X and Fluxbox :: usable 800x600 ?
Firstly, thank you to all involved in the dsl project. It's breathed new life into this obsolete lappy. 
Specs are
Dell latitude xpi 133Mhz
no cdrom
40MB ram
NeoMagic magicgraph NM2070 VGA
screen 11 inchs diagonal (as measured with a ruler)
'Xvesa -listmodes' lists only one 800x600 resolution
0x0103 800x600x8 PseudoColor
My understanding is this translates to VGA=771. Unfortunately this setting is very funky looking.
Is it worth trying xfree(sp?) with this machine or have I hit this laptops video wall? At this moment it's very usable with VGA=785.
btw: JBHoren
If you are reading this, thankyou so very much for the net-install howto. Brilliant!
And Happy Holidays to all.
Many older lappys will work with framebuffer instead of Xvesa.
My old 10" Neomagic lappy gives a nice 800x600 using Xfbdev
When I run xsetup.sh no resolution options popup. Just the vesa or fb options. I chose fb.
Trying to boot grub with "DSL fb800x600" results in "you have passed an undefined mode number". If return is hit at this point "fatal error 104"
Maybe I'm missing something obvious to the rest of you?
Just fb800x600 not dsl fb800x600
I run xfbdev on a 166mhz at 800x600 just fine
Sorry, I should have been more clear, or possibly I'm just not getting it.
DSL is on the harddrive. The boot options are passed by grub afaik.
title DSL
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda2 quiet vga=785 noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal
If this item is chosen at boot all goes well at 640x480. Editing vga= to 771 results in 800x600 but looks horrible.
title DSL fb800x600
kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda2 quiet vga=788 noacpi noapm nodma noscsi frugal
Choosing this item causes the problems mentioned in the previous
post. Tried replacing vga=788 with fb800x600 but the result was the same.
No big deal. 640x480 suits my limited vision with some apps.
Edit/ The ps command shows /usr/bin/X11/Xfbd running. Suppose this means framebuffer is being used? Not a complete newb, just out of my comfort zone. ;)
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