Sorry guys...I just realized I wasn't getting reply notifications on my post :oops: Must've been user error! Oh man, where I'm at? Ready to absolutely pull my hair out!!!!! I sat at the computer (literally) all weekend trying Puppy (and a few other distros). Unfortunately I can't make any sense of w...

Found this link specific to NeoMagic chipsets that I'm hoping will help: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/neomagic.html Since my problem has now become more specific to video I thought it might be appropriate to start a new thread: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=217839#217839 Tha...

I have this chipset in my laptop. I am having difficulty getting Xvesa to run properly and Xorg just hangs at a black screen. I found this link that describes some driver/binary options but I'm not sure what to do with them once I download them. I can't get into a GUI. I'm a newbie to Linux. Fairly ...

I did some more research and found some floppy drivers for my cd drive on my laptop...wow, that was long winded

I'll try it tonight and hope it works and will expand the options available to me for experimenting and getting something installed.

Things on my desktop seem to be going ok :? Do I dare say it :shock: I'm still running Puppy on my desktop. I thought I'd try Fedora using a DVD install but I've been mucking with my laptop all night :wink: I haven't been having much luck though :cry: It ends up the floppy on my desktop was/is mount...

Well, I think I'm about ready to give up. I think I messed up following the instructions in the one thread, or the changes took place but absolutely nothing has changed. Thought I might try some other distros/installations using a boot floppy but can't mount my floppy drive on my desktop to create a...

I had the final crash it looks like on my desktop last night - installing fedora and like what I see so far. Can't even safe boot into Windows. :evil: I'm still hopeful that I can get Puppy onto my laptop. I found these 2 links and will proceed to try them and see what results I get :D http://www.x....

I'm looking for one too and came across Wine ( http://www.winehq.org ) but don't a see a download specific for Puppy. I am beginning to make enquiries; maybe someone else here has experience with Win and Puppy or can recommend another emulator to run Windows apps?

entering 'Xvesa -listmodes' returns a huge long list (more than 1 screen) with the likes of: 0x0010: 640x350x4 Planar (4 planes) (no linear framebuffer) 0x0103: 800x600x8 PseudoColor... 0x0112: 640x480x24 TrueColor [8:8:8:0]... 0x0114: 800x600x16 Truecolor [8:8:8:0]... 0x0117: 1024x768x16 Truecolor ...

Ok, regular bootup using pup_save or with pfix=? in menu.lst?

If I"m understanding correctly, everything looks good: cat...xorgoverrides - shows 'oem: MagicGraph...' as last line in file grep... - returns 'oem: MagicGraph...' free - shows that swap file is in use pup_save file created and saved reboot looks good, I'm prompted for my pup_save (I ended up w...

Ok, I made it through the prompts to save the pup_save.2fs file. When I rebooted though I just ended back up at a prompt and my swap file is not active, my oem listing is not in xorgoverrides, etc? Did I reboot incorrectly an I need to manually make all these changes again? Do I need to edit my menu...

Hi rerwin, Making progress... :D edited xorgoverrides - happy dance cat... and grep... returned the right stuff - happy dance free - happy dance Ok, now here: 6. Then enter: Code: xorgwizard and it should show a dialog box with buttons for "xorg" and "command prompt" (or equivale...

Thanks, I'll run through your steps when I get home this evening.

I'm not sure about this pup_save though? Is this something happening in the background or do I need to do/create/edit/etc something?

Thanks richard.a, I'll look a little closer - I am really hoping to get Linux up though

Jacqui

Hi rerwin, I edited the files you suggested and don't see any additional prompts or any changes when I boot up. Is it possible I've missed something. Richard, I'll look at XPlite but would really rather not spend the money and do have it in my mind I want away from Windows. I'm willing to bang on Li...

Richard,

When I boot to Xvesa desktop I can't read anything. How do I...
edit /etc/xorgoverrides

Can I do it from the command prompt?

Thanks
Jacqui

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your reply...I'm at work right now but will try your suggestion when I get home this evening and let you know how it turns out (Here's to hoping... )

Thanks again...
Jacqui

I apologize if I was misunderstood - I was not laying fault with anything or anyone. Unfortunately I cannot book from CD and it's all this mucking about (in addition to the instability) that has me wanting to move away from Windows. As I said, maybe sometime in the future when I have the inclination...

Thanks guys for all your help and suggestions. I have to admit my head is spinning and I'm completely at a loss of where to go from here. The suggestions of looking at DSL have just confused the issue more. I hate to admit it but all the reasons I had previously stayed away from Linux appear to be t...