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cherriepuppy
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Location: uk
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 Posted: Wed 03 Jan 2007, 14:43 Post subject:
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Hi all
got a problem with 2.13 on a toshiba 7010ct laptop. with 2.12 and previous puppy's when the xorgwizard failed on this lappy i could use xorgconfig to set up X manually. i dont seem to be able to do this with 2.13. it stops after probing video hardware with the following
Calling INT 0x15 (F000:F859)
EAX is 5F49
Calling INT 0x15 (F000:F859)
EAX is 5F49
then just a blinking cursor. I can CRTL-C and get to a console and run xorgconfig and set it up but when i have done that and type xwin, it restarts the wizard.
any help appreciated
toshiba portege 7010ct
160MB ram
20g hd
Neomagic graphics chip
cherriepuppy
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BarryK
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
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| Posted: Wed 03 Jan 2007, 19:53 Post subject:
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Ah, this is a problem with the new video hardware profiling.
If you open /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin with Geany and scroll down to line 260, you will see this code:
| Code: | #Puppy Xorg Video Wizard...
if [ -f /usr/X11R7/bin/Xorg ];then
if [ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ];then
if [ "`readlink /usr/X11R7/bin/X`" = "Xorg" ];then
#v2.13 video hardware profile (must be same as in xorgwizard)...
DDCPROBE="`ddcprobe`"
PROFILECHIP="`echo "$DDCPROBE" | grep '^oem: ' | head -n 1 | cut -f 2-4 -d ' ' | tr ' ' '_' | sed -e 's/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/_/g'`"
PROFILEMONITOR="`echo "$DDCPROBE" | grep --extended-regexp '^monitorrange: |^monitorid: |^eisa: ' | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d ':' | sed -e 's/ //g' | sed -e 's/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/_/g'`"
HARDWAREPROFILE="${PROFILECHIP}${PROFILEMONITOR}"
#find out if current xorg.conf matches this profile...
CURRENTPROFILE="`cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep '^#PuppyHardwareProfile' | cut -f 2 -d '=' | cut -f 1 -d ' '`"
if [ ! "$CURRENTPROFILE" = "$HARDWAREPROFILE" ];then
#video hardware has changed. either changed monitor or booting different PC.
#same current xorg.conf as a profiled filename...
mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${CURRENTPROFILE}
#if a previous profiled filename for new hardware, use that...
[ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${HARDWAREPROFILE} ] && cp -af /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${HARDWAREPROFILE} /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi
fi
fi
if [ ! -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ];then
rm -f /etc/.XLOADED 2> /dev/null #not necessary, precaution.
#1st dialog offers to use Xvesa...
/usr/sbin/xorgwizard
HAVEX="`readlink /usr/X11R7/bin/X`"
fi
fi
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For now, just comment-out all the hardware-profile testing. This will prevent your xorg.conf file from getting renamed:
| Code: | #Puppy Xorg Video Wizard...
if [ -f /usr/X11R7/bin/Xorg ];then
# if [ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ];then
# if [ "`readlink /usr/X11R7/bin/X`" = "Xorg" ];then
# #v2.13 video hardware profile (must be same as in xorgwizard)...
# DDCPROBE="`ddcprobe`"
# PROFILECHIP="`echo "$DDCPROBE" | grep '^oem: ' | head -n 1 | cut -f 2-4 -d ' ' | tr ' ' '_' | sed -e 's/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/_/g'`"
# PROFILEMONITOR="`echo "$DDCPROBE" | grep --extended-regexp '^monitorrange: |^monitorid: |^eisa: ' | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d ':' | sed -e 's/ //g' | sed -e 's/[^0-9a-zA-Z]/_/g'`"
# HARDWAREPROFILE="${PROFILECHIP}${PROFILEMONITOR}"
# #find out if current xorg.conf matches this profile...
# CURRENTPROFILE="`cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep '^#PuppyHardwareProfile' | cut -f 2 -d '=' | cut -f 1 -d ' '`"
# if [ ! "$CURRENTPROFILE" = "$HARDWAREPROFILE" ];then
# #video hardware has changed. either changed monitor or booting different PC.
# #same current xorg.conf as a profiled filename...
# mv -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${CURRENTPROFILE}
# #if a previous profiled filename for new hardware, use that...
# [ -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${HARDWAREPROFILE} ] && cp -af /etc/X11/xorg.conf.${HARDWAREPROFILE} /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# fi
# fi
# fi
if [ ! -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf ];then
rm -f /etc/.XLOADED 2> /dev/null #not necessary, precaution.
