[Mailinglist] issue - PCLinuxOS 2007 not logging into GUI / Xserver
Dear all, On my friend's laptop, PCLinuxOS GNOME edition live CD booted perfectly in to the GNOME desktop. And after logging in, successfully installed it on the system. But after installing, it is not logging in to the Xserver / GUI. The installed system boots well and then the Xserver tries some 2 - 3 times to log in and then comes to the help screen stating that X cannot log in. Some error messages that come are: 1. 'PCI bus id' not found 2. '/dev/agpgart' not found 3. 'Video RAM' set too low? Some rounds of troubleshooting we had: 1. tried replacing the installed system's xorg.conf with the liveCD's xorg.conf file. 2. tried specifying an option of video RAM, when it asked for a probability of low video RAM. 3. tried with the 'vesa' driver; default detected was 'intel' driver. 4. tried removing the 'ACPI' kernel option at boot time. 5. tried putting in the 'PCI bus' option. 6. tried changing the default resolution to 16bit 800x600; default in the other OS is 24bit 1280x1024. 7. tried disabling the 'translucency' option. 8. tried disabling the 'DPMS' option. Well, none of the above worked. What puzzles me is that the hardware is fully supported, since the liveCD is booting in to the Xserver / GUI without any issues; still it doesn't log in to Xserver when it is installed. So what I thought was there would be some script / command running while the liveCD is booting, whereas it is not enabled in the installed version. Does anybody have any clue as to what could be the possible reason for this? The laptop configuration is Intel Core 2 Duo processor with integrated graphics, 2GB RAM etc. Zaheer M K GNU/Linux user #351122 Registered at http://counter.li.org -- See Exclusive Video: 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards http://www.hollywoodlife.net/younghollywoodawards2008/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080516/040ed5df/attachment.html
[Mailinglist] issue - PCLinuxOS 2007 not logging into GUI / Xserver
Hi, First of all am using ubuntu, never used PCLinux at all, so dont know what is the file layout of that OS. What i am going to say is on the basis of ubuntu linux .. Just try it. In most cases X server error will be obtained from /var/log/messages. You are saying that you are not able to loggin to X server, so i am hopping that you can get the command prompt. Just switch to tty1 in ubutu Alt+Ctrl+F1 will do that. Hope you can login to that prompt. In that prompt just try #startx -- :2 That will start X server, if there any error that will be printed on the screen. Also in /var/log/messages . Just send that full error reprt, so that i can help you. Thank you Regards With regards, Unnikrishnan.A poornam info vision +919847753402 unni at webofunni.com http://www.webofunni.com/ "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle" On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Zaheer Kozhakkaniyil wrote: > Dear all, > >On my friend's laptop, PCLinuxOS GNOME edition live CD booted > perfectly in to the GNOME desktop. And after logging in, successfully > installed it on the system. But after installing, it is not logging in to > the Xserver / GUI. The installed system boots well and then the Xserver > tries some 2 - 3 times to log in and then comes to the help screen stating > that X cannot log in. Some error messages that come are: > > 1. 'PCI bus id' not found > 2. '/dev/agpgart' not found > 3. 'Video RAM' set too low? > >Some rounds of troubleshooting we had: > > 1. tried replacing the installed system's xorg.conf with the liveCD's > xorg.conf file. > 2. tried specifying an option of video RAM, when it asked for a > probability of low video RAM. > 3. tried with the 'vesa' driver; default detected was 'intel' driver. > 4. tried removing the 'ACPI' kernel option at boot time. > 5. tried putting in the 'PCI bus' option. > 6. tried changing the default resolution to 16bit 800x600; default in the > other OS is 24bit 1280x1024. > 7. tried disabling the 'translucency' option. > 8. tried disabling the 'DPMS' option. > >Well, none of the above worked. What puzzles me is that the hardware > is fully supported, since the liveCD is booting in to the Xserver / GUI > without any issues; still it doesn't log in to Xserver when it is installed. > So what I thought was there would be some script / command running while the > liveCD is booting, whereas it is not enabled in the installed version. > >Does anybody have any clue as to what could be the possible reason > for this? > >The laptop configuration is Intel Core 2 Duo processor with > integrated graphics, 2GB RAM etc. > > > Zaheer M K > GNU/Linux user #351122 > Registered at http://counter.li.org > > > -- See Exclusive Video: * 10th Annual Young Hollywood > Awards*<http://www.hollywoodlife.net/younghollywoodawards2008/> > > ___ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080516/453c781a/attachment.html
[Mailinglist] Microsoft plans to limit Linux on low-cost PCs
Microsoft plans to limit Linux on low-cost PCs http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/hardware/laptops/news/index.cfm?newsid=9006 http://www.tectonic.co.za/2413/microsoft-plans-to-limit-linux-on-low-cost-pcs/ -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080516/548de8d6/attachment.html
[Mailinglist] Microsoft plans to limit Linux on low-cost PCs
well,then Slashtop is coming on all ASUS mobos,now pwn this M$haft :D http://www.geek.com/splashtop-linux-desktop-to-appear-on-every-asus-motherboard/index.php On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Sooraj NS wrote: > > > Microsoft plans to limit Linux on low-cost PCs > > > > http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/hardware/laptops/news/index.cfm?newsid=9006 > > > > http://www.tectonic.co.za/2413/microsoft-plans-to-limit-linux-on-low-cost-pcs/ > > > ___ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- Use Linux Operating System.Free Yourself from Windows and Viruses,trogens.. Use Free Or Swatanthra Softwares.learn more at: http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/ http://fsf.org Windows Vista is evil: http://badvista.fsf.org -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080516/c7e5be27/attachment.html
[Mailinglist] issue - PCLinuxOS 2007 not logging into GUI / Xserver
