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Using microcore with xorg-xvesa-lite and xbdev

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bmarkus:

--- Quote from: ^thehatsrule^ on August 05, 2009, 05:11:38 PM ---The wiki?  Did you mean the .info?

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You are right, .info But this topic deserves a good WIKI article too. I was thinking on this typing the answer.

bmarkus:

--- Quote from: ^thehatsrule^ on August 05, 2009, 05:11:38 PM ---In any case, I think the steps were described like this to cover the most general cases... I recall some confless problems with some framebuffer things a while ago (perhaps not a problem now).

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There are and will be always issues with automatic configuration. But my advice to give it a chance and if doesn't work, use VESA. For sure more than 50% will work just as it is without fine tuning. In this case using autoconfig in TC when Xorg is install would be a benefit for all.

roberts:
I don't see graphics-2.6.29.1-tinycore.tczm listed as a dependency for Xorg-7.4.tcel, yet from the other thread it is sometimes required?

While these two extensions don't really qualify as .core. as they never existed in Tiny Core, I can easily make an automatic confless Xorg with the added dependency for v2.3rc1.

Still it wil be the same concept, drop in Xorg-7.4.tcel and with appropriate dependencies into your tce directory and the system witll boot into Xorg confless.

Still I have a concern about the dontzap of Xorg, if Xorg confless fails then the state of the machine is not easily recoverable.

bmarkus:

--- Quote from: roberts on August 05, 2009, 07:29:45 PM ---
I don't see graphics-2.6.29.1-tinycore.tczm listed as a dependency for Xorg-7.4.tcel, yet from the other thread it is sometimes required?


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Hi,

following works on a stock TC 2.2:

- install Xorg-7.4 & graphics-2.6.29.1-tinycore (of course with their dependencies in .dep)
- make a backup of .xsession in your home (e.g. 'cp .xsession .xsession.vesa')
- modify .xsession in ~ dir as described in .info of Xorg
- reboot with backup

TC will start with Xorg with autoconfig instead of VESA

Please note:

- /opt/.filetool.lst is not edited
- no any change done in /etc/X11

Drivers in graphics-2.6.29.1-tinycore are required, without them Xorg will not start, so do not miss it.

If Xorg doesn't start or it is unusable:

- reboot with 'tinycore text' option
- rename .xsession.vesa to .xsession in ~
- enter 'startx' command or reboot with backup

If you want to change some settings, place xorg.conf in /etc/X11 No need to have a full config file, enough to have only parts you want to override.




^thehatsrule^:
As from the .info:
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      This extension depends on graphics-2.6.29.1.tcem for
      any kind of 3D or video accel.
.
      Please note, for AGP or integrated AGP cards such as Intel
      chips you will always need graphics-2.6.29.1.tcem.
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So, it is sometimes needed.  I'd guess autoconfigure wouldn't check for those files.

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