#1st dialog offers to use Xvesa...
/usr/sbin/xorgwizard
HAVEX="`readlink /usr/X11R7/bin/X`"
fi
fi
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cherriepuppy
Joined: 11 Dec 2005
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Location: uk
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| Posted: Wed 03 Jan 2007, 20:19 Post subject:
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thanks barry, worked a treat, now just got to set up wireless and my laptop is up and running again
cherriepuppy
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conradcliff
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| Posted: Sat 10 Feb 2007, 21:05 Post subject:
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Sorry For the fact that I'm such a newbie, but I am having a very similar problem with my Toshiba Satellite PIII 500. I've tried using both Xorg and Xvesa but the system stops every time and just gives the little blinking cursor. If I hit cntrl-alt-del after the system stop when I use xorg it just restarts but if I'm using Xvesa it tells me, among other things, that "an attempt has just been made to run X at 640x480x16 but it has not worked."
Unfortunately, being a newb, I do not know how to configure X manually and I also do not know how to open /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin with Geany so I'm kinda stuck. Any help would be awesome! Thanks allot.
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MU
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Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
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| Posted: Sat 10 Feb 2007, 21:07 Post subject:
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you can use the textmode editor by typing:
mp /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin
Mark
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conradcliff
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| Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 03:19 Post subject:
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Thanks for the quick reply, I will type that in but I don't think I will know what to do from there... I am totally new to Linux. Sorry.
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conradcliff
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| Posted: Mon 12 Feb 2007, 17:43 Post subject:
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I don't suppose anyone else might be able to point me in the right direction?
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conradcliff
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| Posted: Thu 15 Feb 2007, 18:35 Post subject:
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Well, I tried typing in the "mp /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin" at the initial prompt before everything starts loading and it told me that the mp couldn't be found, and it continued to load. I let it try xvesa and then hit cntrl-alt-del to get to the "prompt" (I don't think it really takes be to a prompt but just a blinking cursor) and tried typing it there but nothing happened so I reloaded and hit escape and typed "puppy pfix=rdsh" to exit to the initial ramdisk commandline and I typed it there but it tells me "/bin/sh: mp: not found"
I'm not really sure what I will do with the xorg file once I'm in there anyway so I don't think I would have been in any better shape even if it had worked. If anyone could just give me a little bit of info about how to solve this issue I would really appreciate it...
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cherriepuppy
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| Posted: Thu 15 Feb 2007, 19:05 Post subject:
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hi
just before the boot process starts the xorgwizard you will have to break the sequence by typing "ctrl c" this will get you to the prompt, (might take a few tries) then you can type mp /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin, this will open up xwin inan editor(mp),then scroll down to line 260 and comment out the lines with a #. when done do a ctrl s to save the changes then ctrl q to exit mp.
hope this is of use
cherriepuppy
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conradcliff
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| Posted: Thu 15 Feb 2007, 19:42 Post subject:
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Thanks for the reply, I hit cntrl-c right as it was loading the keyboard chooser and it brought me to the promt but when I type everything in it tells me "-sh: mp/usr/X11R7/bin/xwin: no such file or directory"
Any ideas?
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cherriepuppy
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| Posted: Thu 15 Feb 2007, 19:48 Post subject:
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hi
mp /usr/X11R7/bin/xwin
space between mp and /usr/
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conradcliff
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| Posted: Thu 15 Feb 2007, 20:09 Post subject:
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Oops, worked that time... lets see what happens now...
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conradcliff
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| Posted: Thu 15 Feb 2007, 20:10 Post subject:
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All I get is a big black box, I can't see any of the text...
[edit] I tried using e3 and that worked. now to comment everything out.
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conradcliff
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| Posted: Thu 15 Feb 2007, 21:59 Post subject:
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Well, I commented everything out but when I try and run xorg or xvesa it still just does the same stuff. I'm really not very sure if after commenting out the hardware profile I was still just supposed to run "xwin" but that's what I did and I'm not getting any results. Any other ideas?
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cherriepuppy
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| Posted: Fri 16 Feb 2007, 03:25 Post subject:
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hi
after commenting those parts out you can run xorgconfig and set the monitor/screen and graphics chip by answering some questions it ask, save it then run xwin.
cherriepuppy
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