[gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

[gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

[Maxim Wexler]

Hi group,

I'd like to hear of peoples' experiences with the gentoo-livedvd-10.1
especially on the eee PC.

In my case(asus 900a), whether I use startx at the boot prompt or let
xdm start by default, the X window starts to open and I see a glimpse
of the desktop but then the screen goes black and flickers and just
the outline of the mouse cursor is visible. If I switch to a console
and try to write a command I have to be fast because log messages are
being re-directed intermittently from F12 and just pop up on the
screen.

But livedvd boots ok in my desktop. The log stays where it's supposed to be.

Could it be the limited capability of the video chip in the eee? But
that doesn't explain the log bleeding over into the console.

PC and eee both have 1G ram, FWIW

Maxim

Re: [gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

[John Campbell]

On 10/17/2009 07:55 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote:

> In my case(asus 900a), whether I use startx at the boot prompt or let
> xdm start by default, the X window starts to open and I see a glimpse
> of the desktop but then the screen goes black and flickers and just
> the outline of the mouse cursor is visible. If I switch to a console
> and try to write a command I have to be fast because log messages are
> being re-directed intermittently from F12 and just pop up on the
> screen.

Are you getting squashfs errors?

Try intercepting the login screen and changing to a different desktop.
In my case with the multilib livecd on two multicore PCs, one Intel, and
one AMD, there seemed to be some interaction between KDE4 and squashfs.
 Gnome, Xfe, and I assume others, work fine.

Re: [gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

[Maxim Wexler]

> Are you getting squashfs errors?

no

mw

Re: [gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

[David]

Maxim Wexler wrote:
> Hi group,
> 
> I'd like to hear of peoples' experiences with the gentoo-livedvd-10.1
> especially on the eee PC.
> 
> In my case(asus 900a), whether I use startx at the boot prompt or let
> xdm start by default, the X window starts to open and I see a glimpse
> of the desktop but then the screen goes black and flickers and just
> the outline of the mouse cursor is visible. If I switch to a console
> and try to write a command I have to be fast because log messages are
> being re-directed intermittently from F12 and just pop up on the
> screen.
> 
> But livedvd boots ok in my desktop. The log stays where it's supposed to be.
> 
> Could it be the limited capability of the video chip in the eee? But
> that doesn't explain the log bleeding over into the console.
> 
> PC and eee both have 1G ram, FWIW
> 
> Maxim
> 
> 
Hi Maxim,
Try switching to gdm and gnome, there have been some reports of problems 
with kdm and certain video cards. boot like;

gentoo-nofb nox
# go ahead and set root pw and reset user gentoo pw
passwd
passwd gentoo # set as gentoo (this may not be needed)
# edit /etc/conf.d/xdm
s/kdm/gdm
# start gdm
/etc/init.d/xdm start

any better?

-- 
David Abbott (dabbott)

Re: [gentoo-user] livedvd v10.1 on eee PC

[Maxim Wexler]

> /etc/init.d/xdm start
>
> any better?
>

much better, thanks!

the desktop is rock solid but the individual consoles all  still
suffer from 'log bleed',  A bug I can live with ;]

mw