Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[greengeek]

I tried booting delta1 on my Toshiba M700 laptop but end up with a dark screen. Backlight seems on but screen is dark with no icons or cursor (nvidia graphics)

Any thoughts how I can proceed?
cheers!

[wanderer]

hi mikslr

yes right now i have not provided enough information
since i have just started this it will take some time
this is a work in progress
however because this is a simple system
it should not take too long


hi geengeek

there is a problem with the background
because i messed up the wallpaper setting

does anything else work

wanderer

[wanderer]

hi all


if you want to participate in this project
the first thing that you need to do
is download the delta-1.iso
and try to get it to run
and try to load things from the tinycore repositories
and check out how the iso is structured

if you have a problem
post on the thread
so we can work out the bugs

over time we will build up the howto and iso
but it will take time

my next step is to get the iso set up so that it works for everyone
so i will be posting a corrected iso soon

wanderer

[greengeek]

[wanderer]

yes greengeek i have not seen that happen yet

you might try loading xorg

i dont know if it is loaded in coreplus or not

or of course go to the tinycore forum and ask

wanderer

[s243a]

I added some extra formatting here:

[s243a]

[wanderer]

hi guys i really appreciate your input and support

i am writing a howto
that will include all the information
needed to participate in this project

there may be still some need to go to the tincore forum
if the problem is obscure or complex
but the howto should be generally comprehensive

the howto will evolve over time to include
whatever we find is needed

corepup is not needed
since this is just an expanded version of that project
and i dont want to confuse anyone

this system has the capability
of being the simplest and most flexible build system we can find
and that is why i choose it

like i said it will only consist of

1. the delta.iso

2. the howto

i will post the howto on the first post
as soon as it is a generally comprehensive draft

this will take a little time
and will always remain a work in progess
but i think its well worth the effort

i am working on both the howto and iso now
and will post as soon as it is ready
very soon

thanks again everyone

wanderer

[wiak]

[wanderer]

hi wiak

yes the master script
(part of the howto)
(made up of small simple subscripts)
will build a new iso from parts you choose

wanderer

[darry19662018]

Wanderer put your old ones in a folder something like outdated, old etc.

[wanderer]

hi darry

good idea will put the old corepup stuff in its own folder

wanderer

[wanderer]

hi all

i have posted an updated howto
on the 1st post

wanderer

[keniv]

I thought I would try this as I liked the concept. However I have no knowledge of tinycore. I have experience of using various puppys, dogs and even distros like ubuntu. I have therefor got some of the little bits of knowledge need to get them to run. I tried to boot delta using grub4dos (see below).

[wanderer]

hi keniv

thanks for trying this out

yes delta does not run as root like puppy
so you have to sudo many commands

further up on this thread is some info on booting from grub
but i only have knowledge of syslinux

post if you have any more questions

wanderer