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Hello everyone, first post to date. Great distro but I'm a bit lost to how the taz thing works yet. I'm very much used to linux but again the taz thing is new to me. I've installed this on a P4 3.0GHz with 1Gb ram and sadly my problem is with the graphics card, Intel 82845 IGP. The Monitor resolution (Philips 107B monitor) is stuck at 1080P which weirdly my monitor is a CRT. I'm needing 1024x768 and I've looked for xorg conf in etc/x11/... without success and the conf is not created anywhere. Is Slitaz 5.0 supporting Intel 82845 graphics? Or am I just missing a module/driver? Could there be a line of code I can add to force resolution to what I need?
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5.0-rc2 includes 2 video drivers, vesa and fbdev,if your at 1080P fbdev is in use.
X always prefers fbdev over vesa.
The config files for X have to be generated from the console. Logout of the xsession, at the slim login type exit to drop to console.
Login as root, type [c]tazx config-xorg[/c]. This writes the config files to /etc/X11/xorg.d.config.
You can edit the files from console nano or type [c]slim[/c] to start xsession and edit with leafpad.
I had no luck changing resolution of fbdev so I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-Device.conf to Driver "vesa"
This can be done from live cd if bootcode [c]nomodeset[/c] is used,otherwise vesa can't load.
Add screen=text so Xorg/fbdev never starts,uninstall fbdev before [c]tazx config-xorg[/c].
The Driver file doesn't have to be hand edited,vesa is the only driver so X writes the config with vesa.
Install intel driver if you want better quality with greater choice of resolutions.
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@mojo
is there a possibility with 5.0 to get screen=text or nomodeset booting from CD? - I have no idea, how that works - in 4.0 its easy.....
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Tab slitaz core on the syslinux menu then type it in at the end,hit enter.
It would be better if /etc/X11/xorg.config.d files were written by tazx instead of manually having to do it with [c]tazx config-xorg[/c].
I don't know if screen=1024x768 on cmdline actually adds Modes to 70-Screen.conf
It can't do it on a fresh boot of live cd if the file isn't there
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ok - thanks a lot - stupid me, but I never tried this, I always tried to change it on SliTaz Live
so we have to change the spash screen to:
choose SliTaz Core Live and press [Tab] to edit options
and I would opt to get the option to boot straight to tazx
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The user has to choose a flavor to edit the kernel cmdline.
SliTaz Live which auto-selects flavor using memory detection does not point to the kernel so editing does not work.
I would opt to get the option to boot straight to tazx
Could be usefull if slitaz is connected to the internet.
/etc/init.d/rcS calls [c]tazx init[/c] <= http://hg.slitaz.org/slitaz-boot-scripts/file/3e07c0a601fa/etc/init.d/rcS#l190
[c]taxz init[/c] needs function xorg_conf_d to generate 70-Screen.conf or screen=1024x768 has no file to edit <= http://hg.slitaz.org/slitaz-tools/file/811a53a79942/tinyutils/tazx#l106
# Handle live option: screen= <= http://hg.slitaz.org/slitaz-tools/file/811a53a79942/tinyutils/tazx#l242
if grep -qs 'screen=' /proc/cmdline ; then
MODE="$(sed 's/.*screen=\([0-9]*x[0-9]*\).*/\1/' < /proc/cmdline)"
sed -i "s/.*EndSubSection.*/\\t\\tModes\\t\"$MODE\"\\n&/" \
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-Screen.conf
240 fi ;;
This is why screen=1024x768 live cd boot doesn't work.
fbdev ignores all configurations.
I will build an iso to test this theory :^)
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Thanks all great support team! I'm trying it at this moment. Will give feedback.
--EDIT--
That worked and I got all modes out of it by running tazx alone to reconfigure xorg.
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