Call for Testers.

anticapitalista · posted: 2013-05-05 19:26

Now that Debian Wheezy has been released, antiX final is not far away,
but we need to test a few changes we have made to the boot options.

We have three different methods for automatically obtaining the
optimal X windows resolution. Unfortunately, two different methods
were best on the two different systems we tested on.

We need to get information from more systems in order to figure
out how to select the optimal method depending on system parameters
(video driver) so the selection of the best resolution can be fully
automated.

Please help us to help our users.

Go to this thread for more details.

xdelta3-patch-testers-needed-t4307.html

rust collector · posted: 2013-05-05 20:32

got the patch working, and will test and make notes

lagopus · posted: 2013-05-05 21:05

Hello anti
I am running antiX 13-beta3 live on this system:

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demo@antiX1:
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.2-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13-beta3_x64-full Luddite 28 April 2013
Machine:   Mobo: Dell model: 0P132H version: A07 Bios: Dell version: A07 date: 12/03/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU T6400 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1200.00 MHz 2: 1200.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 [Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series] 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV620 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 3400 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Card-2: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.10-antix.2-amd64-smp
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: b43-pci-bridge 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:23:4e:a2:37:11
           Card-2: Broadcom NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:22:19:d9:1f:1e
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 328.2GB (0.2% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200BPVT size: 320.1GB 
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: USB2FlashStorage size: 8.1GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 2.4G used: 25M (2%) fs: rootfs ID: swap-1 size: 1.05GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: 45.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 95 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 328.5/3010.7MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.8.45

It is a salvaged Dell Studio 1537
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converted to desktop:
I removed the laptop screen and plugged a HDMI screen ASUS 228H 21.5" 1920 x 1080

Running live from USB, with default settings, the plugged (external) screen is detected and the correct resolution 1920x1080 is detected. __{{emoticon}}__

I will download the 32 bits version and try it on my HP Compaq 6730s laptop (with 12.5 I didn't get the correct screen resolution: I got 1024x768 instead of 1280x800)

BitJam · posted: 2013-05-05 21:41

@lagopus, thanks for testing. Do"auto res 1" and"auto res 2" work just as well as default? We really want to know how each of the options works on your system. We'd also like to know how the"modeset" options work.

Also, you might be interested in static root persistence which we added to this version. This is the way we had originally implemented root persistence.

lagopus · posted: 2013-05-05 22:08

@BitJam: I will test these options tomorrow or tuesday

On my HP laptop, anti13-beta3 i686 (no patch applied):

$ inxi -F
System: Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.6.11-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13-beta3_386-full Luddite 28 April 2013
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 6730s version: F.0C
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30E8 version: KBC Version 94.1C
Bios: Hewlett-Packard version: 68PZU Ver. F.0C date: 03/12/2009
CPU: Dual core Intel CPU T1600 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1662.769 MHz 2: 1662.769 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller
X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A
Audio: Card: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY driver: b43-pci-bridge
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:21:00:cc:20:6c
Card-2: Marvell 88E8042 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:24:81:58:0e:d2
Drives: HDD Total Size: 176.3GB (0.4% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: FUJITSU_MHZ2160B size: 160.0GB
2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: USB_2.0_FD size: 16.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 1.6G used: 18M (2%) fs: rootfs ID: swap-1 size: 1.07GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0C mobo: 54.0C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 89 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 134.3/1953.7MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.8.45

Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz Ok __{{emoticon}}__

Updated: x64 version, live from USB:

System: Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.2-amd64-smp x86_64 (64 bit)
Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13-beta3_x64-full Luddite 28 April 2013
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Compaq 6730s version: F.0C
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 30E8 version: KBC Version 94.1C
Bios: Hewlett-Packard version: 68PZU Ver. F.0C date: 03/12/2009
CPU: Dual core Intel CPU T1600 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1662.729 MHz 2: 1662.729 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics Controller
X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: N/A GLX Version: N/A

antiX-13-beta3_x64-full: resolution OK, intel driver correctly loaded