Thanks for the encouragement Aitch because I feel completely out of my depth with this, I am sure it is related to puppy because if I load DSL I get a normal screen throughout the booting whereas with puppy the screen goes blank and I get no indication of whats happening.

freke

I have got the humax working satisfactorily by saving puppy to a usb drive with xvesa on a separate pc, when I load this into the humax as always I get the error message on screen and the screen goes blank for 3 minutes I get puppy on screen at a reasonable resolution.

freke

This is the reply I got from Humax.

This model will work up to the following resolution

1024x768 (WXGA, 60Hz)

You may need to contact Linux for advice on using this TV as a monitor with there operating system.

So I am no nearer.(apologies for being unable to clear the problem)

freke

I have loaded puppy dingo using xvesa at 1024 768 resolution I have a reasonable display but loading it is weird I still get the error message on screen saying invalid mode the screen goes blank until I hit the return key I can surf listen to radio and send emails. If I try to shut down and save the...

I have loaded DSL on my old pc using the Humax LGB-19DTT and it loads fine, when I try to load puppy I just get a screen message 'invalid mode' then nothing, I get no chance to adjust the screen resolution. I have posted this using DSL. Is there a version of puppy that wil override this invalid mode...

Has anyone tried a Sony KDL20S3000 - 20" S-Series BRAVIA with puppy linux?
freke

I am having no luck with this Humax can anybody recommend a 20 inch lcd freeview monitor replacement?

freke

Thank's for the reply Aitch, I'm booting from a DVD that I had burned when using my old monitor, it takes 2 minutes to boot up with a 1024 768 resolution' during which time the screen is blank, I get no chance to set anything, at the moment I am running fire hydrant 3.01. I can get on line print and...

I have found by trial and error that some versions of puppy will work by waiting until the cd stops and then pressing escape. Has anyone else any suggestions.
Ted

I am no nearer in getting puppy to load on this monitor
Or on a LU23-TD1 that I borrowed I am sending this post from DSL mounted on this Humax LU23-TD1
If I cannot get puppy to run I shall have to use DSL. much to my regret.
freke

I bought a a Humax LGB-19DTT monitor/tv If I put any puppy cd in the drive it will not display, If I load xp it displays with error message if I load DSL it does work but takes ages to load, I spent a long time on the Humax phone line but could get no further with puppy, my graphic card is NVIDIA Ge...

Just to say thanks to everyone, Sage hand walked me through it and it now working OK
freke

Thanks for info I will try it out tomorrow, I have xp on the other drive and I wil disconnect it manually before I try any further.
Thanks once more
freke

Just checked in BIOS and it is set to primary slave
feke

Thanks for speedy response,
It is installed but i cannot remember whether I selected master or slave,
I will have take it out to verify,
freke

I have a spare hard drive and I wish to run puppy on it, at the moment it has a faulty windows xp on it.
Whenever I have attempted this in past I have always cocked it up.
I have looked a all the help lines but cannot find a 'simple' answer
freke

I launched alsa mixer from the consul
I got
Alsamixer Augigy 2 ZS SB 0350
Chip Sigma Tel STAC 9570,51
View [Play back] Capture All
Item Master [dB gain=6.00

I set master volume to 100

But no sound from the speakers

Apologies for being dim

freke

Thanks for reply,
I ran as you said and alsa recognised -emu10k1 but no sound came from sound card.
as I said before I am not the brightest!
freke

Thanks for the info,
I have disabled the audio the game port on board midi
I ran ALSA sound.
But I still get nothing when running puppy.

ted

Thanks for the speedy response, please remember I am not the brightest,

I found this

Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro

emu10k2
CA0151/P16V
Details [PCI] [ANALOGio] [MIDIio] [48kHz] [Wavetable] [HWMIX]


The nearest in ALSA was this

emu10k1 01:07.0 Class 0401: 1102:0004 (rev 04)

ted