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Posted: **Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:03 pm**

I just downloaded the ISO from sourceforge today.
Booting "Live" mode only gives me a terminal.
Is there supposed to be a desktop?
After I login as demo pass demo - startx just returns me back to terminal with error:
xauth: file /home/demo/.Xauthority does not exist
I tried safe video mode and same thing
Edit: Later I figured out how to input "vga=791" into the first selection and save it, but that still wouldn't boot into a desktop. startx gave same error as above.
inxi -F from MX-14.4 below

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: MX-14.2 Kernel: 3.14-0.bpo.2-686-pae i686 (32 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.12.1
           Distro: MX-14.2 Symbiosis 30 June 2014
Machine:   Mobo: Dell model: 0P374N v: A09 Bios: Dell v: A09 date: 09/10/2009
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom Z530 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 1333 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: fbdev (unloaded: vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@0.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card Intel System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.14-0.bpo.2-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:24:e8:cc:1b:a3
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: wl
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:26:5e:3a:d4:57
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 162.0GB (3.4% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1600BEVT size: 160.0GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: Card_Reader size: 2.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 22G used: 5.2G (26%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 139 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 134.7/998.6MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16 
bill@MX-14.2:~

inxi -F copied graphics section only from antiX 15 screen:

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Graphics:  Card: Intel System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 driver: (unloaded: vesa) tty size: 170x48 Advanced Data: N/A out of X

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:15 am**

Booting "Live" mode only gives me a terminal.
Is there supposed to be a desktop?

Yes. Even a scrambled one if things go south like testing does for me.
No mention of md5sum or how boot media was made.

I use PLOP and Unetbootin on my older gear that has no usb boot support in bios.

On both MX-14 and AntiX 15 beta 2. Even when things go fubar like this.

My atom netbook (without paulsboro graphics though) is installed and it is running AntiX 15 beta 1.

You might consider downloading the patch from http://download.tuxfamily.org/antix/Testing/antiX-15/ along with the md5sums. Run the xdelta to put the patch in beta 1 that fails to load. md5sum check it. It is what I do to avoid headaches so when I report a problem during testing.
Anti and everyone else knows I dotted my p's and q's before posting something like I linked to above.
Presently. It seems like I am the one with the buggiest graphics chip (savage) during this testing cycle.

No problems though on any of my other gear. Which is Intel, Nvidia, and ATI. But. I have no Paulsboro so I cannot comment on that.
Also. I was not aware there was a already patched version of beta 2 complete. Because, I had the original Beta 1 iso on file and did the xdelta
myself. So I may be in error here on what you have downloaded since no link was provided in your post.
There sure was no release announcement of a Beta 2 patched complete iso?

http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet ... /releases/

Testing
antiX-14R
antiX-15-beta1-V_386-full.iso.md5 0.1 KB 2015-03-17 20:03 2
antiX-15-beta1-V_386-full.iso 717.8 MB 2015-03-17 04:42 12

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:50 am**

I downloaded the very top one here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-l ... antiX-14R/
It is linked at antiX forums in first post here:
http://antix.freeforums.org/antix-15-be ... t5565.html
It has yesterday's date. This is why I wanted to know if it was already patched.
I always check with MD5 and use LiLi to make USB ISO onto good sandisk SD card.
Jon

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:15 am**

Jon_J wrote:I downloaded the very top one here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-l ... antiX-14R/
It is linked at antiX forums in first post here:
http://antix.freeforums.org/antix-15-be ... t5565.html
It has yesterday's date. This is why I wanted to know if it was already patched.
I always check with MD5 and use LiLi to make USB ISO onto good sandisk SD card.
Jon

The iso at the top of the page here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/antix-l ... antiX-14R/ is dated "2015-03-16" (March 16th, not April 16th).
That iso is for antix-15-beta1-V.

There's also a patch available, dated "2015-Apr-12", that brings it up to beta2.
The first post in this topic: http://antix.freeforums.org/antix-15-be ... t5588.html has a link and instructions on how to apply the patch.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:18 am**

Sorry for the mixup on the date

I'll patch it and try it again on my netbook.
I just booted the unpatched beta1 ISO on my desktop machine and it booted to the desktop in about 10 seconds!

