Puppy only starts with "no X" option Fossapup64 9.5 [SOLVED]

[vega88]

Hello,

I boot puppy from a usb stick. With the default options, after loading sfs files, changing to a hi-res console and discovering network, unfortunately I get a black screen. It seems to me that the X Server is not configured properly.

I tried choosing the "no X" option at the grub menu, then I answer a couple of config questions (keyboard, timezone) and I get a command prompt. I give "startx", and to my surprise X works with no problem at all.

Is there something I can do to persist the good configuration?

From the live system I also tried a frugal install, but when I booted from the hard drive, I still got no X.

This is report-video from within the working system

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VIDEO REPORT: fossapup64, version 9.5
Processor:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz

X.Org X Server 1.20.8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0

Chip description:
 
00:02.0 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0112] (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [1458:d000]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915 
 
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [10de:0421] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: CardExpert Technology G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [10b0:1401]
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nouveau

NOTE: there is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf configuration file.

Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
  Driver loaded (and currently in use): modesetting
  Loaded modules: fb fbdevhw glamoregl glx libinput

Actual rendering on monitor:
  Resolution:  1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
  Depth:       24 planes

direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: NV86
OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3 (Core Profile) Mesa 20.0.8


Monitor  : card1-DVI-I-1
Model    : 27EA53
WxH (cm) : 60x34

...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video

[amethyst]

Save your settings to a savefile/folder with the frugal install. At shutdown it will ask whether you want to create a savefile/folder.

[williams2]

In BionicPup64 and probably some others Pups, xwin and startx are completely different scripts.

xwin was written for Puppy.

startx is the standard script for Ubuntu, and does not include any code that addresses Puppy's features.

i would recommend not using startx.

[vega88]

Thank you for your answers. In the end I solved this problem in another way, by removing my Nvidia Card, which is now too old and probably not well supported by any driver. Then the intel onboard card was activated and everything worked.