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Eddy_yu
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Posted: Fri 13 May 2005, 04:19 Post subject:
How do I set 800x600 on an old laptop with neomagic card? |
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How to boot puppy into 800x600 resolution ??
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Fri 13 May 2005, 05:10 Post subject:
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Try Start / Setup /Xvesa Setupwizard
This should show you which resolutions are available
- just click on 800 x 600
If not there click on more
make a note of the number of the resolution as you press enter
then type it in and press enter
Does that help?
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Eddy_yu
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Posted: Fri 13 May 2005, 08:48 Post subject:
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Lobster wrote: | Try Start / Setup /Xvesa Setupwizard
This should show you which resolutions are available
- just click on 600 x 800
If not there click on more
make a note of the number of the resolution as you press enter
then type it in and press enter
Does that help? |
Ehh .... I can't see start button only flashing lines and colors
I need to boot in 800x600 to see anything on my display
Is it possible and how ???
Thanks in advance
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GuestToo
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078
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Posted: Fri 13 May 2005, 13:38 Post subject:
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you could try pressing ctrl+alt+backspace to kill X
then type:
rm /etc/videomode
startx
this will cause the video wizard to run
or you can try typing:
echo -n '0x0114 800x600x16' > /etc/videomode
startx
or you could edit /etc/videomode by killing X and typing:
mp /etc/videomode
don't press enter at the end of the line
you can get the mp editor's menu by pressing ctrl+A
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seppi
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Posted: Sun 15 May 2005, 15:25 Post subject:
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I have the same problem, but killing the X-Window doesn´t help; there nothing to recognize in the terminal window - yellow background and somezhing other flashing. Other Live-CD´s (i.e KNOPPIX) are working.
Is this a problem with frame-buffer support (just a question from a LINUX-newbie) ?
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danleff

Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 294 Location: Albany, NY
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Posted: Sun 15 May 2005, 17:42 Post subject:
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These sound like older laptops with integrated non-vesa video? Which makes and models are they? Trident chipset for video by any chance?
Puppy Unleashed has the ability to build non-vesa video for these older laptops.
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Eddy_yu
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Posted: Mon 16 May 2005, 04:59 Post subject:
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Now I have 800x600 resolution but only three colors (blue,green & yellow). Other linux distros recognize my neomagic video card without any problems .
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Guest
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Posted: Tue 17 May 2005, 05:06 Post subject:
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OK I'll download the latest puppy and do a write up on the NeoMagic card (crud)......
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seppi
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Posted: Tue 17 May 2005, 14:34 Post subject:
solution for neomagic-problems |
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Thank you for your help; a lot of neomagic (DELL-)users will appreciate your efforts !
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Absolute Beginner
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Posted: Mon 30 May 2005, 13:54 Post subject:
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is there an solution yet? Because I experienced the same problem
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Delboy
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Posted: Tue 31 May 2005, 05:43 Post subject:
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I found that the (800x600 LCD) Neomagicgraph 128 video card in my OLD Digital laptop didn't work in any distro I tried using an Xvesa server. It
displays perfectly however in Damnsmall Linux where a framebuffer server selection option is offered at boot. I'm thinking of starting Puppy with this same machine. Is there a framebuffer Xserver in the Puppy CD?
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BarryK
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Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 8526 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Tue 31 May 2005, 09:19 Post subject:
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No, there's a framebuffer server in Unleashed, so you have to build a custom Puppy from the packages.
But, version 1.0.2 is a problem, no framebuffer-enabled kernel.
You would have to use Unleashed for Pup 1.0.1, which does have a 2.4.27 framebuffer-enabled kernel.
For Pup 1.0.3 there will be framebuffer enabled kernels, and Unleashed will allow you to choose either 2.4.27 or 2.6.11.11, but you will still need to go to Unleashed to do this.
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BarryK
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Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 8526 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Tue 31 May 2005, 09:21 Post subject:
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Oh yeah, the reason why we don't include both Xvesa and framebuffer X servers in the live-CD so you can choose at boot, is because each is about 1M.
Xvesa works on the vast majority of PCs and also gives better performance, so that's our default choice.
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Guest
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Posted: Tue 31 May 2005, 09:38 Post subject:
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Thanks Barry for the clear advice. Will look into unleashed a bit more.
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dolhop
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Posted: Sun 19 Jun 2005, 21:25 Post subject:
which build - same problem on thinkpad i1400-2611 |
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Did anyone find a puppy livecd build that works with the neomagic display? I have a thinkpad i1400-2611 model with the neomagic MagicGraph 128XD and I can't get a console or anything X - well, I can sort of see the x-vesa wizard and select different modes, but they all come up with messed up colours and wavy lines - barely visible. I couldn't get knoppix or freesbie livecds to work either.....
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