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cthisbear · Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 2943 Location: Sydney Australia

I repeat the question.

Puppy Studio is configured to work on this monitor.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=65136&start=720

What did he do to make it show up?

This might help newbies with black screens.

Chris.

rerwin · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 1318 Location: Maine, USA

playdayz,
While working on the issue of updating to luci255, I discovered that the fix for the black screen on the problematic Intel 82845/i915 graphics controller is not staying in effect long enough, causing the problem to return after a successful bootup.

The cause is the "sundown" factor I included, to ensure the fix did not remain if the graphics card were removed. It expired after 30 seconds, on the assumption that is was needed only for initialization of the controller at bootup. But it appears to also be needed when X is restarted.

The included package changes the sundown technique so the the fix remains throughout each puppy session. Please include it in Luci before releasing 5.2.1. Otherwise, Luci can still be a problem for the affected users, only more randomly than with no fix for the problem.

EDIT: When I boot from the 257 CD, I do not see a problem with the black screen, even after the fix (an options statement for i915) is removed for the session. But it does occur consistently when I test the modem-modprobe package. So, something seems to trigger reloading of the i915 module during X-server restart, in that environment. Therefore, while it does not appear to be a problem in 257, it appears that it is possible that the module has to be reloaded, so needs the fix in place all the time -- I just can't see it in 257.

With that stated, I will understand if you choose to not include this corrected fix, at this late point in the release cycle. I can include it in the modem-modprobe package, if necessary, where it seems to be essential.

Another thing I have observed in my testing are error messages in /tmp/xerr.log related to the i915 DRI files:

bigpup · Posted: Sun 27 Mar 2011, 00:17 Post subject:

Lobster · Posted: Sun 27 Mar 2011, 00:38 Post subject:

Both Lucid Xchat (PPM) and Pidgin (Quickpet) no longer go to the Puppy Linux IRC chat by default. They did previously in Luci betas, can we go back to this compromise of no longer having a chat icon? Cool

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4742 Location: Kentucky

playdayz · Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 3705

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4623 Location: GB

Glad to report everything working well, including FULL upgrade.
Please do not alter the initial status of firewall. Please don't pander to the tiny number who still want to duel(sic) boot with the Devil. Virii, trojans and worms don't just happen when you boot up, you have to do something stupid to capture them! ISP s run generalised firewalls, there's another configurable one in every router - how many does it take? Some folks (or their WAGS) just don't read/listen to good advice. In my day, only the girls (yes, they were girls then, hardly women yet) wrote and ran programs - what happened? Now they they just want to pick up another 'dozey PC when they run into a brickwall. We seem extra lucky with Jewel, but where are the others?
Anyone for Haiku?!

taichifu · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 45

Problem with Lucid Puppy 5.2.1beta "256", did a full hard drive install everything went OK until a few days ago when I have to connect my ETH01, then on reboot I have to do the same never had this problem before.Is there a quick fix for this problem or is it a bug in this beta version. Ah! CUPS is a pain the Butt.
Otherwise all seems OK in this latest beta release.

Cheers

wuwei · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 739 Location: de

Terryphi · Posted: Sun 27 Mar 2011, 05:54 Post subject:

Béèm · Posted: Sun 27 Mar 2011, 09:36 Post subject:

Flashplayer 10.2.153 seems to work OK in SeaMonkey 2.0.13