ok, thank You everyone much!
btw, I think you meant that fluxbox wasn't available from now on instead of lxde.. see: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=1661

I'll apply your How-To and keep a log for y'all as soon as I receive my minisd card.

OK i didn't expect them to release any lxde distribs anymore because they said it took too much time and that was not a priority but well, that's a pretty good news even it's a RC.

Hi all

I am having probs like others here. I just did a dist upgrade of my fitPC2i from Ubuntu Karma to Lucid Lynx 10.04 and I have graphics problems.
The machine boots but whne trying to start X there are a few flashes and I get a black screen.

fitPC2i, Serial No. 100521-xxx so its a Rev 1.2 model.

My Options
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1. Persist with attempts to get psb drivers working.
2. Install Linux Mint

I'd prefer to try and get the drivers working, I don't need 3D acceleration or video. I'd prefer not to install Mint as that seems a last ditch option and I have a satellite connection.

Maybe I have missed something to try in here to try. There are quite a lot of suggestions.

Thanks
Mike


Details
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Here is what I have done, basically what is suggested in this thread from the start.

Following "Installing Ubuntu 10.4 LTS" procedure at the front of this thread:

1. Install Ubuntu 10.04
Done via the dist upgrade from Synaptic.

2. Install latest updates.

3. Add ppa:gma500 repository

~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gma500/ppa
gpg: key 34BA7AE9: public key "Launchpad GMA500 PPA" imported
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)

4. Install patched poulsbo drivers

sudo apt-get install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d poulsbo-config

I actually installed in this order:
libdrm-poulsbo1
libdrm-poulsbo1-dbg
libdrm-poulsbo-dev

Then did the install of the drivers, see "Details of install poulsbo drivers" below.

Just a test before the reboot step.

# modprobe psb
FATAL: Error inserting psb (/lib/modules/2.6.31-34-fitpc2/updates/dkms/psb.ko): Cannot allocate memory

# lsmod | grep iegd
iegd_mod 47872 1
drm 158272 1 iegd_mod
agpgart 34764 2 iegd_mod,drm

# rmmod iegd_mod
ERROR: Module iegd_mod is in use

I don't know why the iegd modules are loaded - should the be?

5. Use Compulabs xorg.conf

wget -c http://fit-pc2.com/download/ubuntu/files/xorg.conf
sudo mv xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf

6. Reboot

Text comes up as kernel and things load, then at one point it flashes the screen 4 times and screen goes black.
Can't get a terminal via F2 F3 etc

Next I tried one of the suggestions here:
Added Option NoDCC On to xorg.conf

Still the same problem.
Screen black and can't load psb manually.

