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Posted: Nov. 21 2004,06:22 QUOTE
Framebuffer mode is a little bit slower than VESA mode (xvesa Xwindows server) but it should work fine on a newer computer like an 875p chipset / P4 or Celeron.

If you wish to find out the supported VESA modes of your video card, try this.  Boot with:

dsl 2

This gets you into DSL text mode or console mode (kinda like an old MSDOS prompt, but much more powerful).

Also, you can launch DSL normally for you and then either choose Exit window manager from the menu or press the CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE keys.

Then type this command:

Xvesa -listmodes


Note the capital "X" in Xvesa command name. And your supported graphics modes will be listed. Write them down and reboot with this command:

dsl xsetup


Then choose the Xvesa server and select the correct video resolution from the list.

Good Luck.
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Posted: Nov. 21 2004,06:34 QUOTE
Oh yeah, I almost forgot.

If you are using the built-in sound system hardware on some Intel 875p motherboards (I have an 875pzd clone), you will need to download and install the alsadebs.dsl extension from the myDSL repository. Be sure to follow the instructions from the alsadebs.info file.
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Posted: Nov. 21 2004,07:36 QUOTE
Thank you, I'll try those soon.
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Posted: Dec. 13 2004,01:45 QUOTE
dsl-0.9.0.1.iso  

Burned to get Live CD -- booted okay, untill.....it asked for knoppix#

well that stymied me.  it wouldn't go any further.

knoppix#?

as the saying goes, WTF?
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Posted: Dec. 13 2004,02:13 QUOTE
feather oth worked fine
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