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Tiny Core Base => TCB Tips & Tricks => Topic started by: rmarion36 on May 03, 2012, 01:55:35 PM

Title: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: rmarion36 on May 03, 2012, 01:55:35 PM

Hello everybody,

I'm trying to install Core + Xorg + openbox on a ThinClient HP. After starting Coreplus and install it on the Hard-disk, I uninstall all the .tcz files not needed for what I want (fluxbox, hackedbox, wifi etc ...).
I was able to uninstall all I wanted except Xvesa.tcz :

* I modified the /etc/sysconfig/Xserver file to add Xorg instead Xvesa
* I added the /etc/sysconfig/Xserver file in the /opt/.filetool.lst
* After I uninstall xvesa

After booting, I have the message "failed in WaitforX".

Do you have an idea to only install Xorg witout xvesa ?

Thanks.

Rémy

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: gerald_clark on May 03, 2012, 02:00:53 PM

Remove Xserver from .filetool.lst
remove Xvesa.tcz from onboot.lst
tce-load -iw Xorg-7.X ( where X is your choice of  4, 5, or 6 )
If it was already installed, make sure it is included in onboot.lst.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: rmarion36 on May 03, 2012, 02:23:39 PM

Thanks for your reply.

I already remove Xvesa.tcz from onboot.lst.
I didn't make "tce-load -iw Xorg-7.X" because I already the Xorg-7.X.tcz file and I add "Xorg-7.X-lib" on onboot.lst file.

If I remove Xserver from .filetool.lst, the system will consider "xvesa" because at the beginning I have "xvesa" on the Xserver file. No ?

Rémy

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: gerald_clark on May 03, 2012, 02:31:43 PM

You need Xorg-7.X.tcz in onboot.lst, not Xorg-7.X-lib.
Xorg will write the Xserver file. Do NOT include it in .filetool.lst.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: rmarion36 on May 04, 2012, 09:58:31 AM

I re-install all Core-plus with openbox to have a good base.

After, I remove xvesa.tcz from onboot.lst. I installed Xorg-7.6 with tce-load on prompt. After launch "startx" command, the screen is blocled with a blinking underscore !!!

What do you think ? A problem of driver/firmware ? As I installed Coreplus, I have in CDE all the firmware TCZ files.

Regards.

Rémy

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: bmarkus on May 04, 2012, 10:05:20 AM

Most probably you need xf86-video-xxx.tcz installed where xxx is your video card name. Check repository.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: rmarion36 on May 04, 2012, 11:47:02 AM

It's a VIAChrome9 HC3 chipset. I don't find VIA driver package in the TCZ repo.

Do you think if the the X86-video-all package can help me ?

In an other post I read a guy who was able to solve the problem (VIAchrome) with Xf86-unichrome driver. I was not able to find this driver package in the repo.
If this package is not in the repo like a TCZ file, do you know how it's possible to include in Tinycore a Linux driver ?

Thanks.

Rémy

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: tinypoodle on May 04, 2012, 12:22:50 PM

or openchrome

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: Rich on May 04, 2012, 12:28:33 PM

Hi rmarion36
Depending on which version of Xorg you are running
The  Xorg-7.5.tcz  extension includes  /usr/local/lib/X11/modules/drivers/unichrome_drv.so
The  Xorg-7.6-3d.tcz  extension includes  usr/local/lib/X11/modules/dri/unichrome_dri.so

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: rmarion36 on May 04, 2012, 01:23:28 PM

I tried XORG-7.6-3D without success.

But I found xf86-video-openchrome package. With this package, the screen tried 2 ou 3 times to find an adjustment. Without success (the screen stays black after the trials) but it's better !!! It's clearly a problem of driver.

As tinycore is launched by default in graphical mode, my Tinycore is now always blocked. Do you know if it's possible to stop the graphical mode launch and go to the prompt ?

I will try to install these different TCZ files by using tce-load and not by direct copy and by hand modification of onboot.lst !!!

Thanks.

Rémy

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: gerald_clark on May 04, 2012, 01:25:06 PM

Use the 'text' boot option.
Then you can use startx to test launch X.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: bmarkus on May 05, 2012, 12:41:22 AM

Quote from: rmarion36 on May 04, 2012, 01:23:28 PM

I tried XORG-7.6-3D without success.

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Use Xorg-7.6 instead of Xorg-7.6-3.d.tcz which fails on many hardware.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: rmarion36 on May 05, 2012, 10:57:37 AM

I used Xorg-7.6 and Xorg-7.6-3D to have the unichrome driver.

As described, i also used Openchrome driver but without success.

I try to find in internet the right driver file to add it on my Tinycore.

Regards.

Rémy

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: Rich on May 05, 2012, 01:21:57 PM

Hi rmarion36
Did you set up an  xorg.conf  file? When you boot in text mode, and after startx fails, enter:

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less /var/log/Xorg.0.logto check the log file for errors. Page Up/Down to navigate, q exits.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: gutmensch on May 10, 2012, 03:31:13 AM

You may want to try some of the options from here http://linux.die.net/man/4/openchrome (http://linux.die.net/man/4/openchrome) in your xorg.conf. I had a case, where the openchrome driver was trying to setup a CRT monitor instead of an LCD display (ActiveDevice option on that page). Forcing to LCD worked for me.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: rmarion36 on May 14, 2012, 02:29:04 PM

Thanks for your help. After further effort to find the problem, I prefer to go to Xvesa which is simple to instal and is lower weight in memory.
I only have 468M of RAM !!!! So Xvesa is a finally a good solution.

thanks.

Rémy

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: h2sammo on September 30, 2012, 06:04:10 PM

sorry to barge in but i know there used to be a website where you could paste in your lspci output and it gave the name of the module you needed.
i have this and i would like to try the Xorg modules first:

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01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 06c4 (rev a3)
does anyone know what i am talking about? i cannot find it. i used to use for making gentoo kernels.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: curaga on October 01, 2012, 09:30:20 AM

pciids doesn't know that card, what's the marketing name?

Anyway, we don't ship nouveau currently as it was unstable, so the only Xorg module for Nvidia is xf86-video-nv (2d-only). Whether it works depends on how new your card is.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: Rich on October 01, 2012, 05:35:59 PM

Hi curaga
http://www.pcidatabase.com/  does know that card, see:
http://www.pcidatabase.com/vendor_details.php?id=606

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: curaga on October 01, 2012, 11:26:10 PM

OK, I don't think nv supports Fermi.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: govindaraji on April 22, 2013, 04:28:09 AM

issue with via driver and Xorg xserver.
modprobe via_chrome9.ko  finding the unknow symbols in a module.

Xorg -nolisten tcp & giving
Backtrace error, i am getting and caught signal 11 (segmentation fault)
segmentation fault at address 0x954

kindly help anyone.
Thank you.

Title: Re: Install Xorg after Xvesa
Post by: tinypoodle on April 22, 2013, 11:10:32 AM

Quote from: govindaraji on April 22, 2013, 04:28:09 AM

modprobe via_chrome9.ko

Where does that come from?