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   Trellis
   Member

   I installed Macpup 412 on an old Thinkpad 600X. It worked perfectly when it was booted from CD, but when it boots from the hard drive it somehow can't start Xwindows properly, and never gets any farther than the X-shaped mouse pointer before dropping back to the command line. I've tried xorgwizard with different color depths, 16 and 24, and the "test" option _always_ works. However, when I then try to start Xwindows, it fails in the same way.

   Tried two fresh installs, reformatting the hard drive each time, and also copying over the /etc/X11 files to the hard drive, with no luck.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   runtt21
   Moderator

   Try using Xvesa

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Trellis
   Member

   I forgot to mention that I did try Xvesa, but it could give no usable image at all.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   runtt21
   Moderator

   I dont know that much about Xorg to trouble shoot This. If it runs fine from the disc ,I would suggest not doing a install. Reformat the HD but when you run the disc use a pup-save file and also copy the pup-412.sfs to the hd.Use the disc to boot the computer , you can take the disc out as soon as the Desktop loads. The only othe think i bcan think of would be to try using macpup dingo.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Trellis
   Member

   That is exactly what I did in the end - set up a pup-save and copied over the sfs. Wow, what a quick startup!

   When I get the chance I will download and try Dingo and post what happens in case anyone else with a 600X is struggling.

   Thanks!

   Posted 2 years ago #

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