[Solved] Can not enter GUI

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[Solved] Can not enter GUI

Post#1 by yale » 21 Mar 2017, 03:01

When I boot the Porteus 3.2.2 xfce, sometimes the blakc CLI screen appears and doesn't go on any more.
So, I am not able to go in GUI despite of several reboots.

Now, Below screen displays repeatedly.
How can I enter the GUI?

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[Solved] Can not enter GUI

Post#2 by Ed_P » 21 Mar 2017, 04:25

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Re: Can not enter GUI

Post#3 by Blaze » 21 Mar 2017, 16:49

Use this cheat code acpi=off in /mnt/sdb1/boot/syslinux/porteus.cfg

Find

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LABEL GRAPHICAL
MENU LABEL Graphics mode
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz changes=/porteus
Replace with

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LABEL GRAPHICAL
MENU LABEL Graphics mode
KERNEL vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=initrd.xz changes=/porteus acpi=off
or better update kernel /mnt/sdb1/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz and kernel-firmwares /mnt/sdb1/porteus/base/000-kernel.xzm
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plus as bonus you can tweak this script :)
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Re: Can not enter GUI

Post#4 by yale » 28 Mar 2017, 14:43

I don't know the technical reason, but whenever I met that screen above, I could enter the GUI by just login and typing 'startx'.

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Re: [Solved] Can not enter GUI

Post#5 by raja » 28 May 2017, 16:55

I have been trying to somehow get v3.2.2,32 bit run in my old Laptop.
Today, I replaced Kernel and Vmlinuz with the latest and started in fresh mode. Booted ok and the best thing was the kernel had MT7601u driver for USB WiFi dongle and connected @110 kbps.My old Raling thing had limitation to 801.11B/G and no N protocol.

I replaced core module with the v3.2.2. The machine booted but with the error message, " unknown user 'Avahi' in the D message bus. Reboot resulted in hanging after 'unmounting all'', may be due to this avahi thing. Solution please.How can I remove Avahi servers once for all?. I don't need them.

Next, I replaced XFCE module with the new one. Boot process got stuck with the 'login'splash screen. 'Guest' was already entered, and on entering password, the login screen comes back in loop,I paused the screen. Following were the log entries.
Initializing Vidmode extension
Initializing DGA
Initializing DRI
InitializingDRI2
Loading extension Glx
Linear memory allocation xxxx etc
DRM memory allocation failed -6Linear memory allocated and xxxx memory freed.
/user/bin/xauth file /home/guest does not exist
/user/bin/startxpce4:X server already running on display 0.0
XFCE4 session:error while loading shared library 'libgbm.so.1
cannot open shared object, no such file or directory

freed memory closed server successfully.

and the splash login screen loops back.
When you can help me to over come these fault lines while loading core and xfce4(v3,2,2) modules,
I shall replace xorg.xzm with the latest and reply back.

Hope I will succeed in booting v3.2.2 in my old machine with expert help.
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Re: [Solved] Can not enter GUI

Post#6 by Bogomips » 28 May 2017, 21:39

^ Posting what seems to be an entirely different topic in a topic that has already been solved. Please start a new topic, preferably under Intermediate/Advanced Questions.
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