No apologies needed Doc. I'll see what happens. :-) On Sep 18, 2008, at 12:31 PM, Pablo Manalastas wrote:
> 1024x800 is wrong. It should be 1280x800. Sorry. When you are my > age, you tend to make these mistakes. > > Pablo Manalastas > *** > > > --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [plug] Neo Empriva and Linux >> To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion >> List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 12:24 PM >> I can not write everything on my blog, so in case there are >> items I forgot to write down, here are some tips. >> >> I got most distros to work, but you have to boot single >> user on first boot, and fix xorg.conf to resolution >> 1024x800, > > > Should be 1280x800. > > >> and then remove any vga=791 or similar setting on >> the kernel command line in /boot/grub/grub.conf. >> >> The easiest to install is debian-testing (weekly build or >> beta2), because most of the hardware is successfully >> autoprobed, except for the video, which is VIA Chrome9. >> Instead of VIA, debian-testing will install the generic vesa >> driver. At the installer boot prompt, type >> >> linux vga=771 >> >> This will solve your installation split-screen problem. >> >> Just put in the data asked of you. It is good if you have >> internet connection when you install, so that deb packages >> not in the installer CD/DVD can be downloaded from the >> Debian mirrors. >> >> On first boot, go single user, by editing the grub options >> (add "single" to the kernel line). After booting >> single-user, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and add the following >> sections, if not already there: >> >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "Generic Video Card" >> Driver "vesa" >> BusID "PCI:1:0:0" >> EndSection >> >> Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Generic Monitor" >> Option "DPMS" >> VertRefresh 59.9-60.1 >> EndSection >> >> Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Default Screen" >> Device "Generic Video Card" >> Monitor "Generic Monitor" >> DefaultDepth 24 >> SubSection "Display" >> Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" >> EndSubSection >> EndSection >> >> Section "ServerLayout" >> Identifier "Default Layout" >> Screen "Default Screen" >> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" >> InputDevice "Configured Mouse" >> EndSection >> >> Also in /boot/grub/menu.lst. for the "kernel" >> line, remove the options >> >> rhgb >> quiet >> vga=xxx >> >> This will ensure that the native non-gui screen resolution >> is selected (80x25? or whatever). I think Neo has problems >> going to graphical mode of X-window from a screen resolution >> setting other than native. >> >> The removal of rhgb and quiet will allow you to see all >> boot time messages so that if something should go wrong, you >> know what went wrong. >> >> Then, after editing xorg.conf and menu.lst, you are now >> ready to do a real graphical first-boot. >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Pablo Manalastas >> *** >> >> >> >> --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Michael Janapin >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> From: Michael Janapin >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: [plug] Neo Empriva and Linux >>> To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) >> Technical Discussion List" >> <[email protected]> >>> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 5:33 AM >>> I'm just so disappointed with this laptop. :-) >>> All flavors of Linux that I have, vintage to cutting >> edge, >>> would not >>> run! (Gentoo Live 2004, Knoppix 3.3, Knoppix 5.5, >> Ubuntu >>> 7.10, Ubuntu >>> 8.04, Fedora 9) >>> Do you think it's hardware related? (Bad PCI Table >> or >>> something?) >>> >>> I'll try Slackware 10 later and give it a spin on >> this >>> thing. >>> >>> Mhac >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
