Adding a monitor to the notebook in Slacko 7.0

[kuman11]

I'm trying to add a monitor to the notebook, though the configuration can't hold on for more than a minute. The confirmation screen on the monitor doesn't respond to the mouse clicks. The puppy is Slacko 7.0. Any clues?

[snoring_cat]

Hi kuman11,

Can you please take a look at viewtopic.php?t=4667 and see if that helps you.

[kuman11]

Hi kuman11,

Can you please take a look at viewtopic.php?t=4667 and see if that helps you.

In my case both the Apply & Save buttons don't respond to clicks on the monitor so this probably won't work ...

[snoring_cat]

Hi again kumen11,

Here is a manual way to set up your monitors. First you will have to find the names of your monitors, and their capable resolutions. You can discover this using the xrandr command. In a "Terminal" window, please type xrandr to get information such as the following

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# xrandr

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1366 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 310mm x 170mm
   1366x768      60.07*+
   1280x720      59.74  
   1024x576      60.00    59.90    59.82  
   800x600       60.32  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
   1920x1080     60.00 +  50.00    59.94    30.00    25.00    24.00    29.97    23.98  
   1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94  
   800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25

Using the above information, we can use both monitors, moving between them by moving the mouse offscreen, left or right.

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xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary -output HDMI1 --mode 1280x720 --rate 60.00 --right-of LVDS1

[norgo]

Hello @kuman11

of course we like to help, but sometimes people forget to give a feedback whether the hints were helpful to solve the problem or not
I assume you are using Slacko 7.0 (64 bit) ?
Indeed LXrandR does not react at click at the save button.
Here the version 0.3.5w of LXRandR compiled in Slacko 7.0 (64 bit)
Works like a charm ( many thanks to wdlkmpx )

[kuman11]

Hello @kuman11

of course we like to help, but sometimes people forget to give a feedback whether the hints were helpful to solve the problem or not
I assume you are using Slacko 7.0 (64 bit) ?
Indeed LXrandR does not react at click at the save button.
Here the version 0.3.5w of LXRandR compiled in Slacko 7.0 (64 bit)
Works like a charm ( many thanks to wdlkmpx )

norgo,
My system is 32 bit so it didn't work, it installed though couldn't start ...

[norgo]

@kuman11

64 and 32 bit version - typo in version number corrected
sorry

[kuman11]

@kuman11

64 and 32 bit version - typo in version number corrected
sorry

norgo,
This one installed & started the App though it couldn't hold on the Monitor display. It responds only when the LCD itself is selected not when both are displayed on the screens ...
It's also the initial configuration!

[snoring_cat]

Hi kuman11

Can you please open a Terminal window, and paste the output of the "xrandr" command to this forum.

[kuman11]

# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1024 x 600, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS1 connected primary 1024x600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 200mm x 110mm
1024x600 60.00*+
800x600 60.32 56.25
640x480 59.94
512x300 60.00
VGA1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1440x900 59.89 + 74.98
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1280x960 60.00
1152x864 75.00
1024x768 75.08 70.07 60.00
832x624 74.55
800x600 75.00 60.32 56.25
640x480 75.00 60.00
720x400 70.08
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

This is it.

[snoring_cat]

kuman11,

Pleases try

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xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1024x600 --output VGA1 --mode 1280x1024 --right-of LVDS1

[kuman11]

kuman11,

Pleases try

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xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary --mode 1024x600 --output VGA1 --mode 1280x1024 --right-of LVDS1

Now the monitor didn't go dark altogether, though the confirmation screen is still not responsive.
And the image is out of range.

[norgo]

@kuman11

it's me once again
I played a little bit around with Slacko 7.0 32 bit and got the well known graphics hanging and freezing.
Unfortunately the xorg-autoconf script is not executable by default in Slacko 7.0

I don't know what hardware you are using maybe you could tell us more about, especially the graphics card.
what is telling /var/log/Xorg.0.log and messages ?

In case of intel graphics you could do a quick test.
open a terminal and type xorg_intel_uxa.sh
after executing script, restart Xserver ( for intel graphics only )

If you are using a save file you could make the script /usr/sbin/xorg-autoconf executable, save the changes and reboot.

however difficult to say without info about your hardware and log files.

[kuman11]

"Unfortunately the xorg-autoconf script is not executable by default in Slacko 7.0"
It's probably a huge minus of Slacko 7.0
This is the info:
Video-Info 1.5.1 - Mon 13 Dec 2021 on Slacko Puppy 7.0 - Linux 4.4.249 i686
Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

X Server: Xorg Driver used: intel
X.Org version: 1.18.3
dimensions: 2304x1024 pixels (576x256 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

When I was using mikeslr Slacko 5.7.2 CE, xrandr .pet worked great in the same notebook Acer.
I use it only in RAM. Now when I restart X, it always messes up the SSC (screen goes off on every 10 mins) so I try to avoid that and go for a reboot.
There's a whole topic on it in my topics in Users.

[kuman11]

norgo,

you haven't said anything on the Intel graphics u wanted info about?

[norgo]

norgo,

you haven't said anything on the Intel graphics u wanted info about?

@kuman11
Yes I'm still waiting. where they are hidden?
Try this slacko-7.0-xorg-autoconf.iso ( xorg-autoconf is enabled by default )

@ally maybe you want to mirror this iso because I will delete it after 3-4 weeks

update:
link points to ally's repo now

[kuman11]

norgo,
This is the info on X :

Video-Info 1.5.1 - Mon 13 Dec 2021 on Slacko Puppy 7.0 - Linux 4.4.249 i686
Chip description:
2.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

X Server: Xorg Driver used: intel
X.Org version: 1.18.3
dimensions: 2304x1024 pixels (576x256 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes

I didn't get the 'hidden' reference.
This .iso is as big as Slacko itself, I don't have space left for it unless it's a rework of Slacko 7.0 ...

[ally]

@norgo

done!

[norgo]

I didn't get the 'hidden' reference.
This .iso is as big as Slacko itself, I don't have space left for it unless it's a rework of Slacko 7.0 ...

@kuman11
This is the original slacko-7.0.iso
the only modification is that the xorg-autoconf is executable now and should be applied during boot.
Btw the iso is a little bit smaller than the original because higher compression of puppy_slacko_7.0.sfs.

I can't detect infos about your hardware that's why I wrote "where they are hidden?"
this should be a joke

Burn the new iso on a disk and try if it works for you.

to get vendor and device id of your graphics card type in terminal

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lspci -nn | grep -i vga

xorg logfile and messages to be find here
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/messages

@ally
thank you

[kuman11]

norgo,
I also d/l the .iso.

Thank u
Happy Holidays!