On Salix64 15.0 pacman needs these three libraries that Slackware64 15.0 seems to load automatically:

libSDL2_image
libSDL2_mixer
libSDL2_ttf

It seems to work fine. Xfce comes up. It lets me adjust the screen, run slapt-get, change icons, etc.
I still boot with lilo

Computer:

64-bit iso dvd
bios
US English
Full Installation

... cope with X trouble (ctrl-alt-F2).

I wished it were that easy.
Usually when I have X trouble the console text screens are also clobbered and ctrl-alt-F1,2 and 3 do not work.

Fortunately ctrl-alt-delete did work to allow for a "clean" shutdown.


Also, it's fairly easy to press the TAB key ...

Salix looks great, was easy to install and has many pieces missing from a normal Slackware install.

The startup problems with X were easy for me to fix but would be very hard for a newbie to Slackware.

I had a similar problem trying PC-BSD ( http://www.pcbsd.org/ ) where I did the installation and ...

The behaviour you describe on first boot should not occur.
What did you do to fix it, once you had booted into runlevel three?
Does X now work normally?
Are you using 14.0?


Yes I'm using the Xfce 64-bit version 14.0 and X works normally now.

To fix it I booted to another Linux partition ...

Hello

I'm new to Salix but old to Slackware.

I like the system as it has many pieces missing from the usual Slackware release.

But here are some suggestions to make it easier for new users of Salix:


I tried signing up for this forum yesterday but got locked out.
Please give newbies more time ...

I'm new to Salix but know Slackware very well.

There appears to be a bug in the wicd default setting for ethernet, it is set to "eth1".

My ethernet card is eth0 and wicd did not find it.

To fix this I started wicd and "preferences" page.

Under "wired interface" I changed the "eth1" to "eth0" and ...