Puppy started X at 1280x960 resolution by default, might that be the problem? (On Win XP it's usually set at at 1024x768)
I'm not especially interested in a fix myself as this was a one-off use but thought the info might be of help (EDIT and wouldn't be a nice introduction for a new user!).
Joined: 05 Feb 2012 Posts: 1736 Location: London, England
Posted: Thu 18 Apr 2013, 10:17 Post subject:
Hello PaulR,
This is a "known issue" with the nvidia GeForce FX5200 graphics card (and the nouveau driver which is the only one that will load).
Boot the CD with puppy pfix=ram nouveau.noaccel=1 (when you see the Puppy splash screen) and the graphics will display properly.
Then if you are going on to make a save file or install you should edit /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf to read options nouveau noaccel=1
I agree that it is unfortunate in the case of a novice booting for the first time, but just one of those things and doesn't happen with most other graphics cards. _________________ Oscar in England
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