PuppyLinux v5.2.8 on Toshiba Satellite 1800-100
 

Hi Guys,

I'm looking for some help getting Puppy Linux installed on this old laptop (Toshiba Satellite 1800-100 with 128Mb Ram)

I have PL on a CD. Allowing the install/run to complete of its own accord results in a blank screen. I've figured out this is due to an xorg issue, possibly explained in this post here:

http://michaelminn.com/linux/toshiba1800/

Ie, NoDDC needs to be an option in the xorg.conf file's DEVICE section.

(However, since I've no got it working I can't confirm that this is the solution :) )

Anyway, by pressing F2 during launch and entering
boot: puppy pfix=nox

If I launch xorg-setup from the prompt then I'm told that it can't determine the display driver (it should be trident) so I get to choose a generic one. No worries, I pick 1024x768x16, which should work.

But it doesn't.

So I started editing the conf file to include the "NoDDC" option described above.

Copying the conf file in its entirety from the link above doesn't work; more blackness.

Cherry picking the monitor, screen and device settings doesn't work.

Also: xorgwizard just blacks out.

Any help would be appreciated...

Note that I'm installing Lucid Puppy 5.2.8 "Finlandia".

Perhapps someone over at the Puppy Linux discusion forum might be able to help. Barry and company tend to be a pretty helpful and knowledgable bunch.

I'd go with xvesa instead of xorg on that old rig.
+1 on RockDoctors recommendation, it is a good one also.