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tra4d

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Posted: Oct. 17 2006,15:38

I have tried all that. It seems that I have to start the x server twice (and I don't change any settings) to get the colors to display properly.

tra4d

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Posted: Oct. 17 2006,17:15

I tried booting from live cd and get the same results.

1. Insert CD and boot
2. When prompted for boot options:
fb800x600 dsl vga=771 minimal
3. Go through setup
4. Desktop boots but colors are whacked
5. Open xshell, type in 'startx' <enter>
6. Second X sessions starts and color is good

AArrrgghh!!!

roberts

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Posted: Oct. 17 2006,21:07

You have conflicting options on that boot line.

I can reproduce a Greenish/Yellow screen using vga=771 on my Thinkpad 240 using the Xvesa server.

I need to use the alternate Xfbdev server. Many older laptops need the Xfbdev server

Also, if you were talking before of booting from a hard drive install then a pre-existing .xserverrc would mess things up.

From booting the DSL CD try this:

boot: dsl base norestore xsetup

Choose Xfbdev, the framebuffer and select select an appropriate resolution and depth, for my TP240 it is 800x600 32

My .xserverrc file looks like this:

exec /usr/bin/X11/Xfbdev -2button -mouse /dev/psaux -nolisten tcp -I &>/dev/null

My TP240 only has a two button mouse.

You should not have to edit this file as it is generated via the xsetup.sh script.

tra4d

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Posted: Oct. 18 2006,15:32

Thanks for the reply. Ok, when using 'dsl base norestore xsetup' at boot with CD, I get error:

'You passed an undefined mode number. Press <RETURN> to see video modes available...'

I then select '0' for 80x25 columns which is what the error message seems to be displaying with. Things go well until after the xsetup I get the error:

'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.'

I then searched forum and found this post:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....ror+104

But it didn't help since I tried the cheat codes and from what I gather, your post says I shouldn't be using them.

BTW: when choosing frame buffering option in xsetup, I am not presented with the option of selecting screen resolution.

roberts

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Posted: Oct. 18 2006,15:47

OK try this:

boot: fb800x600 base norestore

If still no framebuffer device then try...

The undefined mode can usually be avoided with vga=normal

If you cannot run framebuffer, then try various Xvesa options.

boot: dsl base norestore vga=normal xsetup

It might well be the case that you will need to run the full XFree86 extension.

The incompatiable options you had posted was the fb800x600 and vga=771. The fb800x600 implied vga=788 which conflicted with 771. Also the fb800x600 imples the frambufer.

By starting out with the nobase norestore we are sure that no stored prior choices would also be causing a problem, i.e., no prior .xserverrc.

Edited by roberts on Oct. 18 2006,16:05

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