X unusable

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: X unusable
started by: killerhippy

Posted by killerhippy on Dec. 20 2005,13:42

I have managed to configure X at the Dell Latitude XPi to get started, but it is unusable, no difference if using fbdev or vesa.
lspci tells that it is using a "Neomagic Corporation NM2070 [MagicGraph 128] rev 01....[size=2MB]"

It is a frugal install with DSL v2.0

The desktop has no background and is divided in small squares, watch it (for a period of time) at < http://www.killerhippy.de/images/X.jpg > (almost 1MB, didn't want to force the forum to load it). There is no text you can read at all.

I assume this is because of the small amount of Grafik memory (2MB) and that there is no way to get it working, right?

greetings,
killerhippy

Posted by roberts on Dec. 20 2005,14:32

I have an old notebook using the Neomagic NM2160 and I must boot

fb800x600

Otherwise I get a similiar screen.
Note: There is no dsl in front of the fb800x600
dsl fb800x600 will not work.

Posted by Delboy on Dec. 21 2005,16:00

ditto for my old notebook with Neomagic 128 card:
boot: fb800x600 (max. design resolution for it's 12.5" TFT) then
fbdev server selection
non-usb mouse selection
etc.
= very nice display every time.

Posted by rwilkers on Aug. 14 2006,16:45

Had great hopes that I had resolved my issues when I found this post.:) Unfortunately the fix did not work for me.. Apparently the framebuffer driver is not being loaded in the 3.01 standard release. At least the error message I get when X attempts to start is "modprobe: Can't locate module fb0" and I assume this is the issue. If anyone can point me in the correct direction all help is appreciated.

Posted by dslfool on Aug. 17 2006,06:28

I had similar symptoms and error code on an old Compaq Presario 1230 with a 12.x" screen. "fb800x600" didn't help, but by trial and error I found that "dsl vga=787" or "=788", then selecting framebuffer in xsetup, no for USB mouse, then yes or Enter for everything else gave me the right display settings with DSL 3.0.1.