Quirky 013 uploaded

Available here:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/quirky/quirky-013/

The main purpose of this build is to test the rollback to Xorg 7.3.

I put in a small utility, 'report-video', though I found afterward that it doesn't work quite right. It's purpose is to help with reporting your setup if your video doesn't work quite right.

I would like to know what works, what doesn't. So far I have tested on three computers, my laptop that uses the 'intel' or 'i810' driver, a desktop PC with an Nvidia card that uses the 'nv' driver, and another that uses the 'openchrome' driver. All three work.

The build uses the 2.6.30.5 kernel from Puppy 431.

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Comments

Quirky 013 feedback thread
Username: BarryK
Here is a forum thread for feedback: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54021

report video
Username: lobster
"Many thanks - just to confirm output from report-video [code]# report-video cat: /etc/videomode: No such file or directory VIDEO REPORT Chip description: Driver used by Xorg: vesa Video mode used by Xorg: ...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video # [/code]

ATI video
Username: BarryK
"Lobster, you have ATI video, but Xorg is only using the generic 'vesa' driver. There are three ATI drivers, 'r128', 'mach64' and 'radeon'. There is another one that I'm not sure about, 'radeonhd'. In previous puppies, have you ever got Xorg working with any of these?

SiS video
Username: BarryK
"Tested on a 4th PC that uses the 'sis' driver, that works.

Toshiba 1415
Username: broomdodger
"[code] Toshiba Satellite 1415 -Computer- Processor : Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz Memory : 514MB (87MB used) Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.01 User Name : root (root) Date/Time : Tue 30 Mar 2010 11:08:05 AM GMT+8 -Display- Resolution : 1024x768 pixels ~# report-video cat: /etc/videomode: No such file or directory VIDEO REPORT Chip description: Driver used by Xorg: nv Video mode used by Xorg: ...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video [/code]

Toshiba Satellite A105 notebook
Username: broomdodger
"[code]Toshiba Satellite A105 notebook -Computer- Processor : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T1350 @ 1.86GHz Memory : 1024MB (245MB used) Operating System : Puppy Linux 0.01 User Name : root (root) Date/Time : Tue 30 Mar 2010 11:50:50 AM GMT+8 -Display- Resolution : 1024x768 pixels OpenGL Renderer : Unknown X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation ~# report-video cat: /etc/videomode: No such file or directory VIDEO REPORT Chip description: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller Driver used by Xorg: intel Video mode used by Xorg: ...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video [/code]

report-video
Username: BarryK
"Don't bother with that 'report-video' utility, it is too broken. Broomdodger, you haven't said whether those two worked for you or not.

report-video
Username: broomdodger
"So far everything I have tried worked. + seamonkey + gnumeric + I compiled gvim in quirky 010 and it works from that quirkysave. + 16bit video icons are ok. + 24bit video icons have black background. + foxit reader needs 24bit color or crashes, but that is old news. Later I will check all the above on my work PC.

Report video
Username: Ledster
"Tested on three computers. 1 - PNY Verto FX5200 graphics (128Meg) ran fine using XOrg (XOrg.conf showed nv driver used) 2 - Matrox MGA G200 AGP graphics (memory not known) ran fine using XOrg (MGA G200 AGP driver used) 3 - ATI Radeon 9800 pro graphics (128meg) XOrg locked the machine solid - had to hard reboot. Ran ok with XVesa. This machine runs XOrg fine with Puppy 4.3.1 (and earlier versions) Hope this helps Ledster

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