Xorg settings for Precise 5.5 on Lenovo Thinkpad T500??

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weezle
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Xorg settings for Precise 5.5 on Lenovo Thinkpad T500??

#1 Post by weezle »

Heya all-
I started using Puppy Linux back with Ver 2.?? and I love it- I've never had a problem until now. I DL'd and installed 5.5 Precise and X will not boot. I am (now) using Puppy-slacko 5.33 and everything has worked perfectly since the first boot on this Lenovo Thinkpad T500. I want to upgrade to Precise 5.5, but I can't find any info on what drivers have changed since 5.33. As far as I can tell, xorg.conf is the same. Can anyone point me to what I need to change to get 5.5 Precise working on this machine? Should I try copying /etc/X11/xorg.conf from one OS to the other? Please help! I Love my puppy!!
Thanks Barry and all the rest of the devel crew for a great OS!!

weezle
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HELP!!!

#2 Post by weezle »

Seriously tho. I need to know- where are the video drivers for the Lenovo thinkpad T500?? Slacko 5.3 works fine, why can't I get Precise 5.5 to work? I know someone has the answers, whats going on?

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#3 Post by don570 »

Don't copy xorg.conf from another distro.
It won't work!!!


The standard procedure is boot up with 'nox' option

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pfix=nox

is entered if you are booting from CD

user: root
password: woofwoof

Then type 'xorgwizard' to choose a video driver.
'xvesa' might work.

Pemasu's Raring distro is experimenting with Barry Kauler's new
'xorgwizard-cli'

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=85244

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#4 Post by ally »

hey weezle

I have just tried precise 5.5 on my own t500 which booted to desktop without error

:)

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