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[jplt]

I reboot with nouveau.modset=0 (i really don't know what it is ,if someone can explain me ?) and iam in the desktop with the vesa driver !

I don't have this problem at all with saluki 023 !

[LateAdopter]

Hello 01micko

I tried having a look at what the xorgwizard was doing, as soon as I installed 5.3.91. But my knowledge on linux commands was inadequate.

The Radeon driver works OK as long as I don't run xorgwizard except that it is 16bit colour

If I select Radeon then X does not start because there are no drivers in:

/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers.

That is the same a 5.2.60

If I then run xorgwizard and select VESA, X still does not start although vesa_drv is put in the drivers directory.

That is different from 5.2.60 where VESA would work.

I had already saved a renamed version of the xorg log, but I didn't know the commands that I needed to put it outside the save file, so that I could delete the save file and start again.

If you are working on fixing xorgwizard, I'll have another go, but learn a few more commands first.

[01micko]

@LateAdopter

If you choose a driver it seems all other drivers are moved to /usr/lib/x/drivers-alternate. That's where your radeon driver is hiding but still should be selectable from xorgwizard where it will be shifted back to it's usual place of residence.

I had no problem switching to 24 bit colours using xorgwizard in beta5. I chose the "probe" option. I don't know why 16 is the default, in the current Slacko beta we are defaulting to 24. Same kernel series, similar config.

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@jplt

Thanks for your reports. There is definitely an error relating to the screen mode which shows up in both logs. On some searching I could not find any definitive answer.

If 'vesa' is ok then stick with it, otherwise, I posted the 'nv' driver a few pages back, it should work but the performance will be on a par with 'vesa', depending on your card. You may find it is better.

Alternatively, you could install shinobar's nvidia sfs posted a a few pages back, or shinobar also has an app called 'get_nvidia' which compiles the nvidia driver automatically, however it does require the devx and the kernel source sfs to be installed. You would need to check if your card is supported by the latest nvidia driver.

When release gets closer I can make an nvidia pet, reason I don't right now is in case Barry changes something, then it's a waste of time.

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I doon't thiink spl chck iz workin

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I'll attach some of my reports/benchmarks with 16 bit and 24 bit enabled. (radeon)

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EDIT.
report-video and glxgears from my main machine with radeon unplugged, using onboard nvidia
# report-video
Precise Puppy, version 5.2.73 on Wed 5 Sep 2012

Chip description:
d.0 VGA compatible controller
NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)
oem: NVIDIA
product: MCP61 - mcp61-86 Chip Rev

X Server: Xorg
Driver used: vesa

X.Org version: 1.11.3
dimensions: 1366x768 pixels (361x203 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz
# glxgears
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 55
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 56
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 59
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 58
nvfx_screen_get_param:95 - Warning: unknown PIPE_CAP 30
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
5359 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1071.608 FPS
5364 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1072.773 FPS

[Eyes-Only]

Hi Lobster,

Generally, to get the XFCE4 desktop started one would type from the prompt:

[LateAdopter]

Hello 01micko

Thanks for the suggestion.

You are right that "Probe" will set 24 bit without breaking anything. And it leaves all of the drivers in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers

But if you select "Choose" and "Radeon" then it moves all of the drivers to /usr/lib/x/drivers-backup and there are none in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers. So X won't start.


I notice that you have done a PET for fglrx Catalyst 12.8. If you and BarryK have settled on 3.2.28 kernel, would you be willing to do one for either 12.6 Legacy version or 12.4, please?

The reason I ask is that, by some miracle and going round in a few circles, I have managed to use the PPM to install XBMC-XVBA from the PPA on launchpad.net. And it now works.

It is currently the only media player with direct XVBA GPU acceleration. I would like to test it out, but it needs fglrx.

Thanks

[Billtoo]

[don570]

There's a missing GTK icon in the distribution
Both in pmirror and puppy clock

The line of script is

[don570]

When I tried to install puppy backup
I found that the .desktop file had been changed. The category had
been changed from 'Archiving' to 'X-Archiving' .

This prevented the app from displaying in the Start menu.

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[tiangeng]

[rcrsn51]

[tiangeng]

[rcrsn51]

What happens if you use Yozo Office with the Gutenprint driver in other Puppies?

[Lobster]

[tiangeng]

[rcrsn51]