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   Jimmy Johnson to bad sector   
   Re: what display?   
   15 Sep 22 18:27:46   
   
   From: Jimmy@disposable.invalid   
      
   On 09/14/2022 05:59 PM, bad sector wrote:   
   >   
   > On booting into the Slaclware-15.0 login prompt I get   
   >   
   > "Error: Can't open display"   
   > "Error: Can't open display"   
   >   
   > What display is this referencing?   
   > (NB. no-one has logged-in at this point)   
      
   Well, slackware had a resent /etc/inittab update.   
      
   Can you login as user and type: startx ? If you can, then go to   
   /etc/inittab and change the 3 to a 4 so it will start on reboot.   
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