[Indy452]

When I use Damn small Linux in one of my machines the color is very bright and not what it should be like oranges are blue etc. Is there some setting I can change to correct this or is it a hardware problem when using DSL?

I can use the same DSL disc in other machines I have without any problems but this one. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Neal

[danielcc]

i can almost promise you its a problem with either the graphics driver or the xorg... and i wouldnt bother with changing it due to the fact that small linux os's like that are a real booger to fix unless you are a hard core and know the entire workings of the os... (even installing simple programs on some of them is a pain) you might want to try some other small distro if the color is a pain though. i would give puppy a try

[John A]

Agreed with Daniel here -- most likely it's the cause of a generic driver installed that's behaving in a slightly different way than you would normally expect. If you're feeling up to it, find out your graphics card and search Google to see if there are indeed specific Linux drivers for it. After installing them, edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to reflect the changes. In any case, you should have a look in that file, as it's the main configuration file for Xorg and is most likely where the problem lies.

[Indy452]

Alright thats cool. Its not worth it going in making a fuss over something like that. I have puppy I installed on the hdd and its fine but I like the feel of DSL better is all.

Thanks, Neal

[danielcc]

i kinda liked puppy and vector more than dsl... it just kinda felt out of date to me....

[Indy452]

Originally Posted by danielcc

i kinda liked puppy and vector more than dsl... it just kinda felt out of date to me....

While we are on the subject Danielcc, What are the small distros besides DSL and puppy? I have a personal challenge to show that I can take an old dust collector of a laptop or pc and install a fully functioning linux distro on something that was considered obsolete.

You mentioned vector, is that very user friendly (gui)?

Thanks, Neal

[danielcc]

vector is pretty cool(pretty sure its slackware based) and i really like puppy but i am in love with debian based stuff because they are based on repositories and i'm lazy lol... i have put ubuntu on old junk systems(whoot whoot its a pen 3 with effects better than vista lol) as old as pen1's... the key to putting live cd distros on older laptops is to take a flash drive(considering they have a usb) and make a swap on the flash drive for the installer to make it go faster(kinda does acts like ram or that fancy page file thing vista can do)... another choice you have is to somewhat build your own distro. i know ubuntu has a package where you can pick every last feature you want in your os. we put one together a while back that was super streamline designed for older systems... it is fun though to take old old clunkers and put a small distro on them, and watch the jaws drop as they run better than many of the new windows systems... but yeah for linux the sky is endless when it comes to distros, and most of the time you can chop them yourself... ok, i will shut up now because i can go on and on about how linux is so great lol