# modprobe psb
FATAL: Error inserting psb (/lib/modules/2.6.31-34-fitpc2/updates/dkms/psb.ko): Cannot allocate memory


--- Details of install poulsbo drivers -----------------------------------

$ sudo aptitude install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d poulsbo-config
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
autotools-dev{a} dkms{a} libltdl-dev{a} libtool{a} poulsbo-config
poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d psb-firmware{a} psb-kernel-source{a}
xpsb-glx{a} xserver-xorg-video-psb{a}
0 packages upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,336kB of archives. After unpacking 10.5MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information...
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main autotools-dev 20090611.1 [64.1kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gma500/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main poulsbo-config 0.1.2~1004um2 [4,558B]
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gma500/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main psb-kernel-source 4.42.0-0ubuntu2~1004um3.2 [398kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main dkms 2.1.1.2-2fakesync1 [70.1kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libltdl-dev 2.2.6b-2ubuntu1 [193kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libtool 2.2.6b-2ubuntu1 [524kB]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gma500/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main xserver-xorg-video-psb 0.36.0-0ubuntu3~1004un1.2 [877kB]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gma500/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main poulsbo-driver-2d 1.1-0ubuntu1~1004um1 [1,798B]
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gma500/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main xpsb-glx 0.18-0ubuntu1netbook2~1004um1ubuntu1 [1,193kB]
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gma500/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main psb-firmware 0.30-0ubuntu1netbook1ubuntu1 [9,898B]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gma500/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main poulsbo-driver-3d 1.1-0ubuntu1~1004um1 [1,812B]
Fetched 3,336kB in 1min 57s (28.3kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package poulsbo-config.
(Reading database ...
Unpacking poulsbo-config (from .../poulsbo-config_0.1.2~1004um2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package autotools-dev.
Unpacking autotools-dev (from .../autotools-dev_20090611.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package dkms.
Unpacking dkms (from .../dkms_2.1.1.2-2fakesync1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libltdl-dev.
Unpacking libltdl-dev (from .../libltdl-dev_2.2.6b-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libtool.
Unpacking libtool (from .../libtool_2.2.6b-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package psb-kernel-source.
Unpacking psb-kernel-source (from .../psb-kernel-source_4.42.0-0ubuntu2~1004um3.2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xserver-xorg-video-psb.
Unpacking xserver-xorg-video-psb (from .../xserver-xorg-video-psb_0.36.0-0ubuntu3~1004un1.2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package poulsbo-driver-2d.
Unpacking poulsbo-driver-2d (from .../poulsbo-driver-2d_1.1-0ubuntu1~1004um1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xpsb-glx.
Unpacking xpsb-glx (from .../xpsb-glx_0.18-0ubuntu1netbook2~1004um1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package psb-firmware.
Unpacking psb-firmware (from .../psb-firmware_0.30-0ubuntu1netbook1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package poulsbo-driver-3d.
Unpacking poulsbo-driver-3d (from .../poulsbo-driver-3d_1.1-0ubuntu1~1004um1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up poulsbo-config (0.1.2~1004um2) ...
Modifying xorg.conf through X-Kit...
Done

Setting up autotools-dev (20090611.1) ...
Setting up dkms (2.1.1.2-2fakesync1) ...

Setting up libltdl-dev (2.2.6b-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libtool (2.2.6b-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up psb-kernel-source (4.42.0-0ubuntu2~1004um3.2) ...
Loading new psb-kernel-source-4.42.0 DKMS files...

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/psb-kernel-source/4.42.0/source ->
/usr/src/psb-kernel-source-4.42.0

DKMS: add Completed.
Installing prebuilt kernel module binaries (if any)
Building module...

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=2.6.31-34-fitpc2 LINUXDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.31-34-fitpc2/build DRM_MODULES=psb......................................
cleaning build area....

DKMS: build Completed.
Installing module...

psb.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.31-34-fitpc2/updates/dkms/

drm-psb.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/2.6.31-34-fitpc2/updates/dkms/

depmod.....

DKMS: install Completed.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)

Setting up xserver-xorg-video-psb (0.36.0-0ubuntu3~1004un1.2) ...
Setting up poulsbo-driver-2d (1.1-0ubuntu1~1004um1) ...
Setting up xpsb-glx (0.18-0ubuntu1netbook2~1004um1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up psb-firmware (0.30-0ubuntu1netbook1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up poulsbo-driver-3d (1.1-0ubuntu1~1004um1) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-30-generic
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
Writing extended state information...
$
--- end Details of install poulsbo drivers -------------------------------------------------

Thanks
Mike

Hi all

Fixed



I added to /etc/modprobe.d/poulsbo.conf the line "blacklist iegd_mod"
then instead of a black screen I get the puple screen of the Ubuntu 10.04 but it was just the purple screen - nothing else.

However if I booted into recovery and command line then I can now do a modprobe psb and I get a screen change to smaller font with:
"Initialized psb 4.41.1 20090416 on minor 0"
If I su to a normal user and "startx" it works.

Hence I have added to /etc/rc.local the line "mobprobe psb".

Now it boots into Ubuntu 10.04 and works at 1280x1024 on my Dell 19" monitor.

Hope this info will be of use to people.

Mike