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Posted: Nov. 18 2005,05:36 QUOTE

okay, so I solved my previous problem that I was having with segmentation faults freezing the boot.  I bought as much memory as the libretto will hold, an extra 16mb (for 53 bucks!  damn!) for a total of 32!  Woohoo.

Now it gets all the way to the end of the bootup.  Then it says:

modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fb0
XIO fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

and then it gives me the prompt.

Doesn't matter what setting I pick when I use vga=ask as far as I can tell.  

I have consulted this link:

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=9015

but I have to admit I don't quite follow it all...

this is the listing of the vga modes

Standard display resolution 640x480 x 16M
LCD panel maximum color depth 256K
Supported external display resolutions 640x480 x 16M
800x600 x 65K
1024x768 x 256
1280x1024i x 16

from: http://www.silverace.com/libretto/

but if I attempt to use the vga=808 as shown on the first forum link, the display just goes completely blank.  The disk access light goes, it seems like it is going through the whole boot exept that it isn't showing me anything.

What vga option should I be using in the grub boot line?
What does the modprobe error mean?
What can I try next to fix it?
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Posted: Nov. 18 2005,05:47 QUOTE

okay, more info:

I watched more carefully on the boot.  right after it does the autoconfiguring devices it has another modprobe problem.

modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-2
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module block-major-2
Done.
Mouse is Generic Mouse (PS/2) ad /dev/psaux   etc, etc, etc
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Posted: Nov. 18 2005,05:54 QUOTE

here is my grub boot line:

kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda1 quiet vga=ask noacpi noapm noscsi frugal dma dsl mydsl=hda3 restore=hda3 home=hda3 opt=hda3 host=DSL1 lowram

okay, I think I have gleaned as much info as I could now.  I sure hope that something here clues somebody into what I am screwing up.

Thanks.
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Posted: Nov. 18 2005,05:58 QUOTE

oh yeah, and I'm using the 1.5-syslinux.iso
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Posted: Nov. 18 2005,22:36 QUOTE

I think the modprobe error might happen if you have no floppy disk drive.
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