Xorg problems PLEASE RE-READ FIRST POST!!

[gerald_clark]

If you want multiple virtual terminals ( <ALT><F1>  <ALT><F2> etc ), you will need to use the multivt boot option.

[LinuxUser01]

So since you have installed "xf86-video-neomagic.tcz" you have noticed these new glitches. Can you find out which video card you are running on that laptop if it isn't the Neomagic? Obviously, something isn't working right because if you have Xorg installed, you shouldn't see Xvesa in the control panel, so it should actually be faded. Something either is conflicting with the drivers or it might be a memory issue. If the video card is different try looking for the right one in that xf86-video-xxxxx.tcz category.

[gerald_clark]

Then use the 'text' boot code and troubleshoot your startx.

[microzee]

seems like theres some confusion, so im currently editing this to go-over everything ive done.

okay so heres exaclty what i did: i installed tinycore to my hard drive. everytime the system shuts down or reboots, where it normally says sending processes the kill signal, the screen glitches up and i see this every time:



that has always been like that since i installed. anyways after i posted this, i got the instructions for installing xorg from linux user. so i exited to command prompt and of course i get what you see in the above picture. so instead i had to start tinycore with the boot option text. then i connected to wifi and installed the 3 packages exactly as linux user said. then i went in and removed the boot option text and then i get the previous stated error hopefully this clears up some confusion. heres another pic showing startup:



my video card is MagicMedia 256XL video card by NeoMagic
my computer is sony vaio pcg-9211
i have stock everything
64mb ram, 11gb hardrive.
there is one partition with tiny core on it.
i currently do not have a swap partition

[gerald_clark]

Run startx and see what errors you get.

[microzee]

okay i type in startx and it says failed in waitforx see pic in previous post..

[LinuxUser01]

So start over by formatting that drive and also make sure this time you create a swap file as mentioned by tinypoodle. The only reason why you want Xorg working is due to games, correct? How is the resolution for your laptop just using Xvesa? See when you try existing out of the desktop and into the console you shouldn't get that glitch. There is already an issue with the clean install of Core Plus. Hopefully the swap file helps since you only have 64mb of ram.

[Rich]

Hi microzee
I noticed a small error in the instructions provided by LinuxUser01. Xorg7.5 comes with the NeoMagic driver
built in. xf86-video-neomagic.tcz is for Xorg7.6 only.

[microzee]

okay thanks guys! i will try these tomorrow, i gotta be getting to bed thanks again~!

[curaga]

I doubt you can get Xorg running with that little RAM. Or if Xorg barely runs, games certainly won't.

[microzee]

hey just a quick question, im going to be making a 500mb swap, because i will probably be upgrading my ram to 256. should it be a primary partition type 82 linux swapspace and should i write it at the beginning?

[Rich]

Hi microzee
Yes, primary partition type 82. I don't really think it matters where you put it. I put mine at the end of the drive so it's
not in my way if I want to adjust other partitions.

[microzee]

okay i wiped the drive and only used the core plus live cd and still got the glitch. its not even installed on the harddrive. then i tried the 12mb tinycore and when shutting down it has the glitch too.

[Rich]

Hi microzee
There have been other posts on the forum stating that NeoMagic video devices can be problematic under xvesa.
Go to the search page and search for neomagic and read through some of those posts.

[LinuxUser01]

There is a framebuffer fix, along with other things you can try as mentioned in this thread here, hope this helps.

http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,11769.0.html