CDG
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Joined: June 2006 |
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Posted: June 28 2006,05:49 |
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Hello. First the good (since this is my first post): I've been using DSL as an emergency system for some time now, and I absolutely love it. Best damn running live CD ever, and fun for high end boxes too. 
Now the problem:
I've been trying to get Damn Small Linux into this old Toshiba T4800CT laptop for a while now. Looks like a 486DX/4 75mhz with 24 megs of RAM and in this case running a 1 gig HDD. No CDROM, floppy is fully functional.
So what I did is I decided it would be easiest ot run loadlin through DOS. So DOS 6.22, I copied the apropriate files using an unsupported (in Linux) parallel port CDROM drive. After I was done copying the contents of the Knoppix and isolinux directories into their corresponding locations, I uninstalled and unplugged the parallel port CDROM.
I basically did everything according to the DSL loadlin wiki, making the appropriate "options.txt" file and everything.
So I from the DOS prompt, I do a "loadlin @options.txt".
It started loading everything OK. Then it came to the X config. At first I tried the framebuffer mode- didn't work, init error 104. Then I tried XVESA at various resolutions and color qualities (including 640x480 4 bit). XVESA just made the screen go blank, and froze the computer tight so as to require me to shut it off several times manually using the power button.
I've been doing some googling and found this laptop to use a Western Digital 90C24A graphics chip. Unfortunately this requires the XSVGA server that DSL doesn't have.
The question is simple: how/what is the best way to get the Xsvga server onto DSL?
More info:
I DO have a PCMCIA network card that DSL recognizes. I have verified that this computer can connect through the internet when it drops me out to the command line after failing to load the framebuffer by using the links browser.
I know that DSL should be able to make use of apt-get, however when I try apt-get update, or apt-get install, or even apt-get, I just get an output that says "command not found".
The reason I bring this up is because I've heard that DSL should work with debian packages- I'm sure I can get X up and working if given the ability to make apt-get work.
I know this is kind of a suggestion here, but I think it would be useful if this was added to the FAQ or clearly put into the DSL wiki page. A few other people have had the problem, but I have yet to see any resolution to it.
Your responses are appreciated. I will try to check back here as often as possible to answer any additional questions about what I"m doing you might have.
Also, one last thing, I am not very Linux fluent. This kind of thing is beyond my understanding really, so I'm relying on simplicity of response here.
Thanks!
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