Re: [opensuse-factory] Insatllation on Geode systems
On 27/04/10 23:16, James Mason wrote:
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Richard (MQ) <osl2008@googlemail.com> wrote:
I've been having lots of problems installing the 11.3 milestones on a Geode based Panel PC. This is a reasonably recent machine (purchased 2008) albeit low spec - 500MHz CPU, 1G RAM and 8G CF card. Built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, though the vt6655 module for these seems very buggy (#597299).
The latest issue I'm facing is that the display auto-configuration gets it wrong - the text during boot is legible (mode 0x315, display is 800x600 native) but later splits to two different (but possibly related) problems:
Text consoles (Control-Alt-F1 etc) show just a mass of near-random colours, like my old Sinclair spectrum did when it overheated. However, the system hasn't crashed:
Control-Alt-F7 takes me to XFCE (lightweight desktop) which runs OK, except that the display resolution seems wrong and the title bar of each window is corrupt.
Looking at /var/log/messages/Xorg.log gives few clues, the Geode LX video chipset seems to be recognised and at 800x600, but I don't know where else to look. Nothing obvious in Bugzilla searching for Geode etc.
Has anyone any suggestions before I open another bug?
what's the output from xrandr ?
- James Mason 'bear454'
Hi James
~> xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 800 default connected 800x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.3* 60.3 640x480 59.9 400x300 120.6 320x240 120.1
I don't know how to interpret this! -- Cheers Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Apr 28, 2010, at 3:34 AM, "Richard (MQ)" <osl2008@googlemail.com> wrote:
On 27/04/10 23:16, James Mason wrote:
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Richard (MQ) <osl2008@googlemail.com> wrote:
I've been having lots of problems installing the 11.3 milestones on a Geode based Panel PC. This is a reasonably recent machine (purchased 2008) albeit low spec - 500MHz CPU, 1G RAM and 8G CF card. Built- in WiFi and Bluetooth, though the vt6655 module for these seems very buggy (#597299).
The latest issue I'm facing is that the display auto-configuration gets it wrong - the text during boot is legible (mode 0x315, display is 800x600 native) but later splits to two different (but possibly related) problems:
Text consoles (Control-Alt-F1 etc) show just a mass of near-random colours, like my old Sinclair spectrum did when it overheated. However, the system hasn't crashed:
Control-Alt-F7 takes me to XFCE (lightweight desktop) which runs OK, except that the display resolution seems wrong and the title bar of each window is corrupt.
Looking at /var/log/messages/Xorg.log gives few clues, the Geode LX video chipset seems to be recognised and at 800x600, but I don't know where else to look. Nothing obvious in Bugzilla searching for Geode etc.
Has anyone any suggestions before I open another bug?
what's the output from xrandr ?
- James Mason 'bear454'
Hi James
~> xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 800 default connected 800x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.3* 60.3 640x480 59.9 400x300 120.6 320x240 120.1
This looks like VESA to me... - James Mason, 'bear454'
I don't know how to interpret this! -- Cheers Richard
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On 29/04/10 04:15, James Mason wrote:
what's the output from xrandr ?
- James Mason 'bear454'
Hi James
~> xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 800 default connected 800x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.3* 60.3 640x480 59.9 400x300 120.6 320x240 120.1
This looks like VESA to me...
- James Mason, 'bear454'
I don't know how to interpret this!
Running sax2 gives a warning along the lines of "the selected resolution and/or settings are not supported by the graphics cards framebuffer". Sax does start, reports display as VESA and adaptor as framebuffer, but crashes if I select "Test". Filing bug #600862 -- Cheers Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Richard (MQ) <osl2008@googlemail.com> wrote:
Running sax2 gives a warning along the lines of "the selected resolution and/or settings are not supported by the graphics cards framebuffer". Sax does start, reports display as VESA and adaptor as framebuffer, but crashes if I select "Test".
Filing bug #600862
Try using the -l option(lowres 800x600). There's also the -r option(re-inits database) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Apr 29, 10 12:15:45 +0100, Richard (MQ) wrote:
Running sax2 gives a warning along the lines of "the selected resolution and/or settings are not supported by the graphics cards framebuffer". Sax does start, reports display as VESA and adaptor as framebuffer, but crashes if I select "Test".
Filing bug #600862
sax2 isn't working correctly ATM, and as it's deprecated we will be working on sax2 on a very low profile only. Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <mhopf@suse.de> __ __ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ mat@mshopf.de Phone +49-911-74053-715 __) |_| __) |__ R & D www.mshopf.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 04:04:09PM +0200, Matthias Hopf wrote:
On Apr 29, 10 12:15:45 +0100, Richard (MQ) wrote:
Running sax2 gives a warning along the lines of "the selected resolution and/or settings are not supported by the graphics cards framebuffer". Sax does start, reports display as VESA and adaptor as framebuffer, but crashes if I select "Test".
Filing bug #600862
sax2 isn't working correctly ATM, and as it's deprecated we will be working on sax2 on a very low profile only.
Exactly. The current SaX2 behaviour is documented in Bug #596454. Best regards, Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 29/04/10 15:39, Stefan Dirsch wrote:
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 04:04:09PM +0200, Matthias Hopf wrote:
On Apr 29, 10 12:15:45 +0100, Richard (MQ) wrote:
Running sax2 gives a warning along the lines of "the selected resolution and/or settings are not supported by the graphics cards framebuffer". Sax does start, reports display as VESA and adaptor as framebuffer, but crashes if I select "Test".
Filing bug #600862
sax2 isn't working correctly ATM, and as it's deprecated we will be working on sax2 on a very low profile only.
Exactly. The current SaX2 behaviour is documented in Bug #596454.
Bug #600862 is about the X problem, not the sax2 failure. Sorry for any confusion! -- Cheers Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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