HELP Someone Please ! slackware problem

[zogg]

I just installed slackware for the 4th time and I still get the same problem.....
When it boots, I log in as root and it is supposed to go to one of the xwindows like kde or gnome.
Instead, I get a command line. Ok, so then I type startx at the command prompt. and I get this:
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Fatal Server Error:
open_framebuffer: failed to open /dev/fb0 (no such device)
the full server output, not just the last mesaages

X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
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then it goes back to command prompt for root.

My machine is a pentium 75 overclocked to 120 MHz
24 megs of ram
1 meg trident pci video card
3com 3c509b
1 gig hard drive

according to the documentation , slackware 7.1 should run on as little as 8 megs of ram and a 386 computer

why cant I get a graphical desktop instead of command line only?

I tried editing the /etc/rc.d/rc.gpm file and etc/rc.d/rc.modules file but Im not sure of what exactly to edit.

I am a newbie with linux

 

[zogg]

I could really use some help

 

[sciencewhiz]

First, stop overclocking your processor to see if that is the culprit. Linux is much more sensitive to overclocked processors then win9x and even win2k.

I'm not in front of my linux books now, but I don't recongnize /dev/fb0

 

[zogg]

ok I will try putting it back to its lowly 75 MHz from 120 Mhz

 

[mufa]

Hi,
Try to recompile your kernel without framebuffer option

Console drivers --->
[ ] Support for frame buffer devices (EXPERIMENTAL)

reboot, startx and should work (I hope, anyway)

check in lilo.conf not to have something like "vga="

 

[zogg]

How does one recompile a kernel ?? I have no clue as to how to do that!