https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:29:35 +0000 MyBB https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-260.html Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:03:14 +0000 Justin]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-260.html
Panasonic Toughbook CF-45
Pentium MMX 233MHz
96MB Ram
64GB CF to IDE "hard drive"
USB 1.1
800x600 TFT 256K colors

When booting it gets stuck at "waiting for /dev to be fully populated". Searching the internets, it appears this may be a driver issue.

I see during the boot stages that it's defaulting Xorg to VESA. I believe this may be the issue as VESA never worked with this laptop.


When I boot DSL 4.x liveCD I use the use the following

fb800x600 (this option is not recognized in DSL 2024)
NO: usb mouse
Yes: IMPS/Wheel 

Looks like there's a hardware minimum that I haven't been able to find yet.]]>
Panasonic Toughbook CF-45
Pentium MMX 233MHz
96MB Ram
64GB CF to IDE "hard drive"
USB 1.1
800x600 TFT 256K colors

When booting it gets stuck at "waiting for /dev to be fully populated". Searching the internets, it appears this may be a driver issue.

I see during the boot stages that it's defaulting Xorg to VESA. I believe this may be the issue as VESA never worked with this laptop.


When I boot DSL 4.x liveCD I use the use the following

fb800x600 (this option is not recognized in DSL 2024)
NO: usb mouse
Yes: IMPS/Wheel 

Looks like there's a hardware minimum that I haven't been able to find yet.]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-250.html Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:26:45 +0000 Plunkyy]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-250.html
The past few installs I've tried have all crashed somewhere in the 19-23% range, with the most recent step being "Copying new system" in the live log. I've let the installer verify the installation media most times, and never had an error. So I don't think that my CD-ROM drive is faulty, but I could be wrong. I will also note that as of writing this, the most recent crash was at 23%, which I left the live install on after it crashed, and a few minutes later my 600X graphics went haywire for a minute or so. After that, it went to a black screen (still on!) and then rebooted into the live environment by itself! The uptime was still counting after this as well so the machine never actually rebooted...

Anyways, I'm just looking to at least narrow down the problem here. I'm (trying) to install to a 64GB Yansen IDE SSD which is almost certainly just a pre-assembled msata to ide converter. Other than the SSD and the CD-ROM, I'm not really sure what the issue could be. I don't really understand why it could go through the entire installation the first time, but now it can't. I also don't understand why the graphics glitches out when I shut the laptop down, or when it happened in the previous paragraph on its own. It has a Neomagic MagicGraph256ZX GPU with 4mb of VRAM. The live installer responds well so the graphics is definitely supported in the kernel. I dunno.

Appreciate any suggestions 

EDIT: I managed to pass the 19-23% crash range by booting with failsafe graphics. I got back up to the point where grub installation fails. Then, I entered the rbind commands for /proc, /sys, etc. so that I could use lsblk in chroot of /mnt/antiX. This let me chroot in and manually run grub-install and update-grub commands. Then, I rebooted and got the following error:
"fsck.ext4: error while loading shared libraries: libuuid.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. fsck exited with status code 127". It's a little hard for me to debug exactly what's wrong because I'm not sure what exactly happened during the automated installation process.]]>
The past few installs I've tried have all crashed somewhere in the 19-23% range, with the most recent step being "Copying new system" in the live log. I've let the installer verify the installation media most times, and never had an error. So I don't think that my CD-ROM drive is faulty, but I could be wrong. I will also note that as of writing this, the most recent crash was at 23%, which I left the live install on after it crashed, and a few minutes later my 600X graphics went haywire for a minute or so. After that, it went to a black screen (still on!) and then rebooted into the live environment by itself! The uptime was still counting after this as well so the machine never actually rebooted...

Anyways, I'm just looking to at least narrow down the problem here. I'm (trying) to install to a 64GB Yansen IDE SSD which is almost certainly just a pre-assembled msata to ide converter. Other than the SSD and the CD-ROM, I'm not really sure what the issue could be. I don't really understand why it could go through the entire installation the first time, but now it can't. I also don't understand why the graphics glitches out when I shut the laptop down, or when it happened in the previous paragraph on its own. It has a Neomagic MagicGraph256ZX GPU with 4mb of VRAM. The live installer responds well so the graphics is definitely supported in the kernel. I dunno.

