Tpup 001 SCSI, 2.6.31.5 smp Woof puppy 5 (maybe:) ) 102MB

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Re: Very dark desktop

#41 Post by ttuuxxx »

black wrote:hey ttuuxxx,

Been waiting for an "xorg-7.5" tryout on puppy. Installed from HDD to HDD. On first bootup from HDD, all loaded o.k, but screen/desktop is very dark, nearly un-viewable. Able to access apps with icons so appears stuff is working o.k. Installed to hardrive, on first bootup, same...screen/desktop very dark, again stuff appears working but viewing horrible.

Hardware: gpu, ATI X800XT, Sony KLV-S32A10 LCD (tv as monitor via VGA)

Of interest "Quirky-008" also has the same "darkness" issue and both are using the same base. Have had no such issue with any puppy derivatives or other distros with this hardware setup, including upup and dpup. My main interest here is the latest SMP-kernel and latest Xorg.

Only thing I've tried was disabling "acpi", in case "brightness (for certain LCDs)" was creating problems, but, no-joy there. Any hints/clues/pointers to possible fixes appreciated, otherwise, it's either the kernel or xorg???

black
Hi Black

I've mentioned this and others experiences with Xorg to Barry on his Developers Blog, I even asked him to maybe downgrade Xorg to the version in 4.3, That version worked well on just about anything. Plus the newer Xorg looks like it stopped support for some older drivers.
But yes I'll keep the SMP kernel :)
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#42 Post by black »

hey ttuuxxx, all,

Fixed! Quirky-base on my hardware doesn't fly right with the standard xorg setup. Dropped in my own "xorg.conf" (full harddrive install) with default depth set > 24 and "tpup" is happy. Installed "mesa", and "tpup" is very happy!

Then went back to "quirky-008" (boot < HDD), tweaked xorg for default depth @ 24, and it came up to desktop with a "brite-smile" also. Darkness issue vanquished!

This may be problematic for noobs, configuring xorg for picky hardware, in a console, but, a good way for noobs to gain 'nix-smarts. Perhaps an addition to the "initial xorg setup" with default-depth selection?

black

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