HD Install :: Can dsl save this old laptop?

As hawki had suggested, I'd reformatted my partition, hd-installed dsl, and installed XFree86.dsl as dsl user, but I'm still experiencing the same no-icons problem. Could someone please provide another suggestion I could try? I really prefer dsl over other distros. Please help.

http://tuxmobil.org/hp800e.html
http://www.ambry.com/Hp/omnibook_800ct_parts.asp

http://froogle.google.com/froogle....roogler

Other than that..I have no idea bud

Brian
AwPhuch

Brian,

I don't know what your reasoning was for posting those links since my problems with dsl do not appear to be hardware related.

While I do install the XFree86.dsl as user dsl, ( or autoload at boot, more likely )
My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file is owned by root.root , not user dsl.

Your /home/dsl/.xserverrc looks fine, and it should be owned by dsl.staff ..

I still feel the error is somewhere inside the ~/.xtdesk or ~/.fluxbox/menu.
This is where I see the 3-item-menu occur most often..

Are you running your HDInstalled DSL as user dsl ?
Did you select multiuser during the HDinstall?

I may try to duplicate your error with my own install..

I have a compaq laptop, that has a synaptics mousepad built-in.
I get a similar mouse issue with control only able to go left/right,
and automatic right clicking on up/down. Installing XFree86 solved
that issue, and the lappy is now quite useable.
Before that , only a serial port mouse would work with Xfbdev.

73
ke4nt

ke4nt,

That is exactly how my mouse was functioning before XFree86.dsl was installed. I've verified that XF86Config-4 is owned by root.root and .xserverrc by dsl.staff on my system. Yes, I am running my hd-installed DSL as user dsl and yes, multi-user was enabled. Also, I'd installed XFree86.dsl as user dsl using the "mydsl-load" command since I couldn't access anything within DSL's default x-server.

Since xsetup.sh can restore the icons, I suspected whatever command or program is called upon to recognize the ~/.xtdesktop/ files, needed to be 'activated' for the XFree86 server. Or maybe something in XFree86 is conflicting/preventing the recognition of the icon files.

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