[SOLVED]openbox black screen

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bsd4me
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[SOLVED]openbox black screen

Post by bsd4me »

Been on vacation so getting upgraded. I logged in to my openbox system and just got a black screen with pointer.
I then installed fluxbox to try logging in with, and am using it now.
I used the openbox iso and used that until now. Don't know what happened, or why now getting black screen.
I did an upgrade hoping it would help iwht logging into X, but it didn't. Still the black screen.

Any ideas how to fix?
Thanks
Last edited by bsd4me on 17 Jan 2020 22:27, edited 1 time in total.
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djemos
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Re: openbox black screen

Post by djemos »

Use openbox to log in on X
Then after black screen press ctrl+alt + F1 to go to command line and look for messages.
there will be the problem. What is missing or need to be installed.
press ctrl+alt+F4 to go again on X
bsd4me
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Re: openbox black screen

Post by bsd4me »

I saw a full screen of errors. No idea what happened.
I installed enough files to get xfce running, and so far it is running fine as was fluxbox.
I will try slapt-get --install --reinstall openbox if there is a meta file, or use slapt-get --delete openbox and slapt-get --install openbox.
At least I have xfce so for me, all is well since I prefer it anyway :)
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bsd4me
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Re: [SOLVED]openbox black screen

Post by bsd4me »

Something got messed up in my openbox directory so I created another user, logged in using openbox, and after using it a while, copied the openbox directory to my normal user. Logged in as normal user and all is well using openbox.
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