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Marron

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Registered: 2017-01-29

Posts: 3

Green display on Thinkpad 600e

I know you think it's probably insane to try and use a 266 MHz and 76MB laptop in 2017, and I think the same, but insane or not, I wanna use it, for "making" something on that laptop is a project I do with my little bro. I get to teach him linux while I learn a thing or two at the same time.

First, I tried installing Slitaz linux, but it doesn't work. This laptop's graphics card uses the neomagic chipset. I tried Slitaz with Xorg, but no matter what I did Xorg didn't start. I'm not an expert in linux, I started using linux about 5 months ago, so I seek help.

After a few more tries I managed to get Slitaz 3.0 to load the display, but I got a very weird result which I couldn't fix. Now I tried with DSL and I got the same result. A display that looks like this:

Can you help me fix this? Thank you!

Ceel

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Registered: 2011-04-02

Posts: 1,424

Re: Green display on Thinkpad 600e

Hi,

With so few RAM, I'm not sure you'll succeed. I hope you've done a swap partition.

Try the Xvesa ISO (http://mirror1.slitaz.org/iso/3.0/flavors/slitaz-3.0-xvesa.iso); if it doesn't work, loram ISO (http://mirror1.slitaz.org/iso/3.0/flavors/slitaz-3.0-loram.iso).

If your computer has a CD reader, loram-cdrom ISO (http://mirror1.slitaz.org/iso/3.0/flavors/slitaz-3.0-loram-cdrom.iso) should run.

Marron

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Registered: 2017-01-29

Posts: 3

Re: Green display on Thinkpad 600e

I did manage to run it. I was able to sart with some graphical interface using the xvesa iso. The problem is that the display is messed up in the way that you see in the picture. I didn't proceed with the installation to HDD because I could not get it to display properly. Any help on that? Thank you.

And since you asked, it may be hard to believe, but that laptop has a CDRom as well as a USB port, and I can boot from either (Plop boot manager on CD).

gibor

Moderator

Registered: 2011-04-30

Posts: 1,067

Re: Green display on Thinkpad 600e

I seem your notebook have a neomagic graphics card?

If yes try:

lan inserted

add at boot screen=text

at promt log to root passw (root)

tazx and choice neomagic driver

startx

sorry for my bad english

Marron

Member

Registered: 2017-01-29

Posts: 3

Re: Green display on Thinkpad 600e

Can't do that. Internet does not work by default using slitaz 3.0. But I did choose the neomagic driver in tazx using slitaz 4.0 but couldn't manage to start xorg afterwards. In fact, I wasn't able to start xorg at all using slitaz 4.0, that's why I tried slitaz 3.0.

gibor

Moderator

Registered: 2011-04-30

Posts: 1,067

Re: Green display on Thinkpad 600e

There is an iso of old version slitaz (3 /4.. do not remember) are tested on notebook with card neomagic.

All driver are embedded, launch live same previous step, and execute tazx from prompt

https://yadi.sk/d/KXVx2YX73C6JdQ