crshbndct wrote:I am having a problem with this pup.
I boot off my usb, (with all the .sfs files copied to my hdd)
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if i type in "puppy pfix=vesa" at the boot screen, it boots to desktop, but when i restart i have no option to create a savefile when i reboot.
should i create the savefile from within lhpup somehow?
Please use
to
disable KMS until you have successfully saved your session and/or set up a video driver that works properly. For recent Nvidia GeForce/Riva/TNT (
Codes NV04-NV50) that would be nouveau via
xorgwizard-puppy from the CL (when X is not running).
For the latest Nvidia cards (NVC0 and possibly NV50 also) use NVIDIA-260.19.21-k2.6.35.7-L1.pet, click Update on the desktop. To get it working you may need to delete the nouveau kernel module like this
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rm /lib/modules/2.6.35.7/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
and reboot.
As Jim1911 found, it may be necessary to continue booting with
puppy pfix=vesa nomodeset until you have found a suitable display configuration. Getting the kernel, Xorg, your video card and monitor all working in unison can be
very challenging. And today I found a bug in the xorgwizard script that could keep X from starting after choosing a driver in xorgwizard-puppy and then later using xorgwizard to auto configure X. I will try to post a fix if anyone has experienced this behavior. It will not fix the
KMS bug discussed above, where X will start but then have a blank screen when logging out or rebooting.
einar wrote:First i would like to thank you for all the hard work Tazoc. It`s higly appreciated
Many thanks from me. It will be used permanently on many of my systems.
I gave it a go yesterday on my main test laptop and my new test laptop. They are equaly speced. only differense is ATi and Nvidia gpu. On my Ati laptop everything worked, KDE with Compiz and the Ati drivers working great. On the Nvidia laptop i got the black screen when i loged off. I use Shinobars "pupsaveconfig" to fix the savefile problem. Installed the Nvidia pet and rebooted. Itstarts KDE, Compiz. but windows are borderless and i cant move them around. I have had the same problem on my ATi laptop in Lucid puppy. No idea how to solve the problem.
It sounds like C-F is starting, but the window decorator Emerald is not. Right-click fusion-icon in system tray -> Reload Window Manager. There are other settings in the same menu to experiment with. If that doesn't help, disable Compiz by choosing fusion-icon -> Select Window Manager -> Kwin (or Openbox.) C-F is unlikely to work on certain combinations of display adapters and drivers--it's been hit and miss in my experience. It won't work unless your current Window Manager has compositing support enabled. e.g., Fusion, LXDE with Compiz-Fusion, KDE or Xfce (Xfce Settings Manager -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Compositor -> Enable display compositing.) It may also need glx version 1.3 or later (Menu -> System -> Lighthouse 3D-Demo -> server glx version string.) Please check the
Compiz tips page for more information.
-TaZoC
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