User Feedback :: DSL 0.8.0 issues



The <script></script> part should be left out.  
X should be basically the same as 0.7.3.

Couple of questions...
Can you boot into text mode?
Have you tried manually setting up X ('dsl xsetup')

As for your last question check out THEBINARYMAN's post. http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....0;st=10
Hi John, just tried text mode, looks like it works (though I'm not text-only master, but it seemed to allow me to do the usual term type stuff...)
Then when I tried to "startx", it did the usual initialising lines, then went blank, as per the way it's booting in X mode.

Tried most combos in "dsl xsetup", including 640x480x4, each with the same lack of success.
John et al, so far I haven't been able to get to X using any of the 0.8.x flavours, the CDs themselves all boot and seem to me to get to the stage of launching X, but then I just get a blank screen.  The CDs do work on the other machines I've tried them on.
I've tried failsafe, 640x480x16, vga=normal, etc, etc, all with the same result.  Mode2 does work, however, so it seems to indicate a problem in getting X to work on my machine, which has never had a problem with any of the pre-8 versions.  (startx from mode2 also gives the blank screen, even when I go through xsetup and set everything down as low as it will go)

The machine is a home-made reasonably current mid-range setup - AMD XP2400 CPU, Albatron 128MB FX5200 video, Albatron nForce2 motherboard, 512MB of dual-channel GEIL RAM.

Last night I tried using a boot floppy, but it seems to me that this only bypasses the initial boot stages, and then the CD takes over for the actual loading of DSL and launch of X?  'Cause I get the same results.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm hoping the new kernel etc will detect my NIC, 'cause none of the previous ones did and the fixes for onboard nForce2 NICs previously posted didn't work for me.
AHHH!!! ZOMBIE THREAD!!!! Kill it!!

I have to boot dsl fb1024x768 and use xfbdev

you might try that. i have a nforce2 mobo too.
RoGuE_StreaK ,

I didn't see anywhere if you tried the xfbdev server..

Have you tried booting with the following commands ?

fb800x600 ?

or

fb1024x768 ?

Do NOT use "dsl" or "xsetup" in your bootup comands - just the fb line..

Then when you get to the xsetup, choose xfbdev, pick your mouse,
and see what happens ...

73
ke4nt
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