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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:30:29AM -0000, Simon Atkinson wrote:

> Hi there
>
> I'm new to using BasicLinux (BL3) -- what a fantastic distro
> guys! I really like it -- it's not only extremely usable but
> also a great way to get a better understanding of Linux.
>
> After using larger distros that take care of much of the set-up
> procedures and configuration I decided that it was about
> time to learn more about the internal workings of Linux. As
> a project I wanted to get Linux up an running on my Toshiba
> Libretto 100CT notebook -- not bad specs: 64 MB RAM, 2 GB hard
> disk two PCMCIA slots etc. I installed BL3 on a partition
> running openDOS 7.01, suppressed all the relevant start-up
> files (autoexec.bat config.sys etc) and booted up the system.
> It seems to work fine though I can't get X to work. I suspect
> that the current X server doesn't like the Neomagic graphics
> chip (I changer the server at some stage)!
>
> However my problem is that I can't get the PCMCIA slots to work
> properly after running /etc/pcmcia/start. I'm trying to access
> a 1 GB IBM microdrive, but get a range of error messages. First
> off -- so that someone could possibly help me -- I need to get
> the error listing in a message on this forum, but I can't find
> any diagnostic log files under /var or anywhere else. If there
> are any, where are they stored? Or how can I generate a log
> file of PCMCIA error messages when running /etc/pcmcia/start?
>
> I look forward to hearing from someone.

Welcome, Simon.

Looks like everyone's got you covered pretty well. I wonder if
there is another tinyX server that is better suited to your chip.
Will look into it. I have these here:

-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    873898 2006-05-08 10:27:26 bin/Xchips
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    839441 2006-05-08 10:27:25 bin/Xfbdev
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    877965 2006-05-08 10:27:27 bin/Xi810
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    843687 2006-05-08 10:27:25 bin/Xigs
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    856234 2006-05-08 10:27:29 bin/Xipaq
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    914139 2006-05-08 10:27:27 bin/Xmach64
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    872160 2006-05-08 10:27:25 bin/Xsavage
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    841146 2006-05-08 10:27:28 bin/Xsis530
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    881964 2006-05-08 10:27:26 bin/Xtrident
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    852660 2006-05-08 10:27:29 bin/Xtrio
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    876265 2006-05-08 10:27:30 bin/Xts300
-rwxr-xr-x 0/0    863260 2006-05-08 10:27:31 bin/Xvesa

Sindi mentioned the vesa framebuffer. Is that a reference to
Xfbdev?

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Thank God! I was trembling in my boots. :-()

Lee

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