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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL3 X-WIndows
  • Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:01:24 +1200

Robert Steinmetz wrote:
>
> I installed BasicLinux 3.02 (BL3) on a Toshiba Libretto C50,
> Pentium 70, 32 MB of RAM. I have loaded BL3 and it works fine
> in character mode. But when I go "startx" the screen goes black
> and there is no mouse pointer.

Sounds like the usual Xvesa conflict (some DOS devices/TSRs do
something that confuses Xvesa). I suggest you boot DOS without
config.sys, without autoexec.bat, and without windows. If that
works, you can use trial-and-error to figure out exactly which
device/TSR is causing the conflict. For me it was HIMEM.SYS
(from DOS 6.22). When I replaced it with the HIMEM.SYS from
DOS 5, the clash disappeared. There is also a known clash with
some implementations of SMARTDRV.

I'm hoping that someday we will discover a simple fix for the
Xvesa clash -- like a loadlin parameter that completely wipes
the detritus left by DOS.

Cheers,
Steven





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