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sp0
Joined: 03 Dec 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon 03 Dec 2012, 12:45 Post subject:
How to set eeePC to display 1024 x 600? |
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Have spent most of the day trying to get 1024x600 instead of 800x600 on an Asus eeePC X101CH.
The "personalise settings" option only offers 800x600 and less.
Xorgwizard offers 1024x600, but when X finishes loading it is still 800x600.
Some old posts say to use 915resolution. This says "Intel chipset detected" but cannot identify chipset ID bf18086.
Have tried:
- Slacko 5.3.3.
- Puppeee 1.0. Again, sticks to 800x600.
- Precise 5.2.2. Won't boot. Either get a black screen or a message saying it can't find the .sfs file even though that's on the boot device. (I'm using unetbootin to create USB stick).
- Reading forum posts. Hundreds of them. Many out of date, so now even more confused.
- Installing a mesa driver, and manually choosing intel driver. Neither helped.
- Installing the patched 915resolution mentioned in the forum (although other posts suggest it is no longer needed).
Help! Thanks.
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sp0
Joined: 03 Dec 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon 03 Dec 2012, 13:43 Post subject:
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If it helps, it appears this netbook has an Intel GMA 3600 series video adapter. I see some grim postings on the net suggesting this is poorly supported in Linux, although also some saying drivers are maybe now available...
Frustrating if this is no good, as I bought this tiny netbook specifically to run Puppy!
Thanks for any guidance on this.
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prehistoric

Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 1745
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Posted: Mon 03 Dec 2012, 14:21 Post subject:
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Have you tried Precise Puppy 5.4.2? This has installed w/o problems on two eee machines I know of, though I don't remember the exact graphics chips. You might also try Lupu 5.28.005 which is pretty solid now. .
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FeodorF

Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Posts: 243 Location: Heidelberg, Germany
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Posted: Mon 03 Dec 2012, 16:01 Post subject:
800x600x16 resolution sounds bad - but it aint! Subject description: Puppy Linux and low resolution |
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I found an old S3 trio 32 graphic card and I had to give it a try with Precise Puppy 5.4.2
How does the outcome look like?
I would call it acceptable.
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sp0
Joined: 03 Dec 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon 03 Dec 2012, 17:47 Post subject:
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Regrettably Lupu has same symptoms as others - the installer sees I have 1024x800, but by the time X has started it's only offering 800x600 or less.
As for Precise 5.4.2, I had already tried that (a typo above, sorry). What happens is that when I start it from a USB stick, created with unetbootin OR with Puppy's installer, it gets to loading kernel drivers, then blanks the screen and stays there.
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tempestuous
Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5472 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2012, 10:36 Post subject:
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Your Eee X101CH has one of the most recent Atom processors, the N2600, which is part of the "Cedarview" family. These differ significantly from earlier Atoms in that their graphics processor (model GMA3600/GMA3650) is non-Intel, it's PowerVR.
And there's no opensource Xorg graphics driver for it.
I'm presently trying to package the latest (closed-source) PowerVR graphics driver, as supplied by Intel here -
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21938
It involves compiling a totally new AGP kernel module, and I think this new module is likely to succeed only with the latest kernels, so right now I'm setting up a compile environment for Slacko 5.4.
If you're happy to test this new package once ready, I suggest you download Slacko 5.4 in the meantime, and see if you can successfully boot to it.
It's important to get the "PAE" version of Slacko 5.4 - since I will be compiling a kernel module compatible with this version. The name of the ISO is:
slacko-5.3.9.5-opera-PAE.iso
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sp0
Joined: 03 Dec 2012 Posts: 5
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Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2012, 17:17 Post subject:
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Many thanks for working on this driver!
tempestuous wrote: | download Slacko 5.4 in the meantime, and see if you can successfully boot to it.
It's important to get the "PAE" version of Slacko 5.4 - since I will be compiling a kernel module compatible with this version. The name of the ISO is:
slacko-5.3.9.5-opera-PAE.iso |
Couldn't find that file but did try slacko-5.4-opera-PAE.iso and I get an error about a corrupt kernel file on booting (USB created with unetbootin).
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tempestuous
Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5472 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2012, 01:19 Post subject:
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OK, forget about Slacko 5.4, the new driver won't compile against its 3.4.17 kernel.
I will try an earlier Puppy version/kernel version in the next day or so.
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tempestuous
Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5472 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2012, 20:19 Post subject:
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sp0, I have successfully compiled the cedarview graphics driver under Slacko 5.3.3-PAE.
I should have it packaged shortly.
I suggest you get Slacko 5.3.3-PAE up and running on your Eee X101CH.
Be careful, I suspect some of your downloads are corrupt. It's best to download the ISO in Linux, and don't use the download function of a web-browser, use the commandline utility "wget" - it's extremely reliable.
So to download Slacko 5.3.3-PAE, do this -
Code: | cd /path/to/where/I/want/to/download/my/iso
wget ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-5.3.3/slacko-5.3.3-highmem-PAE-SCSI.iso |
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arj_pup
Joined: 04 Nov 2011 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Posted: Mon 07 Jan 2013, 23:15 Post subject:
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tempestuous wrote: | sp0, I have successfully compiled the cedarview graphics driver under Slacko 5.3.3-PAE.
I should have it packaged shortly.
I suggest you get Slacko 5.3.3-PAE up and running on your Eee X101CH.
Be careful, I suspect some of your downloads are corrupt. It's best to download the ISO in Linux, and don't use the download function of a web-browser, use the commandline utility "wget" - it's extremely reliable.
So to download Slacko 5.3.3-PAE, do this -
Code: | cd /path/to/where/I/want/to/download/my/iso
wget ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-5.3.3/slacko-5.3.3-highmem-PAE-SCSI.iso |
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we will be grateful if you upload the packaged driver or the modules, i tried to compile the stuff my self according to an intel guide myself but i was not able to load module/run x org, i might have messed things up, ill be really grateful if u do so, i am compatible with any puppy version esp slacko 5.3.3
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tempestuous
Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Posts: 5472 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu 10 Jan 2013, 07:57 Post subject:
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I have just posted a HOWTO for Cedarview graphics support in Slacko, here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83636
arj_pup I have sent you a PM about testing the full third-party Xorg driver update.
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