I do most of my testing on my netbook, and use my desktop as my stable environment. I'm planning on installing antiX on my netbook to replace another distro.

Jon

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:58 am**

I noticed in your inxi -F report that your MX installation is using the fbdev driver rather than (presumably) an intel or vesa driver. that's probably not particularly good for performance either.

However, according to some quick debian-google-fu the Poulsbo graphics are not supported under debian xorg, and they actually [recommend] the fbdev driver. (https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Model/1101HA)

The safe mode of the antiX beta tries to force to use "vesa" which likely won't work for your hardware for some reason. You could try the "failsafe" video option.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:35 am**

dolphin_oracle wrote:I noticed in your inxi -F report that your MX installation is using the fbdev driver rather than (presumably) an intel or vesa driver. that's probably not particularly good for performance either.

However, according to some quick debian-google-fu the Poulsbo graphics are not supported under debian xorg, and they actually [recommend] the fbdev driver. (https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Model/1101HA)

The safe mode of the antiX beta tries to force to use "vesa" which likely won't work for your hardware for some reason. You could try the "failsafe" video option.

That may be why Thunar always locks up that netbook when using Thunar in "tree mode" in MX-14.
(I have to hold down the on/off button for 10 seconds and do a hard reboot).
I could try installing the Intel IEGD or IEMGD driver, but I remember it taking me almost 1 to 2 weeks back in 2009 to get one of these drivers set "just right" on that netbook in Debian 6.09
I think that is why I don't want to remove Debian 6.09 from that netbook.
It's working and Thunar never freezes the netbook like MX-14.4 does.
I just booted Debian 6.09 on the netbook and lsmod shows.

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emgd 345574 5
drm_kms_helper 18545 1 emgd
drm 112489 7 emgd_drm,kms_helper

Also, I just patched antix 15 to beta 2 and will try it again, maybe it also requires the IEGD or IEMGD driver for that stubborn netbook...
BTW, the netbook is not an Eeepc, but a Dell mini 1010

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:03 am**

Jon_J wrote:
dolphin_oracle wrote: BTW, the netbook is not an Eeepc, but a Dell mini 1010

I got ya, its just the same video chipset.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:21 am**

dolphin_oracle wrote:
Jon_J wrote:
dolphin_oracle wrote: BTW, the netbook is not an Eeepc, but a Dell mini 1010
I got ya, its just the same video chipset.

Is there a less convoluted method to get the IEGD or IEMGD driver installed into MX-14.4 or antiX?
I really like MX-14, but on the netbook, the Thunar locking up the computer is a show stopper.
I just use Thunar very carefully and don't keep it open very long.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:38 am**

Jon_J wrote: Is there a less convoluted method to get the IEGD or IEMGD driver installed into MX-14.4 or antiX?
I really like MX-14, but on the netbook, the Thunar locking up the computer is a show stopper.
I just use Thunar very carefully and don't keep it open very long.

Probably not. Intel hasn't updated the package since 2011 and even then it was only officially supported for Fedora (and maybe the 2.6 kernel specifically) and Moblin! It was meant for car dash boards and integrated products. acer did a dis-service using it in a netbook. Did that netbook come with Windows?

there was a Ubuntu Hardy Heron version of the graphics driver, because dell sold a mini with ubuntu at the time.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:56 am**

dolphin_oracle wrote:
Jon_J wrote: Is there a less convoluted method to get the IEGD or IEMGD driver installed into MX-14.4 or antiX?
I really like MX-14, but on the netbook, the Thunar locking up the computer is a show stopper.
I just use Thunar very carefully and don't keep it open very long.
Probably not. Intel hasn't updated the package since 2011 and even then it was only officially supported for Fedora (and maybe the 2.6 kernel specifically) and Moblin! It was meant for car dash boards and integrated products. acer did a dis-service using it in a netbook. Did that netbook come with Windows?

there was a Ubuntu Hardy Heron version of the graphics driver, because dell sold a mini with ubuntu at the time.

