HD Install :: strange problem

I'm sure this isn't a very major problem, but I can't seem to get around it:
I've been using dsl on my old pentium laptop with no problems. I recently replaced lilo with grub and everything boots up as usual. However, now x won't start... up on bootup, the system logs in as root and stays in command line. If I startx, the system looks like its about to start, but then just kicks out to command line. No error messages, just waiting for x server to shutdown, and back to command line... What's going on?

Hi
Have you tried some of the other startup selections. Usually this happens when the default video mode and the X config are not compatible. Maybe try fb1024x786 that sets the vga=791. You might try typing this at the command line to see what modes your hardware can use.

Xvesa -listmodes

It will usually give you an idea of what might work for you. Then use Xsetup.sh to configure X.
Good luck

well, the lap top monitor is only capable of 800x600, which is what i've been using since I started using dsl. One startup I've been passing dsl vga=787, which is 800x600 16bit. Using xsetup.sh after boot up at command line gives the same problem; and I know it's setup correctly because that's what I've been using before.

The ONLY thing that is new is i'm using grub instead of lilo, so thats the only thing that I can think of that could be causing this, but I don't know what the problem is or how to fix it.

Hi again
The following is what I use to boot my thin-client machine. It is much like a laptop in function. In my case I use a little different vga mode than you but yours should work.

title DSL fb1024x768 toram
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 vga=791 noscsi frugal toram mydsl=hda2
initrd /boot/minirt24.gz

I have to run xsetup.sh when I do the original install. The default setup uses Xvesa and sometimes gives me problems. I select to use Xfbdev and everything works fine. Just because you select fb800x600 doesn't mean you are using Xfbdev.
good luck

I had that problem due to a little corruption in the xinitrc file that I couldn't seem to fix. I deleted the persistant /home/dsl directory on my hda7 partition, and rebooted and everything is back to normal again.

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