--- Zaheer Kozhakkaniyil wrote: > > 1. 'PCI bus id' not found > 2. '/dev/agpgart' not found > 3. 'Video RAM' set too low? > Can you try disabling the framebuffer? Like "vga=none" option as the kernel parameter. It's Core2 Duo right? Has anyone checked i965 chipset with X? It could be some trouble with not detecting the correct video chipset. I believe you can access the CLI. What does 'lspci -vv' say? BTW, is it the latest version of PCLinuxOS? /dev/agpgart not found, means it is having trouble allocating video ram. One possible trouble could be X was instructed to display using kernel framebuffer. I'm sorry, I don't currently have an access to my Linux box, but you can read xorg.conf(5) and disable display of X through kernel framebuffer. I remember once installing IT at School GNU/Linux (forgot the version), and in the end it asked me (after detecting X and all), whether to enable display through kernel framebuffer. I consented, and that caused me a 3-day of trouble-shooting Try and run memcheck86 -- just to see that your RAM is ok. I guess that might be the problem.. not sure though. No worries, Mahesh Aravind Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur! - http://maravind.blogspot.com/
[Mailinglist] issue - PCLinuxOS 2007 not logging into GUI / Xserver
Hi, In addition to what Unni recommends you can also try this if it still does not work. After logging in to the console via Ctrl + Alt + F1 run the command #Xorg -configure Observer the last few lines that come as output to know if it did everything properly. If everything went fine you will get a file in /root/xorg.conf.new(expecting you run this command as root) To test if this file will work with the X server you can issue the command #X -config /root/xorg.conf.new If X works fine you can copy this as /etc/X11/xorg.conf and use to start X. Hope this helps, PD -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080516/665eadd8/attachment.html
[Mailinglist] Squeeze your Chumpy!
Uh.. funny name for such a product! But it's open hardware, Linux, and lots of Web2.0 thrown in. What do you think of this? http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/14/technology/ptpogue15.php Product site at: www.chumpy.com Cheerio! Mahesh Aravind Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur! - http://maravind.blogspot.com/
[Mailinglist] [OT] The Prize of Freedom... is...?
Dear fellow Linuxers, This doesn't do anything with Linux, GNU, or "open source". But this is about freedom -- personal freedom. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/15/computing.security What would do if a similar law exists in India? Or if you're a traveler to US (with laptop, of course)? Would you surrender your private data, or would you stand up and protest? I'm curious... Gawd, who gives a green flag to "laws" like these? /. have a lengthy discussion on this. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/15/1551246 different people suggests different methods. I particularly liked the "no battery" one. :) Please do write of what you think. -- Mahesh Aravind Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur! - http://maravind.blogspot.com/
[Mailinglist] issue - PCLinuxOS 2007 not logging into GUI / Xserver
Hi, I don't know whether this reply will help you or not. I use Debian/Lenny on my Thinkpad. I had the same issue when I specify 'intel' driver (My display card is Intel mobile GM965) in xorg.conf As you told the live CD's were working perfectly, even with wrong driver setting in xorg.conf. The issue is resolved automatically when I get the latest 'xserver-xorg-video-intel' package. Regards, Jos Collin On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Zaheer Kozhakkaniyil wrote: > Dear all, > >On my friend's laptop, PCLinuxOS GNOME edition live CD booted > perfectly in to the GNOME desktop. And after logging in, successfully > installed it on the system. But after installing, it is not logging in to > the Xserver / GUI. The installed system boots well and then the Xserver > tries some 2 - 3 times to log in and then comes to the help screen stating > that X cannot log in. Some error messages that come are: > > 1. 'PCI bus id' not found > 2. '/dev/agpgart' not found > 3. 'Video RAM' set too low? > >Some rounds of troubleshooting we had: > > 1. tried replacing the installed system's xorg.conf with the liveCD's > xorg.conf file. > 2. tried specifying an option of video RAM, when it asked for a > probability of low video RAM. > 3. tried with the 'vesa' driver; default detected was 'intel' driver. > 4. tried removing the 'ACPI' kernel option at boot time. > 5. tried putting in the 'PCI bus' option. > 6. tried changing the default resolution to 16bit 800x600; default in the > other OS is 24bit 1280x1024. > 7. tried disabling the 'translucency' option. > 8. tried disabling the 'DPMS' option. > >Well, none of the above worked. What puzzles me is that the hardware > is fully supported, since the liveCD is booting in to the Xserver / GUI > without any issues; still it doesn't log in to Xserver when it is installed. > So what I thought was there would be some script / command running while the > liveCD is booting, whereas it is not enabled in the installed version. > >Does anybody have any clue as to what could be the possible reason > for this? > >The laptop configuration is Intel Core 2 Duo processor with > integrated graphics, 2GB RAM etc. > > > Zaheer M K > GNU/Linux user #351122 > Registered at http://counter.li.org > > > -- See Exclusive Video: * 10th Annual Young Hollywood > Awards*<http://www.hollywoodlife.net/younghollywoodawards2008/> > > ___ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080516/342de095/attachment-0001.html
[Mailinglist] Microsoft plans to limit Linux on low-cost PCs
Even if Microsoft plan to make Windows as a free operating system, I don't think it is a good idea to use it in our PC's. They have to change the OS design to standard ones (micro or monolithic), which is impossible at this stage. Microsoft decided to follow this design for the sake of marketing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_kernel Regards, Jos Collin On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Sooraj NS wrote: > > > Microsoft plans to limit Linux on low-cost PCs > > > > http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/hardware/laptops/news/index.cfm?newsid=9006 > > > > http://www.tectonic.co.za/2413/microsoft-plans-to-limit-linux-on-low-cost-pcs/ > > > ___ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20080516/d014bf2e/attachment.html
