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TCE Bugs / Re: TC 16+ Xorg does not see layout changes

« Last post by andyj on January 15, 2026, 06:25:51 AM »

The test version does not see the correct starting layout, and "vmwgfxctrl --print-topology" doesn't show any changes. As a bonus, when I exit to prompt, the screen has a low color sunset like gradient going from orange to pink. No text visible, I have to send ctl-alt-del to restart the VM.

In the test version "ldd /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so" gives:

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linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fe6b28ed000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fe6b273c000)
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fe6b28ef000)

In TC 15, "ldd /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so" gives:

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linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc2f5f0000)
libdrm.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/libdrm.so.2 (0x00007f0987df2000)
libxatracker.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/libxatracker.so.2 (0x00007f0987841000)
libudev.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libudev.so.0 (0x00007f0987600000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007f098783c000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f098740d000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007f0987826000)
libzstd.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libzstd.so.1 (0x00007f0987376000)
libLLVM-15.so => /usr/local/lib/libLLVM-15.so (0x00007f0982cca000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f0982ca7000)
libdrm_nouveau.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/libdrm_nouveau.so.2 (0x00007f098781a000)
libdrm_intel.so.1 => /usr/local/lib/libdrm_intel.so.1 (0x00007f0982c87000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f098298f000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f09828cb000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f09828a6000)
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f0987e35000)
libffi.so.7 => /usr/local/lib/../lib/libffi.so.7 (0x00007f098780f000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f09828a1000)
libncursesw.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/../lib/libncursesw.so.6 (0x00007f0982844000)
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/../lib/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007f0982719000)
libpciaccess.so.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpciaccess.so.0 (0x00007f098270e000)
liblzma.so.5 => /usr/local/lib/../lib/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007f09826e5000)

It seems like it should have some drm dependencies like before. I tried copying libxatracking.so from TC 15 to 17, but it has a dependency on LLVM 15 that I couldn't fake with a simple symlink.

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piCore Final Releases / Re: piCore 16.0 Release

« Last post by Juanito on January 15, 2026, 06:24:36 AM »

updated ntp posted - not tested

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TCE Bugs / Re: TC 16+ Xorg does not see layout changes

« Last post by Juanito on January 15, 2026, 04:46:20 AM »

I posted the updated test extension without the dep on libxatracker at: http://tinycorelinux.net/16.x/x86_64/tcz/src/xorg/xf86-video-vmware/

Maybe you could try it out?

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TCE Bugs / Re: TC 16+ Xorg does not see layout changes

« Last post by Juanito on January 15, 2026, 04:36:13 AM »

This exists in mesa-24.1.7

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option(
  'gallium-xa',
  type : 'feature',
  deprecated: {'true': 'enabled', 'false': 'disabled'},
  description : 'enable gallium xa frontend.',
)..but not in mesa-25.2.5

xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0 configure gives this:

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checking for XATRACKER... no
checking whether to build Kernel Mode Setting and 3D... no
So far I haven't found any vmware fixes

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piCore Final Releases / Re: piCore 16.0 Release

« Last post by Juanito on January 15, 2026, 03:57:39 AM »

ntp relies on the openssl-1.1.1 package

I'll look at recompiling it.

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TCE Bugs / Re: nouveau-6.12.11-tinycore: missing wmi.ko.gz

« Last post by Juanito on January 15, 2026, 03:54:32 AM »

I would suggest booting with nothing set onboot and then loading graphics-KERNEL, Xorg-7.7-3d, flwm, aterm and wbar.

Next issue this command:

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Xorg -nolisten tcp..and check for any error messages.

In addition, after issuing the command above, check /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see if it contains something analogous to this:

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[   391.239] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[   391.239] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[   391.239] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[   391.239] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3..this will let you know which driver your hardware is looking for.

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TCE Bugs / Re: TC 16+ Xorg does not see layout changes

« Last post by Juanito on January 15, 2026, 03:45:49 AM »

What changed in Xorg between TC 15 and 16? BTW it doesn't work on 17 alpha either.

At some point after mesa-24.1.7 the libraries provided by the mesa source code changed significantly (some were added, some disappeared), which prompted a refactoring of the extensions containing the libraries.

Let me check if building the latest xf86-video-vmware changes anything.

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TCE Bugs / Re: nouveau-6.12.11-tinycore: missing wmi.ko.gz

« Last post by Rich on January 15, 2026, 01:38:17 AM »

Hi fier

... It says "no such device", the module does exist. ...

