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[SOLVED]fail to load porteus 1.1 at a laptop (hp 2133)
Posted: 02 Feb 2012, 11:10
by feng
currently, i am running porteus 1.1 32bit.
i put it in a usb pen, it works fine at desktop.
but it fails to loading at a laptop (hp 2133).
the screen turns to blue, then red, then grey... just right after the line:
triggering udev events: /sbin/udevadm trigger --action=add
any suggestion?
Re: fail to load porteus at a laptop
Posted: 02 Feb 2012, 11:38
by Hamza
This should be an issue related to GPU's kernel module. Please post more information about your computer where the Porteus boot failed.
Re: fail to load porteus at a laptop
Posted: 02 Feb 2012, 15:01
by feng
strange, slax 6.1.2 success to load at the laptop "hp 2133"
the kernel version is 2.6.27.27
By the way, I found the driver source at
http://goo.gl/uNKpq and also at
http://goo.gl/LvCHJ
how do I to put them in my porteus linux?
Re: fail to load porteus at a laptop
Posted: 02 Feb 2012, 16:21
by brokenman
Please boot to porteus on your desktop and give the output of:
uname -r
Porteus -v1.1 runs kernel 3.1.8 so it seems you are not running our standard linux kernel. Also please let us know which graphics card your laptop has. The drivers for nvidia or ATI can be found as modules here:
http://ponce.cc/porteus/i486/current/
Download the graphics driver you require and place it in the porteus/modules folder of the ISO. Please try to boot to 'text mode' as this will help narrow down if it is your video causing the problem. If you can boot to text mode please give output of:
lspci|grep VGA
Re: fail to load porteus at a laptop
Posted: 02 Feb 2012, 16:50
by feng
hi brokenman !
my desktop:
~# uname -r
3.1.8-porteus
and sadly, my laptop (hp 2133) is neither using a NVidia nor a ATI graphic card, but a "VIA Chrome 9 graphics chip"
ref:
http://goo.gl/G28Q2
Re: fail to load porteus at a laptop
Posted: 02 Feb 2012, 17:34
by brokenman
Please try blacklisting: viafb
You will need to edit the file:
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
and add:
blacklist viafb
Posted after 7 minutes 39 seconds:
Porteus contains the package: xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.904-i486-2 which should be sufficient to get your card up. You could also try booting into text mode and then running
xorgsetup and see where that gets you.
In any case your xorg.conf file may need to have in the Section "Device":
Code: Select all
Driver "openchrome"
and at the end:
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Let us know how it goes. If you edit xorg ro get it working you will want to edit: /etc/X11/gui.conf
and cange:
This will ensure your xorg.conf file is not redone at every boot.
Re: fail to load porteus at a laptop
Posted: 02 Feb 2012, 19:06
by feng
hi brokenman !
you're amazing! thanks for the help!
after editing the file: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf in /base/001-core.xzm
porteus can boot into text mode ( set telinit~3), no problem.
and, i follow your another two file editing. it seems work well now.
Re: [SOLVED]fail to load porteus at a laptop (hp 2133)
Posted: 02 Feb 2012, 20:59
by brokenman
Glad to hear it. Thanks for adding solved to the thread, others may find it useful.