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July 2, 2020 at 2:58 pm #38487
seaken64
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    Xecure wrote:

    @seaken64, please reread my last post. Then reread marcelocripe’s post.

    Sorry to say this, but the problem on your old post has nothing to do with the problem marcelocripe is facing.
    marcelocripe DOES get the machine to work with nvdia card using nouveau driver, but after installing with nvidia card, somehow the graphic chip on the motherboard, the VIA graphic chip, is no longer listed as a graphic device. If the nvidia card is taken away for another machine that needs it, the system will NOT boot to a graphic environment, because it cannot find the other VIA graphic chip on the motherboard.

    We have discovered that, on Safe Video mode, the VIA graphic chip does work (but badly/slowly). What we were trying to do is get the installed antiX to detect it and work with it (but right now that seems impossible). The next step would be to boot the live system with xorg=openchrome, as I suggested and you suggested in your first post here. If it can run well with this driver, then the machine can work without a video card.
    if it cannot work well enough without a video card, marcelocripe will have to wait until he gets a new one (donated by someone) to salvage the machine.

    There is no need for xorg=nouveau, nouveau.modeset=1 nor anything like that because nouveau worked, and without the card those commands are not needed.

    Ok, I understand. I am not an expert in this. I can only say that I have been able to get S3 VIA chips to work. My suggestion was only to say that “maybe” a “similar” approach (using cheatcodes at boot time) could be useful for troubleshooting.

    I got a lot of help from BitJam when I was working on the problem with my P-III machine. He seemed interested in seeing if he could support my hardware. Maybe he can take a look here and see if he can support Marcel’s hardware.

    It does seem there is some hardware “issue” when he removes the video card. Maybe the hardware for the built-in video got disabled. Anyway, like I said, I’m no expert. And I know Roki has said many times that he often just accepts the “Vesa” driver and leaves it at that. So I do know there is diminishing returns in continuing to attempt to make certain hardware work.

    Seaken64