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tinyman90:
Hi all,

I got a laptop to make it work. It was running Windows XP. The sound was already missing from it (possibly damaged soundcard).
Specs: AcerAspire1200XV laptop
1 GHz Intel Celeron CPU
128 MB RAM (108 MB usabe due to MMIO and minimum 8 MB VRAM)
10 GB HDD (IDE) - created 1GB swap at the start of the disk, 1GB EXT4 for Tinycore
Northbridge: VIA8606 (graphics)
Southbridge: VIA686B (sound/AC97, peripherals)

I installed TinyCoreLinux v15 x86 on it. Just the terminal version. Ethernet is working.

I installed the following tcz apps: firmware-audio, firmware-video, alsa-config, alsa-oss, alsa, graphics, Xfree86-vesa, Xvesa, aterm, fluxbox.

Then typed startx and installed the remaining apps: kmap, xfe, xarchiver, netsurf, oo2, wbar

Saved all. It all works good, except:
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1. I did not manage to make the soundcard work. I guess it is broken, I am missing SND-PCSP.KO.GZ from Tinycore. Can I get it? To output sound from builtin pc-speaker, which is connected to external speaker.

2. Can I change keyboard mapping on the fly, lets say from English to German? Without going out to terminal.

3. Can I do 2D video acceleration with VESA driver? Since there is no VIA graphics firmware..

P.S.
Can I change the default UserAgent in Netsurf?

gadget42:
to fly from england to germany terminals are necessary unless private charter

Rich:
Hi tinyman90

--- Quote from: tinyman90 on November 28, 2024, 03:45:59 PM --- ... 1. I did not manage to make the soundcard work. I guess it is broken, I am missing SND-PCSP.KO.GZ from Tinycore. Can I get it? To output sound from builtin pc-speaker, which is connected to external speaker. ...
--- End quote ---
According to the kernel configuration, it's not enabled so no is driver available:

--- Code: ---# CONFIG_SND_PCSP is not set
--- End code ---
Found here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86/release/src/kernel/config-6.6.8-tinycore


--- Quote --- ... 3. Can I do 2D video acceleration with VESA driver? Since there is no VIA graphics firmware.. ...
--- End quote ---
I don't think acceleration is available for Xvesa.


--- Quote --- ... I installed the following tcz apps: firmware-audio, firmware-video, alsa-config, alsa-oss, alsa, graphics, Xfree86-vesa, Xvesa, aterm, fluxbox. ...
--- End quote ---
Did you mean xf86-video-vesa ?
That package is for Xorg. It does nothing for Xvesa.

tinyman90:

--- Quote from: gadget42 on November 28, 2024, 09:54:48 PM ---to fly from england to germany terminals are necessary unless private charter

--- End quote ---

Yeah ;D

I meant changing keyboard mapping during an X session. Kmap requires to exit X session chang kbd mapping and startx.

tinyman90:

--- Quote from: Rich on November 28, 2024, 11:30:25 PM ---Hi tinyman90

--- Quote from: tinyman90 on November 28, 2024, 03:45:59 PM --- ... 1. I did not manage to make the soundcard work. I guess it is broken, I am missing SND-PCSP.KO.GZ from Tinycore. Can I get it? To output sound from builtin pc-speaker, which is connected to external speaker. ...
--- End quote ---
According to the kernel configuration, it's not enabled so no is driver available:

--- Code: ---# CONFIG_SND_PCSP is not set
--- End code ---
Found here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86/release/src/kernel/config-6.6.8-tinycore


--- Quote --- ... 3. Can I do 2D video acceleration with VESA driver? Since there is no VIA graphics firmware.. ...
--- End quote ---
I don't think acceleration is available for Xvesa.


--- Quote --- ... I installed the following tcz apps: firmware-audio, firmware-video, alsa-config, alsa-oss, alsa, graphics, Xfree86-vesa, Xvesa, aterm, fluxbox. ...
--- End quote ---
Did you mean xf86-video-vesa ?
That package is for Xorg. It does nothing for Xvesa.

--- End quote ---

Hi thanks for the reply.

Can I grab snd_pcsp.ko module from some old x86 Debian and load it in Tinycore? Or do I have to recompile Tinycore with snd_pcsp enabled?

graphics-6.6.8-tinycore.tcz description states:
Accelerated graphics support

Yes I meant xf86-video-vesa.

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