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moogman · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 7

I just tried Puppy for the first time and everything went great without any interaction from me while it loaded. However after it has loaded I have no picture on the monitor, it is just black. I have a Asus nvida card in my computer. How do I try to fix this?

MU · Posted: Thu 06 Oct 2005, 22:26 Post subject:

Hi,

Nvidia-cards do not support the Vesa-modes properly.

Try this:
Exit X with CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE.

Edit the resolution:
mp /etc/videomode

enter this line (delete the old line)
0x0117 1024x768x16

Now try to start X with the comand "xwin".

If it still fails, you might have to install another Xserver with the free Nvidia-driver:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=2303

The message describes too, how to do it on the comandline.

Mark

moogman · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 7

How do I do that since the disk is booting up on its on?

MU · Posted: Thu 06 Oct 2005, 23:56 Post subject:

I don't understand what you mean.
Do you mean you can't go online?

If yes, can you download the file with Windows or Linux to your harddrive?
Can you exit X in Puppy with the keys CTRL and ALT and BACKSPACE?

Mark

moogman · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 7

MU · Posted: Fri 07 Oct 2005, 12:29 Post subject:

Ok, try this:

Download this file (15 MB):
http://noforum.de/dotpups/pup001-puppy105-xorg.zip

It includes Xorg, the reboot-patch, and will not start X when Puppy boots.

Extract it to where Puppy created the "pup001"-file (this overwrites the existing one).
You will need 256 MB free space.

Then boot your computer with Puppy.

Now you will see a message "xwin" not found, and nothing happens.

Hit "CTRL-C" to see the prompt.
Type
mp /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Search for
Driver "vesa"
(at the end of the file), and replace it with
Driver "nv"

Save and exit, then type "xwin2" to start X.
If it works, you can rename xwin2 to xwin, so that X will automatically start when you boot Puppy.

Mark

darnitall · Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Brandon, MB

I'm trying to get Chubby Puppy running. I get to the desktop but the resolution is way low and the icons on the task bar are not completely built Sad

. I have the following card; NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X.
Would the 'vesa' problem apply to this card too?
And would the posted solution be the cure?
Thanks, Dennis

MU · Posted: Fri 07 Oct 2005, 16:08 Post subject:

yes, might work.

The free nvidia-driver is told to be very stable, it just has no 3D-hardware-accelleration.

You can try it: make a backup of your old pup001 (pup001.backup) and install the Xorg-server with a new pup001.

If something goes wrong, delete the new pup001, and rename pup001.backup to pup001.

Mark

moogman · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 7

MU · Posted: Fri 07 Oct 2005, 16:53 Post subject:

mp /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Big X, Linux is case-sensitive.

Mark

moogman · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 7

Gottcha I will try it now.

moogman · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 7

That worked! Thanks now however my mouse will only go up and down. Is there a way to edit the file again to select a different type of mouse?

MU · Posted: Fri 07 Oct 2005, 17:18 Post subject:

Great

Yes, hit CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to exit X.
This should work now?
Then edit xorg.conf again in mp.

What for a mouse do you have, usb or ps2?

Mark

moogman · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 7

It is a logitech wireless that has wireless key board. I had to unhook the keyboard and hook up a regular one. The mouse receiver has a usb connection to computer and a cord to the mouse connector on the computer. It was seeing it but I could only move it up and down. I may have not picked that I have a scroll wheel on it as well, I do not know if that would make it do that.

MU · Posted: Fri 07 Oct 2005, 17:36 Post subject:

I think, by default, I uncommented the mouse-entry, so a minimalistic driver is used.

Search for
### Identifier "Mouse1"

In this and the following lines, delete the "###" in the beginning.

This should activate a typical USB-Mouse.

Also try this: