Posted: Sat 02 Jul 2005, 18:12
bladehunter, I've now tested the i810 driver on an old desktop with i815 graphics as well as my laptop with i855 graphics.
It looks like your iso, with the addition of
- the i810 driver
- the device /dev/agpgart
- 'modprobe agpgart' in a startup script
is what's needed to have it work on PCs with i810 graphics.
I haven't had any problems with fonts so far, so it looks good. Just some dead keys on the keyboard (AltGr-keys mainly). I don't know how to fix that yet.
The biggest hurdle is in creating the XF86Config file (that is, if you don't already have one).
Using
# X -configure
creates a minimal XF86Config which didn't work at all on the i815 desktop. Just got blinking lines.
I've found a Knoppix live CD to be a quick & dirty way of creating a good working XF86Config. Just rename XF86Config-4 to XF86Config and use it with your iso.
Worked very well on both machines, booting directly to highest resolution. Even the mouse scroll wheel works.
ccoupe: Like bladehunter said, X doesn't list the possible video modes like Xvesa does. However, Knoppix has excellent hardware detection and using it (as mentioned above) will create an XF86Config file with video modes that suit your hardware.
See this as a stop-gap solution. Perhaps we can use some of Knoppix hardware detection scripts in Puppy
It looks like your iso, with the addition of
- the i810 driver
- the device /dev/agpgart
- 'modprobe agpgart' in a startup script
is what's needed to have it work on PCs with i810 graphics.
I haven't had any problems with fonts so far, so it looks good. Just some dead keys on the keyboard (AltGr-keys mainly). I don't know how to fix that yet.
The biggest hurdle is in creating the XF86Config file (that is, if you don't already have one).
Using
# X -configure
creates a minimal XF86Config which didn't work at all on the i815 desktop. Just got blinking lines.
I've found a Knoppix live CD to be a quick & dirty way of creating a good working XF86Config. Just rename XF86Config-4 to XF86Config and use it with your iso.
Worked very well on both machines, booting directly to highest resolution. Even the mouse scroll wheel works.
ccoupe: Like bladehunter said, X doesn't list the possible video modes like Xvesa does. However, Knoppix has excellent hardware detection and using it (as mentioned above) will create an XF86Config file with video modes that suit your hardware.
See this as a stop-gap solution. Perhaps we can use some of Knoppix hardware detection scripts in Puppy