Refracta Development, Scripts, etc.
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nadir

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:03 pm

I know nothing about nvidia!
You could try this one:
http://resident.dyndns.info/refracta/re ... 5-xfce.iso
via wget.
I am not so sure, but i don't think the releases differ that much
(some of the tools had problems, but you can download them from the git-repo, i think).
Before you go for a pointless download wait what fsmithred says...
I really got no idea what the actual problem is, and if any of that might be a help to solve it.
Edit:
This would be beta1:
http://resident.dyndns.info/refracta/re ... _beta1.iso
jheaton5

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Oct 07, 2011 9:59 pm

Thanks, nadir. I'll try beta1. If that doesn't work, I'll wait for fsmithred to return.
jheaton5

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## Re: 606_beta2

Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:56 pm

Same results with 606_beta1
meandean

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## Re: 606_beta2

Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:34 am

> jheaton5 wrote:I'm having a bit of a problem. I have an NVIDIA GeForce 8700 graphics card and x will not start. In fact, all I get when x tries to start is a blank screen. I have checked the md5sums and I have a good burn. Any ideas?

I was messing with a old computer with a nvidia 4000 video card and I got the same result. I think what I did was wrote out a new xorg file using Xorg -configure and then edit the file and change the driver to vesa and then startx works. Obviously that is not a performance configuration but it at least got X up and running.
I think fsmithred use to have a tool to try and help with configuration of X but I am fuzzy on the details regarding it.
nadir

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## Re: 606_beta2

Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:12 am

had to boot a few releases to find it, but i think it's
nvidia-settings
http://omgmg.dyndns.org:6543/u/nadir/m/nvidia-settings/
Probably a well known tool among nvidia-users (?).
jheaton: sorry it did not help. If the download was super-slow, let me know and i will pick another upload/download location (in case i will need it again).
dzz

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## Re: 606_beta2

Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:06 pm

The tab key stops the timeout and shows an editable cmd line with isolinux or syslinux.
Things I would try, one by one:
1. Boot without X to make sure all is well (add sysv-rc=gdm,gdm3)
2. Take out nomodeset, boot it and see what happens.
3. Change nomodeset for nouvea.modeset=0
4. Change nomodeset for nouvea.modeset=0 and add xorg-driver=nv
You can also specify resolution and refresh rates, in case of monitor issues.
jheaton5

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## Re: 606_beta2

Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:50 pm

> dzz wrote:The tab key stops the timeout and shows an editable cmd line with isolinux or syslinux.
> Things I would try, one by one:
> 1. Boot without X to make sure all is well (add sysv-rc=gdm,gdm3)
> 2. Take out nomodeset, boot it and see what happens.
> 3. Change nomodeset for nouvea.modeset=0
> 4. Change nomodeset for nouvea.modeset=0 and add xorg-driver=nv
> You can also specify resolution and refresh rates, in case of monitor issues.

Thanks, dzz. What is the bootloader being used and is there a man page?
jheaton5

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## Re: 606_beta2

Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:30 pm

I am writing this from the browser in 606_beta2. What worked was editing the boot command by removing "nomodeset" and then changing the frame buffer to 1400x900. The video driver being used is nouveau which is the driver I use in sid. Any chance of getting an iso with the default menu changed to remove nomodeset? If not I can edit the boot command every time I use the live disk. (if I can remember .lol.) I just noticed that the emoticons don't work
jheaton5

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## Re: 606_beta2

Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:48 pm

Will it work if I install to hard drive and then make my changes then make a snapshot? I suppose the real question is, will the snapshot preserve my changes?
Edit: The release notes are great. They answered all my questions and then some. @nadir: I downloaded your wallpaper and it looks great.
Thanks to all of you responsible for Refracta.
dzz

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## Re: 606_beta2

Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:26 pm

Good to hear you got it running. Lots of people have issues with nvidia, with or without nouveau... isn't proprietary hardware great...
All changes should carry through in a snapshot. The menu file to edit is: /usr/lib/refractasnapshot/iso/isolinux/live.cfg (maybe best to make an extra custom entry section)
<man syslinux> (I think isolinux, the bootloader, uses that) tells more of how it ticks. It's very good at booting cd or from fat-partitioned usb where grub might not be appropriate.
Regarding the Refracta default cmdline, it does need to be reviewed, possibly some entries are outdated (e.g. noxautoconfig, is mentioned in now deprecated live-initramfs but not squeeze live-boot manpage) Some might be irrelevant because the user is already configured (in usual debian-live and derivitives, the user is created "on-the-fly")
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