Most Dell minis came with windows (XP and some were shipped with win7) with the exception of the ubuntu version.
The ubuntu netbook remix that was available on Dell's website and at ubuntu's site was heavy and had a lot of unnecessary extra stuff.
Edit:
The main reason I purchased my dell mini with windows was for a windows only software and hardware called Twinscan II for reading and diagnosing EFCI equipped Harley motorcycle ECM modules.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:18 pm**

On my eeepc (also a winxp model), winxp ran better than any linux other than the really lite ones, like puppy or antix. ubuntu was a dog, even before unity. MX actually runs really well of the usb on it but I haven't installed on that machine.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:34 pm**

I think the "Intel Cedarview PowerVR 5xx graphics core" is the same thing (or close to the same thing) that you're talking about.

There was a proprietary driver with acceleration for Ubuntu 12.04: http://daily.siebler.eu/2012/06/ubuntu- ... 000-serie/, but it only supported the 3.2 linux kernel and only worked with the 1.11 version of Xorg.

Here's some other links:
http://people.freedesktop.org/~zhen/ced ... .cedarview
http://askubuntu.com/questions/290515/h ... -or-higher

You might also take a look at the Arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Po ... gfx_module

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:40 pm**

Mine is called "Silverthorne"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_In ... processors
Atom Z530 processor
http://ark.intel.com/products/35463

Here is an application that comes with IEGMD on my Debian 6.03 install which allows you to change settings for the GMA500

I had a long post and description typed out, but somehow closed the wrong tab.
I'll need to save my long replies in a document before posting so as not to lose them.

Posted: **Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:02 pm**

Jon_J wrote:I had a long post and description typed out, but somehow closed the wrong tab.
I'll need to save my long replies in a document before posting so as not to lose them.

JimC should be able to give you some pointers on that.

Posted: **Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:18 am**

uncle mark wrote: JimC should be able to give you some pointers on that.

I reckon that I should send you a wooden stirring spoon.

Posted: **Sat Apr 18, 2015 12:16 pm**

Gordon Cooper wrote:
uncle mark wrote: JimC should be able to give you some pointers on that.
I reckon that I should send you a wooden stirring spoon.

No need. I have several.

Posted: **Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:33 pm**

Back on topic...
Anyone with a GMA500 poulsbo graphics netbook or laptop have antiX-15 running with full resolution?

Posted: **Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:16 pm**

Here's an update of what I got working in antiX-15-b2.
rokytnji directed me to this thread: http://antix.freeforums.org/post40385.html#p40385
I used cheat code with "3" as the setting.
run level 3 just worked!
I booted the Live ISO and in the top line of the boot screen, I removed the VGA=788 and I put in VGA=3
antiX just booted to the desktop.
I'm installing it now.
system information -> Graphics shows this.

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################### PC INFORMATION - graphics #####################
#################### Press CTRL  + C to exit ######################

Graphics:  Card: Intel System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1366x768@59.97hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2

When I got it installed the graphics worked at full 1366x768 resolution.
Below is inxi -F on the install

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antix15 Kernel: 3.19.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit) Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-beta2-V_386-full Killah P 11 April 2015
Machine:   Mobo: Dell model: 0P374N v: A09 Bios: Dell v: A09 date: 09/10/2009
CPU:       Single core Intel Atom Z530 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB
           clock speeds: max: 1600 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 1600 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@59.97hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 128 bits) GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2
Audio:     Card Intel System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.19.1-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:24:e8:cc:1b:a3
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: b43-pci-bridge
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:26:5e:3a:d4:57
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (1.6% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD1600BEVT size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 30G used: 2.4G (9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 103 Uptime: 4 min Memory: 105.1/996.1MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16
bill@antix15:~

Then I noticed I was getting an fsck error upon booting the installed antiX15

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checking root file system fsck util-linux.2.25.2
fsck error 2 (no such file or directory) while executing fsck ext4 for /dev/sda7
exited with status code 8
Warning filesystem check failed but did not find any errors

anticapitalista suggested this, which fixed the fsck boot errors.

the fsck error is easily fixed.

update-initramfs -u -t (in root terminal) followed by reboot.
This is fixed for next test release.

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