Appreciate any suggestions 

EDIT: I managed to pass the 19-23% crash range by booting with failsafe graphics. I got back up to the point where grub installation fails. Then, I entered the rbind commands for /proc, /sys, etc. so that I could use lsblk in chroot of /mnt/antiX. This let me chroot in and manually run grub-install and update-grub commands. Then, I rebooted and got the following error:
"fsck.ext4: error while loading shared libraries: libuuid.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. fsck exited with status code 127". It's a little hard for me to debug exactly what's wrong because I'm not sure what exactly happened during the automated installation process.]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-249.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:22:07 +0000 wisdomlight]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-249.html But, the screen size is fixed and it is small. like 643x402
Is there a way to increase DSL screen size in Boxes?
Thank you]]> But, the screen size is fixed and it is small. like 643x402
Is there a way to increase DSL screen size in Boxes?
Thank you]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-248.html Sat, 16 Aug 2025 21:46:31 +0000 wisdomlight]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-248.html When statring Boxes it says OS is not found, but I used Debian testing.
DSL started - but occupied small square of the screen.
Then when installing it (with the password demo) nothing happens.
So, any advice is appreciated]]> When statring Boxes it says OS is not found, but I used Debian testing.
DSL started - but occupied small square of the screen.
Then when installing it (with the password demo) nothing happens.
So, any advice is appreciated]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-247.html Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:44:44 +0000 col2025]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-247.html i've hear of the mutt email program in the past, but wondered if it's easy to setup/configure?
on my little netbook i think it would be fun to try,  

thoughts on 'mutt' if used in the past or currently using it,

thanks]]> i've hear of the mutt email program in the past, but wondered if it's easy to setup/configure?
on my little netbook i think it would be fun to try,  

thoughts on 'mutt' if used in the past or currently using it,

thanks]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-246.html Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:31:01 +0000 Gyro]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-246.html I have seen DamnSmallLinux installations which have a system monitor in the top right corner of the screen.  However in my DSL-2024 installation it's not there. 
Thank you.]]> I have seen DamnSmallLinux installations which have a system monitor in the top right corner of the screen.  However in my DSL-2024 installation it's not there. 
Thank you.]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-244.html Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:34:14 +0000 Gyro]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-244.html Zoom
Cisco Webex
Citrix Workspace
I need them for work.
Is there any way for me to install them?
Thanks.]]> Zoom
Cisco Webex
Citrix Workspace
I need them for work.
Is there any way for me to install them?
Thanks.]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-241.html Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:55:08 +0000 Carp000]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-241.html https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-239.html Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:35:11 +0000 Stocksy]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-239.html
thanks for any guidance and support  

Steve]]>
thanks for any guidance and support  

Steve]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-237.html Sun, 01 Jun 2025 14:04:06 +0000 col2025]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-237.html
i have a 128gb usb stick that has the live image on & i can boot into that and use as normal but i'd like to be able to use it as a fully portable system without the need to install
to hard drive]]>
i have a 128gb usb stick that has the live image on & i can boot into that and use as normal but i'd like to be able to use it as a fully portable system without the need to install
to hard drive]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-229.html Mon, 05 May 2025 10:43:49 +0000 col2025]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-229.html
does anyone have any suggestions]]>
does anyone have any suggestions]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-228.html Mon, 05 May 2025 10:37:09 +0000 col2025]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-228.html is this possible? & if so how would i go about achieving this  ]]> is this possible? & if so how would i go about achieving this  ]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-223.html Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:13:43 +0000 misthiocracy]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-223.html https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-221.html Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:25:23 +0000 Mendelius]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-221.html
I have installed ClamAV but I am getting an ERROR when I try to scan:
"LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir: No supported database files found in var/lib/clamav"

I would appreciate any suggestion.]]>
I have installed ClamAV but I am getting an ERROR when I try to scan:
"LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir: No supported database files found in var/lib/clamav"

I would appreciate any suggestion.]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-220.html Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:47:35 +0000 Mendelius]]> https://damnsmalllinux.org/forums/thread-220.html
Is it possible to have a screensaver other than a blank screen? 
I have a HD DSL installation.

Thanks]]>
Is it possible to have a screensaver other than a blank screen? 
I have a HD DSL installation.

Thanks]]>