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Posted: Sep. 04 2008,16:34 QUOTE
Both of you folks mentioned persistent opt, but I think I already set that up. I am new to DSL, so maybe I have not, or have not done it properly. Can you point me to a link with steps on how to set up persistent opt?

As far as permissions;

ls -la /opt/bin/Xtrident
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 751800 Apr 3 2007 /opt/bin/Xtrident
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Posted: Sep. 04 2008,17:32 QUOTE
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Perhaps you could try not using a persistent opt, or maybe just place the binary in /usr/X11R6/bin (or /usr/bin maybe).

If I put it in /usr/bin or /usr/X11R6/bin , the Xtrident file gets erased on reboot. ctrl-alt-f2 gives me a flashing cursor on a blank screen. I am beginning to think it just will not run on this machine. To run the Xtrident xserver, do I need to put in or remove any options in /boot/grub/menu.lst? I still have the framebuffer option in there...vga=0x314. I tried vga=normal, and I tried removing it all together.
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Posted: Sep. 04 2008,17:50 QUOTE
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Perhaps you could try not using a persistent opt ...

Ok, if I understand persistent opt, it is enabled in grub by adding the following to the kernel line 'opt=hda3', in my case. So, I removed that entry in menu.lst, booted up,  and X still hung at the same spot. Do I also need to remove vga=0x314 ??

Edit: I tried removing vga=0x314 and adding vga=normal along with removing persistent opt. Same problem.

Edit2: Also what about xsetup.sh, does Xtrident xserver ignore it?
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Posted: Sep. 04 2008,19:08 QUOTE
Seems there is a fix for this problem on Puppy. Any chance this will work on DSL ? I'd rather hang in there with you guys :), you've been great.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy....6ff9a63
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Posted: Sep. 05 2008,14:00 QUOTE
Puppy (and that thread) use Xorg (the full X server). It is possible your specific chip isn't supported in Xtrident, so to using Xfbdev or one of the full X servers could be the only way.

Setting XFree86 or Xorg up can be more tricky than one of these tinyX servers, but then you'd get near-perfect acceleration. They are both big, but Xorg is an uci so it saves ram.

After loading Xorg, get out of X, and:
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sudo su
/opt/xorg72/bin/Xorg -configure
And it will autoconfigure you a new xorg.conf file into /root. Edit as needed, then copy it to /etc/X11/ as "xorg.conf", add into your backup, and edit .xserverrc to "/opt/xorg72/bin/Xorg -nolisten tcp"..

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