Xorg video - the last straw.

[ACRizona]

< Too many problems in 3.0, down-graded back to TC 2.8. > 

To cure the 1024x768x24x60hz problem, I installed the recommended Xorg and re-booted.  Just great  another day wasted !

I get a boot prompt wanting a logon 
The Power-OFF button works very well.

Of the truly small distros,   I have found only one that will support above 800x600x24.  In fact, after testing six small distros, on five diff PCs, none have been user-acceptable.

Its really ironic that these machines were fully-functioning Windows 2000 Pro from a large corporate bankruptcy. 

[jur]

Is this a case of intel graphics? Then the extension graphics-2.6.33.3-tinycore is needed along with Xorg-7.5.

[ACRizona]

IBM NetVista "book-shelf" PC with on-board SIS 630 video.  Supports resolutions up to 1280x1024 up to 78hz.   
Common LCD panel monitors are HP, MAG, Dell, etc all fixed @ 60hz for all res over 800x600.   I have $Sony & $$Planar which have variable scan rates at all supported rez.   
All the major distros support the SIS630. Only one of the small-nix.

No big deal,,,  I'll be rid of them all soon.     

[curaga]

Sis chipsets are really rather crappy, so even with perfect drivers they would be.. irritable. Add to that the driver maintainer quit doing that some years ago.