User Feedback :: some problems here starting with DSL



Quote (lucky13 @ Mar. 24 2008,10:20)
Starting backwards...

Is your card Prism-based? DSL has a separate prism configuration tool.

You can probably safely ignore the block-major-2 errors.
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The issue with video requires you to run xsetup.sh (exit to console and run it). You need to know your resolution and depth. If you over-estimate those variables, you'll get oversaturated video like that.
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Finally, the CD error can be due to......

For the laptop with wg511 card:

It apparently IS prism based.
I catched an error message when booting to a console
The message says:

prismp54: request_firmware () failed for 'isl3890'
eth0: could no upload firmware ('isl3890')
eth0: islpci_reset: failure

I tried the prism based configuration tool with no luck so far :-(
but I am guessing from the error message above that the problem is much before that.
I tried NDIS wrapper to load the xp driver but with no luck and I am unsure I am using it properly anyway.

For my desktop:
I could remove the error as I mentionned in another post
I still have a problem though. It boots and goes until trying to startx, from there I get an empty screen (console screen) and never see anything on the screen again ! The only thing I have been able to do is ctrl+alt+del, I think it takes two of them for the PC to eject the cdrom, from which I can hit 'enter' and the PC turns off :-(

Any clue on that ? :-s


Oh : and thanks to all who answered so far.....
Wow. I keep seeing more and more reasons not to use Dells. Non-working cd-drives, crippled bioses..

The full X can use up to 128mb for the i830, so you would need XFree or Xorg to get more video ram.
XFree86 is in System (.dsl) or in Unc (.unc), Xorg72.uci is in Testing.
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Wow. I keep seeing more and more reasons not to use Dells. Non-working cd-drives, crippled bioses..

- and yet Dell is now shipping machines with linux pre-installed  :)

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The full X can use up to 128mb for the i830, so you would need XFree or Xorg to get more video ram.
XFree86 is in System (.dsl) or in Unc (.unc), Xorg72.uci is in Testing.

I would suggest the first thing is to check the dell site for the latest firmware revision for the machine - this could well improve the video story. After that, based on my own dell/intel i855 experience it could be that xfree86 will need some help to run the video properly (ref lime green screen of death), but xorg72 will work fine.
Quote (curaga @ Mar. 25 2008,08:25)
Wow. I keep seeing more and more reasons not to use Dells. Non-working cd-drives, crippled bioses..

The full X can use up to 128mb for the i830, so you would need XFree or Xorg to get more video ram.
XFree86 is in System (.dsl) or in Unc (.unc), Xorg72.uci is in Testing.

thanks i will try that (later) and let you know

Juanito: I am using the latest bios. Seems Dell never cared to change that.

Curaga: I absolutely LOVE my C400. It is 5 years old now so becomes a bit slow for latest XP and bells and whistles, (or for Ubuntu which dual boots here). Many other (newer) laptop that I tried frustrated me somhow, compared to my C400 ;-), (but of course they were faster too....)


Any suggestion for my Netgear WG511 wifi card ?
And any hint for my desktop empty screen ?? that one is weird too.

Thanks

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