SalixOS will not boot up?

[fatpat5]

I tried installing the newest driver for the card, 2.10.0, but it didn't really work. With all the other drivers, the system automtically seemed to install and configure it, but wiht this one, it just left me on the vesa driver. I can reinstall the others without problem, but the 2.10.0 driver just stayson the vesa mode. I tried Xorg -configure, but it didn't really work. Is there anything else I can try there?

In the alternative, is there a way I can force the vesa driver to give me 1024x768, instead of 640x480?

Unfortunately I cannot add attachments, so I could not attach the requested log entries (is there anywhere I can do that? I would prefer not to use things like rapidshare, as they don't always work for me).

[thenktor]

The new driver may not work at all on 13.0. I've thought vesa could do higher resolutions, too. You can try the monitor settings in XFCE first.

To upload log files you can always use pastebin.com or a similiar service.

[fatpat5]

I tried the display settings in xfce, but it only gave me 640x480 as an option. It also stated that the monitor was capable of "0Hz", so I think its not really liking me equipment here.

I hope that somehow I can get salix working, as I really like it so far (I've been using it in virtualbox on my laptop and its really nice to use). I just don't understand why it doesn't like this intel card. Other distributions don't seem to have a problem (e.g. OpenSuse, Debian, Mandriva, etc). Really strange.

Anyway, here are the log entries, I hope someone can figure out what is wrong here:

Messages:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/iu340x

Syslog:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5u9kak

Xorg.0.log
http://www.sendspace.com/file/928yyb

(All the log files looked really weird using windows notepad - in linux they looked different, so I did not use the pastebin service, in case windows messed up the files somehow).

[thenktor]

No idea what's wrong there. First install the 2.8.1 driver again, then delete the Xorg.0.log file, reboot and post the freshly created log file.
Further more I need the output of "lspci".

Maybe a new kernel and the 2.10.0 driver are needed, but that's hard to do for a newcomer

EDIT: Or if you want to try the vesa driver:
1. copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
2. open /etc/X11/xorg.conf and search for 1024x768, you'll find a section with resolutions where you can add higher ones.

[fatpat5]

Ok, I'll try that. With reference to the Xorg.0.log, after I delete it, do I need to just simply reboot, or is there any command I need to give for it to create another one?

Also, what exactly is the " lspci"? Is it a log, or a command?

If necessary, I am willing to try anything to see if I can get this working. All other distrubitons I tried are too heavy for the computer, but Salix is just right for it (plus I really like the wallpaper, )

If anything big is really required, then, I can always practice it on a virtual machine at home (through virtualbox) and then, if it works, replicate it when I get back to work.

I'll try getting you those logs and we'll see if there is anything in there that can help.

[gapan]

lspci is a command that you should run as the root user:

Code: Select all

su
(provide your root password)
lspci

[fatpat5]

Ok, I did as asked. I deinstalled 2.10.0 and re-installed 2.8.1.

I have copied the most recent versions of the following log files:-
Xorg.0.log
Messages
Syslog

I also saved the output of lspci (using "-vvx" - hope that's ok) in a text document (recordme.txt).

I have uploaded them all in a zip file. I hope maybe these can help shed some light on the matter. Let me know if you need anything else from me.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/840b3b

[thenktor]

Sorry, I still cannot find the problem. I'm still sure it's a problem with the used driver version. Please try the vesa driver instead as I've told in an earlier post:

1. copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf-vesa to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
2. open /etc/X11/xorg.conf and search for 1024x768, you'll find a section with resolutions where you can add higher ones.
3. Hope for a good result