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karbono
Joined: 01 Dec 2012
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 Posted: Sat 01 Dec 2012, 07:58 Post subject:
 X doesn't work.
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I'm booting PL from a USB thumb drive created with unetbootin (I don't have a cd recorder right now). Everything seems normal until it tries to load X. I see some scrambled graphics and then it's a black screen.
I tried CTRL + ALT + F1 and xorgwizard to load a vesa driver, but still no luck. I tried LCD 1024x768 16bit and 24 bit.
I'm doing this on a HP Omnibook Xe3 (Celeron) and 256 MB of RAM.
If I press CTRL + ALT + F4 I see the desktop for a brief moment...
Any help appreciated.
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karbono
Joined: 01 Dec 2012
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| Posted: Sat 01 Dec 2012, 08:04 Post subject:
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Graphics display info:
14.1 XGA (1024x768) TFT LCD display
Supports simultaneous LCD/CRT, LCD/CRT/TV operation
Integrated VGA
8- to 32-MB video memory (depending on model, shared with system memory)
Supports NTSC and PAL TV
Dual display for LCD and external monitor or TV
I'm using the latest Retro Precise version.
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FeodorF
Joined: 07 Jul 2010
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Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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Posted: Sat 01 Dec 2012, 14:47 Post subject:
Re: X doesn't work.
Subject description: CTRL+ALT+F4 briefly displays desktop |
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| karbono wrote: | I'm booting PL from a USB thumb drive created with unetbootin (I don't have a cd recorder right now). Everything seems normal until it tries to load X. I see some scrambled graphics and then it's a black screen.
I tried CTRL + ALT + F1 and xorgwizard to load a vesa driver, but still no luck. I tried LCD 1024x768 16bit and 24 bit.
I'm doing this on a HP Omnibook Xe3 (Celeron) and 256 MB of RAM.
If I press CTRL + ALT + F4 I see the desktop for a brief moment...
Any help appreciated. |
Hi,
have you tried the xorgwizard 'vesa' '800x600x16 LCD' mode (eq. SVGA 800x600 mode) jet?
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karbono
Joined: 01 Dec 2012
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I used the usb thumb drive to boot a Sony Vaio. I created a save file from that laptop. When I used the same thumb drive to try and boot the HP laptop again, it just worked. 
I noticed it loaded the save file I made with the Vaio, but was curious as to what was going to happen... I guess it worked itself out somehow.
Thanks.
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bigpup
Joined: 11 Oct 2009
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Location: Charleston S.C. USA
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If you use the thumb drive on different computers it is a good idea to make a separate save file for each one.
The save file will have specific settings info for a specific computer it was made on.
On boot you will get option to choose which save file to use.
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karbono
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| bigpup wrote: | If you use the thumb drive on different computers it is a good idea to make a separate save file for each one.
The save file will have specific settings info for a specific computer it was made on.
On boot you will get option to choose which save file to use. |
Yes, I understand that, but at that point I was just testing and didn't care. I'm glad I tried it, or I would probably still be having the issue.
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