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Steve92:
Hello !

I've spent the WE testing TCE 3.7.1 on my ASUS eee 1000H, booting from a SD card, and here are my comments I'd like to share with the community (they are not specific to NetBooks I think) :

Good points:

- starts very quickly  : i'm in Chromium in less than 40 sec. (booting from SD card) ready to surf on the Net (wired LAN) !
- stops very quickly : about 7 sec. (with no backup of course)
- no useless features, take just what you need from apps repository !
- quite quick for this small PC

Bad points

- non-US keyboard +[AltGr] key OK with FAQ tip (boot code doesn't work) except for Euro sign (I have to investigate further)

- Firefox 5.0 :
  application/extension links work only if application (vlc, epdfview...) has already been started at least one time
  ugly small font (it was nicer in previous release)
  no cursor !
  some windows open (not ad' pop-up) but I can't close them because  no [X] in the corner ! (I have to xkill window +kill Firefox ps!)

- Chromium : hyper speed but no ABP filter (install problem, the confirmation button quickly disappears)
  some windows open (not ad' pop-up) but I can't close them because  no [X] in the corner ! (I have to xkill window)
  no history purge on exit (OK if TC off with 'no backup')
  videos do not start directly from browser

- flpicsee : animated GIF not handled, slideshow KO

- epdfview : very slow on big PDF >1Mo (i.e.:bus map)

- foxitreader KO!

- AppBrowser : search function KO !!!(regression!)

- xarchiver : 7zip not handled !?!

- OpenOffice 3 : OK!

To do:

- find how to put resolution 1024x600 (I'm now in 800x600 :( )
- backup : none by default, if possible ?
- setup wifi

QUESTIONS
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Could you tell me your prefered software in TC for these categories :

Browser (Chromium, Firefox...) ?
PDF viewer ?
Pic viewer ?
Archiver ?

Thanks !

Regards,

Steve.

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FYI:

My boot parameters
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waitusb=4
initrd=/TC371/tinycore.gz
lang=fr
kmap=fr.latin1
tce=sdb1
BOOT_IMAGE=/TC371/bzImage

Started "On boot"
--------------------------
kmaps
alsa
flash10
chromium-browser-locale


Installed modules (about 300MB in /tce)
----------------------------
alsa
alsa-modules-2.6.33.3-tinycore
atk
bsddb
bzip2-lib
cairo
chromium-browser
chromium-browser-locale
curl
dbus
dbus-glib
dejavu-fonts-ttf
expat2
file
flash10
fontconfig
GConf
gdk-pixbuf2
glib2
graphics-libs-1
gst-plugins-base
gstreamer
gtk2
gudev-lib
hicolor-icon-theme
hunspell
icu
input-joystick-2.6.33.3-tinycore
iso-codes
kmaps
libasound
libcups
libevent
libgcrypt
libglade
libgpg-error
libiconv
libIDL
libnotify
libogg
liboil
liborc
libpci
libstartup-notification
libtheora
libvorbis
libxcb
libxcb-util
libxft
libxml2
libxslt
ncurses
ncurses-common
nspr
nss
openclipart-png
openjpeg
openoffice3
openssl-0.9.8
ORBit2
pango
pci-utils
pixman
poppler
python
readline
rox-filer
shared-mime-info
silgraphite
sqlite3
squashfs-tools-4.x
tcl
tk
ttf-bitstream-vera
udev-lib
Xorg-7.5-lib
xulrunner

curaga:
- euro is a latin9 character, you're using a latin1 keymap
- set your preferred fonts as defaults in ff
- backup default: see .profile

roberts:
Have you tried using the forum search function?
Search   1024x600   select section   Tiny Core Netbooks

Steve92:
Hi again !

Thanks for Euro tip. I'll try.

For resolution 1024x600, after a quick search I understand I have to install Xorg for Intel and Resolutio915 packages that works for Intel 950 graphic chip too (not said in package help) and then configure xorg.conf .

I found this xorg.conf in a  live distro of BrowserLinux (Puppy) I have on my SD card too.
In the file I see 800x600 but BrowserLinux do start in 1024x600.
Strange, isn't it ? 
I don't know when it swaps from 800x600 to 1024x600.
It boots even quicker  than TC !

Regards,

Steve


---------------
xorg.conf for Intel_r__82945GM_Chipset162021
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#Special base config file used in Puppy Linux.

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"     # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"

# This loads xtrap extension, used by xrandr
    Load       "xtrap"

# This loads the GLX module (if present)
    Load       "glx"

# This loads dri module (if present)
    Load       "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath   "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)

    FontPath   "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12).  This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

#    Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Enables mode switching with xrandr
# There is a report that this can cause Xorg not to work on some
# video hardware, so default is commented-out...
# but i want to use it in xorgwizard so leave on...

    Option "RandR" "on"

EndSection

#everything past here is auto-generated by Puppy's Xorg Wizard...


Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "X.org Configured"
   Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
   InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
   InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
   Driver      "kbd"
   Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
   Option      "XkbModel" "pc102"
   Option      "XkbLayout" "fr" #xkeymap0
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier  "Mouse0"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option       "Protocol" "IMPS/2" #mouse0protocol
   Option       "Device" "/dev/mouse"
   #Option      "Emulate3Buttons"
   #Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
   Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #scrollwheel
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   #DisplaySize     220   130   # mm
   Identifier   "Monitor0"
   VendorName   "HSD"
   ModelName    "3e9"
   HorizSync    30-41
   VertRefresh  56-65
   #UseModes     "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes
   Option      "PreferredMode" "800x600"
   EndSection
   
Section "Modes"
   Identifier "Modes0"
   #modes0modeline0
EndSection

Section "Device"
   ### Available Driver options are:-
   ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
   ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
   ### [arg]: arg optional
   #Option     "NoAccel"               # [<bool>]
   #Option     "SWcursor"              # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ColorKey"              # <i>
   #Option     "CacheLines"            # <i>
   #Option     "Dac6Bit"               # [<bool>]
   #Option     "DRI"                   # [<bool>]
   #Option     "NoDDC"                 # [<bool>]
   #Option     "ShowCache"             # [<bool>]
   #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"          # <i>
   #Option     "PageFlip"              # [<bool>]
   Identifier  "Card0"
   Driver      "intel" #card0driver
   VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
   BoardName   "Unknown Board"
   BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Screen0"
   Device     "Card0"
   Monitor    "Monitor0"
   DefaultDepth 24
   Subsection "Display"
      Depth       24
      Modes       "800x600"
   EndSubsection
EndSection

#PuppyHardwareProfile=Intel_r__82945GM_Chipset162021
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roberts:
I have had much success with Xvesa and 915resolution.
Simply use appbrowser to download 915resolution to your tce directory.
Then add xvesa=1024x600 to your boot loaders boot options.
Reboot.

Works on eeepc900a, del mini9, hp mini 1030nr, compaq mini 110c

IMHO Using Xorg on atom netbook is too heavy.

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