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Tiny Core 5.0 Alpha 4 Testing
Lee:
--- Quote ---Isn't it time for the first RC now?
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For me the question is more like, "What milestones do we have to reach before we can move from the alpha to the beta (RC) stage?"
Is there an official project plan listing such milestones? If not, then how do you decide?
bobert3316:
I've been trying to get Xorg running on a tablet with the dreaded GMA500 video. On TC5, simply loading gma500_gfx instantly causes my tablet to crash hard, corrupting the screen and locking up, while the Xorg vesa and fbdev drivers also fail for various reasons, albeit more gracefully. Anybody masochistic enough to want to help me get this cruddy GMA500 stuff working on TC5? Ubuntu 13.04 loads up gma500_gfx and Xorg with the modesetting driver right out of the box, so I know that the hardware is working and the drivers are capable. Thanks!
frimical:
Actually CONFIG_DRM_GMA3600=y option is needed, but it's not set because it's seen as 'experimental', eventhough on other distros (I've tested meanwhile), it is set and it is working beautifully.
I've tested the same kernel on this type of computers (that needs this option in order to use xorg in modesetting mode), and on other older ones (10 years old that work without).
I didn't notice any problem on any machine because of this 'experimental' option.
I feel I'm stuck, unless:
I go my way in my corner to solve my problem, just to keep using TC on ALL my computers,
or
make a wish that a TC kernel could be provided, with this option set, and be an 'exceptionnally' exception for the team policy, and start testing TC5 as soon as possible.
thank you for considering this as a request from me, and I think from many others on this forum they didn't show up yet.
Regards
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