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Cannot bring X up (Solved)
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zeiz
Joined: 03 Oct 2012 Posts: 18 |
I got ancient laptop in great conditions and I'd like to give it a second life. It is ThinkPad 560E, P166, 80Mb ram, 2Gb hdd, Trident video with W2K currently installed. I managed to boot puppy 2.17.1 from ntfs partition but neither Xorg nor Xvesa work on this machine. The 12.1" lcd display is SVGA 800x600 16bit - that's all I could found. VertRefresh supposed to be 60Hz but HorizSync - no idea. Puppy guesses it's 31KHz. The card is capable for 1024x768 and even 1280x1024. But no screens whatever I try... how to get one? Many thanks in advance. Last edited by zeiz on Thu 04 Oct 2012, 18:35; edited 1 time in total |
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bigpup
 Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 3687 Location: Charleston S.C. USA |
Try classic Pup 2.14X http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=42553 _________________ I have found, in trying to help people, that the things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem. Puppy Help 101 An interactive tutorial for Puppy 5.2.5 |
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bigpup
Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 3687 Location: Charleston S.C. USA |
Something here may help you: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=17686 _________________ I have found, in trying to help people, that the things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem. Puppy Help 101 An interactive tutorial for Puppy 5.2.5 |
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zeiz
Joined: 03 Oct 2012 Posts: 18 |
Thank you for the links. Just tried 2.14 top10: the results are identical 
I definitely have a problem with X but the guy from second link had no such problems moreover he installed from CD (full install) that's not an option for me. Perhaps I need full specification for my flat panel to calculate modeline: sometimes it's the only solution... I used to read somewhere that there is a software that probes video hardware and is able to list all the parameters unfortunately I couldn't find that info again. May be some other ideas? |
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zeiz
Joined: 03 Oct 2012 Posts: 18 |
Well this thread could be marked as "Solved" 
I only modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows: -commented out the 3 options for DPMS monitors since mine doesn't smell like DPMS one; -commented out xrandr line since it doesn't help me anyway; -set VertRefresh to 55-75 (was 40-70) and HorizSync to 30-50 (was 31.5); -changed video driver from "trident" to "vesa" (guessing that was the key move) Then just entered "xwin jwm". X runs amazingly fast keeping in mind that I have only 80Mb ram and 380Mb free space on hdd. I even rushed writing to the forum in newly acquired desktop but then found out that internet is down ... sorry it's already another thread. 
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