the root of the flash drive to the actual tce directory.

You might also want to throw in

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waitusb=30:LABEL=apollo80_a1_17
again using the FS label appropriate to your flash drive (assuming it is a USB device).
Title: Re: Xserver doesn't start.
Post by: Cyberium on October 02, 2015, 05:06:16 PM: Got it working through tweakin with the boot codes using UUIDs and a combination of your advice,

Thanks guys, Topic Closed.