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Using microcore with xorg-xvesa-lite and xbdev
roberts:
If you are booting from USB/MMC i.e., flash devices, then be sure to use the waitusb=5 boot option.
tclfan:
Yes, off course. In this case it is actually booting from LiveCD (For the moment), just tce is on USB or MMC, which would require waitusb time.
However, if it was actually booting from USB, then I am thinking waitusb should not be required, since it is already booting from usb, so usb must have been recognized by now? If this is correct presumption, this could eliminate waitusb=5 generated by usbinstall process and cut down on boot time? It is my wild speculation at this point since I did not have a chance to test it in practice yet...
roberts:
Booting is one thing, mounting directories after boot is another. You will need the waitusb option.
tclfan:
I see. Thank you.
tclfan:
I did lots of testing with three laptops loading xorg-vesa-lite and xfbdev with microcore...
The results are mixed success and failure, which I can at this point attribute to these x core elements, not to the process of loading them by microcore:
1. xorg-vesa-lite refused to produce any graphical desktop on both new (1280x800) laptops, no matter what I did. However it did produce desktop on old Thinkpad T23, although in reduced resolution (800x600).
2. xfbdev did produce desktops on both new laptops, although in a familiar 1024x768 resolution, not better than default xvesa core element. However it was able to produce desktop on Thinkpad T23 in it's correct resolution 1024x768. This was not working for me with Tiny Core default xvesa!
Now, although all the above is immaterial to microcore architecture topic, since this architecture works fine (Thank you RobertS!), I think (IMHO) that it would be of significant advantage if a robust support of displays (particularly newer ones) was found and made available as one of core elements, alongside with the three already there...
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