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Tiny Core Base => CorePlus => Topic started by: Kot_enjoyer on May 22, 2022, 08:53:48 AM

Title: Screen issues after installing video drivers
Post by: Kot_enjoyer on May 22, 2022, 08:53:48 AM
I've recently installed coreplus on my old asus eee 700. Then I tried to install xf86-intel-video driver and my screen turned in the corrupted mess in the pic. Even the tty is unusable. It's just two dots on a black screen. Rebooting, installing Xorg-7.7-bin, and setting screen resolution to 800x480 (native resolution) didn't do anything.
Can I salvage it without reinstalling?
Screen picture (https://i.imgur.com/gG7BUWg.jpg)
Title: Re: Screen issues after installing video drivers
Post by: Juanito on May 22, 2022, 09:16:29 AM
Check onboot.lst, remove everything except Xvesa, flwm, aterm and wbar and reboot.
Title: Re: Screen issues after installing video drivers
Post by: Kot_enjoyer on May 22, 2022, 09:58:08 AM
Check onboot.lst, remove everything except Xvesa, flwm, aterm and wbar and reboot.
That worked, thanks.
Should I install some other driver or is the generic one fine?
upd:
this is kind of weird.
If I install the driver in the tty in works fine and even sets the resolution to the correct one but the moment I switch to the graphical desktop it becomes corrupted.
Title: Re: Screen issues after installing video drivers
Post by: Juanito on May 22, 2022, 10:14:50 AM
If you want to use xf86-video-intel, you need to replace Xvesa with Xorg-7.7.

They need to be loaded before starting the gui.
Title: Re: Screen issues after installing video drivers
Post by: Kot_enjoyer on May 22, 2022, 10:51:51 AM
I've put Xorg-7.7-bin.tcz and xf86-video-intel.tcz  and removed Xvesa in onboot.lst but it still boots in the tty
Title: Re: Screen issues after installing video drivers
Post by: Juanito on May 22, 2022, 11:20:49 AM
Not Xorg-7.7-bin, Xorg-7.7
Title: Re: Screen issues after installing video drivers
Post by: Kot_enjoyer on May 22, 2022, 11:26:53 AM
I see. Now everything works.