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tc partial boots then freezes
mmrr:
booting'tinycore 2', cheers, mm
black screen freeze close to end of start up
rebooting with words 'tinycore textmode'
ok, root on tty1
screen full of listmodes
several of 800x600's..do not have '(no linear framebuffer)' beside them
rebooting with words 'tinycore vga=788 2 tiny core textmode'
root on tty1 again, crashed when i entered 'Xvesa'... i wanted to see list of switches...
rebooting with 'tc textmode tc vga=788 2'
back @tty1...what to do???..........cheers, mm
roberts:
I recently setup a bunch of old Thinkpad 240s which only supports 800x600 framebuffer.
This is what I did for a typical frugal PPR mode install.
1. Make a directory on the laptop's hard drive called tce/
Use existing OS or boot tinycore with textmode.
2. Download and copy the extension Xfbdev.tce to the tce directory
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3. Boot tinycore with vga=788 textmode restore=hda2 (use whatever partition is available)
4. While tinycore boots you should see the Xfbdev extension being loaded.
5. While in text mode, edit .xsession file to change Xvesa to Xfbdev
6. Type startx to test framebuffer mode.
6. Then perform a backup to keep your new .xsession
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7. Upon subsequent boots you will need only vga=788
Or add it to your bootloader.
mmrr:
1. Make a directory on the laptop's hard drive called tce/
target h-drive has ext2 on 2 empty [hda5/6] and 1 occupied partitions
and a linux swapfile [hda3]....tce/ goes where?
Use existing OS or boot tinycore with textmode...i'll need code for tc textmode please.
2. Download and copy the extension Xfbdev.tce to the tce directory
....more textcode, please,,,i have a modern laptop running tc, in ram,,[ i don't turn it off until target can boot tc] and i'm using it now so if need can d-load to this machine, transfer to target by cd,
3. Boot tinycore with vga=788 textmode restore=hda2 (use whatever partition is available)...available how?? is swap available? ext2 hda5 is empty is better? how one 'restore' what was not there befoer?
4. While tinycore boots you should see the Xfbdev extension being loaded.
5. While in text mode, edit .xsession file to change Xvesa to Xfbdev
.....more code i need, i'm sorry, dammit, but you know how it has to be exactly so, when i just typed help on target screen, i got 'can't open display'...i typed 'mkdir tce/ hda5' ...and prompt popped up as if it had done it but what now,,,i type mkdir help, nothing, i type mkdir man, nothing
6. Type startx to test framebuffer mode.
6. Then perform a backup to keep your new .xsession
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7. Upon subsequent boots you will need only vga=788
Or add it to your bootloader.
ready to enter code, whatever you suggest i read on one type on another, cheers, mm
roberts:
Since you have provided some specifics, lets try an easier way.
At the boot prompt boot:
tinycore vga=788 textmode tce=hda5 restore=hda5
Note that the code tce=hda5 will automatically create a tce directory on hda5 if none existed.
The restore does not actually restore anything yet, it is providing the location for the backup operation. You can see it is set by looking at /opt/.backup_device
Next copy the Xfbdev.tce into the tce directory I don't know your specifics here, from floppy, pendrive, network, etc.
Next You will need to edit the file .xsession file in your /home/tc directory changing Xvesa to Xfbdev
Then do a backup (filetool.sh backup)
then sudo reboot
All we are trying to do here is to preload Xfbdev.tce extension so that it is available before startx occurs.
Upon subsquent rebooting you should only need
tinycore vga=788
The tce directrory will be autoscanned as well as the restore device.
mmrr:
specifics re copying are cd burner in compu running tc in ram, xp natively;;cd reader in target compu
booted as told, target says
'mount: you must specify the filesystem type
'chown: /mnt/hda5/tce: no such file or directory
' done.
'mount: you must specify the file system type
'unable to mount device hda5
'press enter to continue: '
what now, please
hda2 is ext2 with puppy linux installed
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