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• Started 11 years ago by saligari
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   saligari
   

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   hey everyone...i have an issue...i am trying to make a SliTaz liveusb and i am bumbing on a few things...i am using ubuntu mainly and i have installed UNetbootin. I downloaded SliTaz-4.0-core.iso that says on the SliTaz site to use with UNetbootin...-i hadn't noticed it before so at first i was getting kernel panicks-...after downloading the core.iso i installed it on an older usb stick of mine (TwinMos Mobile Disk IV USB 2.0 512 MB) everything worked out ok until the login screen. The login screen is black with a slash blinking...
   ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED :D

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   cuddle.squid
   

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   It sounds like X failed to start, you probably could login with root credentials, I'm not experienced enough to repair your xorg instead I did a little bit of research and came across this:

   http://vanilla.slitaz.org/index.php?p=/discussion/2674/xorg-fails-to-start-on-boot-up/p1

   Hope this helps for now :)

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   purcaribe
   

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   First time i get the same.This seems to be a problem with SliTaz USB installation, it has been suggested that formatting the USB drive to ext3 and not Fat32 will fix the problem.

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   cuddle.squid
   

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   From experience ext2 is recommended for USB flash drive

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   saligari
   

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   hey all thanks for the advice. cuddle.squid i saw the page but i didn't understand all of it. i could log in as root and i entered both startx and slim but no difference whatsoever. purcaribe i have tried Fat32, ext2,ext3 and the same black login screen was up. today i tried installing slitaz-3.0 with UNetbootin and it actually worked (couldn't connect to the internet but i will figure it out). I posted that before because i have tried UNetbootin and the Universal Linux Installer from windows both with 4.0 and core-4.0 but though the system does boot i get this login error.
   I don't know what i am doing wrong with slitaz-4.0 and why i get this error. :(

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   christophe
   

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   slitaz has all tools for preparing a usb key for booting
   these are concatenated copies of some posts about this.

   The short story :

   - Get a new, fresh, empty ramkey

   Prepare a USB key for Slitaz: SliTaz does not like the FAT32 file system. Switching to ext3 takes care of the Tux no-login issue, ineffective system writes, etc. These three commands did the job:

     fdisk -l   (listed the USB as /dev/sdb1)
     tazusb format /dev/sdb1 ext3
   tazusb get-liveusb /dev/sdb1

   - Reboot from the ramkey, slitaz boots to RAM and mount the ram key as /home
   - Do changes to your system if you wish; in order to write the changes to the key: tazusb writefs (before shutting down)
   - If you have not done it yet, edit $TARGET_USB_ROOT/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf and add the following lines (below the line "# labels")
   LABEL Slitaz_on_USB
   MENU LABEL SliTaz Custom on USB
   KERNEL /boot/bzImage
   append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null vga=normal autologin home=[copy the block id label from the other boot lines]
   - reboot from your key and choose the option from boot menu "SliTaz Custom on USB"

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   saligari
   

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   hey :) thanks for the advice christophe. The first three steps I had already done before and I had got a black login screen. However I formated my usb stick with FAT32 file system and by pressing repeatedly enter after the keyboard configuration (out of my frustration) IT WORKED!! I did listen to your advice though and I performed the steps again with ext3 file system this time (btw i think you mean gen-liveusb and not get-liveusb) and I had the black login screen again. By pressing repeatedly enter again i was able to see the login tab but I couldn't login as tux, so i logged as root which is fine :)
   I don't know how to mount my ram key as /home but when i logged in as root it was already mounted as /home thankfully
   I made some changes and i followed your advice when it comes to the labeling and the writefs
   I haven't rebooted yet so i don't know if it has worked but i think it will.

   I still have the login issue with the black screen no matter the filesystem (I have tried ext2, ext3 and FAT32). If anyone else has it or has solved it please let me know :) [the root option to login is good enough for me but i would like to know if it is solvable]

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   christophe
   

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   The blockid label home=[blockid] is what does the magic to mount usb as /home
   you are correct re: gen-liveusb

   Do you see only a black screen, or is there some (even temporary) message showing up ?

   Last, when you boot from the ISO, everything looks "normal" ?

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   saligari
   

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   The blockid label home=[blockid] is what does the magic to mount usb as /home .Em christophe if you could expand on how to mount usb as /home :)

   I used to see a black screen and if I pressed repeatedly enter i could see a written login mode (terminal like) - i couldn't log in as either tux or root - . By making the ext3 filesystem as you told me I see a login prompt (same as you logout), but i cannot login as tux (when i press enter at tux and enter at psswd the screen goes black and again appears the login prompt) however i am able to login as root and your instructions on how to make the changes permenant worked (the only thing is when i login as root -always- the bottom panel isn't there but i just create it and put on the menu and the window list).

   I don't konw what you mean by saying boot from the ISO. I am going to take a guess, so if you mean if everything is normal using the dvd with the SliTaz yes it is just perfect :D

   Posted 11 years ago #
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    Ceel
    

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    @saligari,

    Hi. If your usb stick is FAT32, you can't do it as /home. The stick must be EXT2 or EXT3 for that.

    The login screen is black with a slash blinking...

    SliTaz 4.0 doesn't like some recent hardwares very much. Modify your /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg file (or at orange screen, hit the [Tab] key and edit the append line) like this:

    • replace autologin by nomodeset
    • add screen=text at the end of the line.

    Then login as root (root:root) and type slim; you must be able to log as tux in this way.
    Another thing, problem can come from language too; on my Fujitsu lifebook, I have to select English language and US keyboard to run SliTaz4.0 from my LiveUSB (never works with French language...).

    (Note that if you use a usb stick formated EXT2/3, the file to edit will be /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf)

    Posted 11 years ago #
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    christophe
    

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    The boot command contains the magic spell which mount usb as home ie

    append initrd=/boot/rootfs.gz rw root=/dev/null vga=normal autologin home=[copy the block id label from the other boot lines]

    When you boot as root, do you get the graphical environment ?

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