Maybe it doesn't recognize your video device?

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TCE Bugs / Re: nouveau-6.12.11-tinycore: missing wmi.ko.gz

« Last post by aus9 on January 15, 2026, 12:38:05 AM »

above is pretty ugly....and I do not know what kernel modules will depend on your nouveau
Lets pretend none do....must show used by 0
then you can exit to prompt and run.....at the console

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sudo rmmod nouveau
sudo modprobe nouveau options <parm-name> with it setting for each parm setting you like to try

eg
sudo modprobe nouveau options duallink=0

Once you know which ones work and improve your visuals....we can then look at automating that with probably
an entry in your /opt/bootlocal.sh

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TCE Bugs / Re: nouveau-6.12.11-tinycore: missing wmi.ko.gz

« Last post by aus9 on January 15, 2026, 12:28:02 AM »

Hi until you get a better reply as I do not have nvidia chipset and am on 64 bit but you may want to run this command ...SNIP means I am not showing some stuff

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modinfo nouveau

showing the 64 bit kernel results which may be similar to 32 bit
filename:       /lib/modules/6.18.2-tinycore64/kernel.tclocal/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko.gz
author:         Nouveau Project
description:    nVidia Riva/TNT/GeForce/Quadro/Tesla/Tegra K1+
license:        GPL and additional rights
parm:           keep_gsp_logging:Migrate the GSP-RM logging debugfs entries upon exit
parm:           NVreg_RegistryDwords:A semicolon-separated list of key=integer pairs of GSP-RM registry keys
parm:           runpm:disable (0), force enable (1), optimus only default (-1)
parm:           atomic:Expose atomic ioctl (default: disabled)
parm:           modeset:enable driver (default: auto, 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled, 2 = headless)
parm:           noaccel:disable kernel/abi16 acceleration
parm:           debug:debug string to pass to driver core
parm:           config:option string to pass to driver core
parm:           hdmimhz:Force a maximum HDMI pixel clock (in MHz)
parm:           duallink:Allow dual-link TMDS (default: enabled)
parm:           ignorelid:Ignore ACPI lid status
parm:           tv_disable:Disable TV-out detection
parm:           mst:Enable DisplayPort multi-stream (default: enabled)
parm:           tv_norm:Default TV norm.
      Supported: PAL, PAL-M, PAL-N, PAL-Nc, NTSC-M, NTSC-J,
         hd480i, hd480p, hd576i, hd576p, hd720p, hd1080i.
      Default: PAL
      *NOTE* Ignored for cards with external TV encoders.
parm:           kms_vram_pushbuf:Place EVO/NVD push buffers in VRAM (default: auto)
parm:           vram_pushbuf:Create DMA push buffers in VRAM
alias:          pci:v000012D2d*sv*sd*bc03sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc*i*
depends:        drm_display_helper,drm,drm_kms_helper,agpgart,ttm,mxm-wmi,drm_gpuvm,gpu-sched,drm_exec,video,wmi,backlight,drm_client_lib,drm_ttm_helper
intree:         Y
SNIP not showing any firmware

Now look at the parameters  = parm
Notice
modeset
config
duallink
tv_disable
mst
tv_norm

Now the 64 bit TCE contains 2 other modules and if you modinfo those 2 you will see mention of

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modinfo ch7006
SNIP
Chrontel ch7006 TV encoder driver
Default: PAL
and above tv_norm we can use that parameter to ntsc if you are not a pal country....if interested
But if you are not interested in tv then you probably might like to disable tv stuff with the parameter
tv_disable=1  (1 means yes so means disable the tv detection)

If you interested in changing away from PAL then the parameter tv_norm can be changed

Now lets look at duallink. ...it mentions TMDS default enabled and looking at the other module we have

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modinfo sil164
SNIP
Silicon Image sil164 TMDS transmitter driver
So again, if interested in not that hardware.....you may like to disable TMDS by the parameter
duallink=0

Now according to another distros wiki....this kernel module needs Kernel Mode  Setting  (KMS)
so it looks like you can not modeset=0 IMHO

Again I do not have your hardware....some people have display port connection to monitor some do not
so looking at parameter mst, which is defaulting to enabled....you may like to try disabling it if not using DP?
mst=0

Obviously....I was hoping to offer advice on boot code for noacpi but I can not spot anything in this module itself

Good luck in testing.

Suggestion....show the full output of command

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lsmod