Specs:
Processor: AMD Duron 1.4GHz
Ram: DDR 266 256MB
Slackware: 10.1 10GB Partition (ext2 FS)
Video: S3 ProDDR Savage or ATi Radeon 7000 64MB AGP
Now when I type in "startx" or "xinit" I simply get a black screen.
Could this be due to a bad installation? The disk is pretty old but I've tried to reinstall numerous times.
Any ideas?
One question: which distro?
I'm not sure what's wrong. But try this:
When you get the black screen, hit control-alt-backspace. That should kill X. Then check /var/log/Xorg*.log. Or, if it's Xfree, its log files should still be in that folder. Looking through them might give you a clue.
Also check /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or xf86.conf or whatever it's called). See if there's anything odd.
<edit> If all else fails, there's a Wiki on X's site that is for tech support, or something. Or www.linuxquestions.org, they know a lot more than us. Or irc.prison.net #linuxhelp.
I was having this problem yesterday too. What I ended up doing is
su
cd /etc/X11
rm xorg.conf
rm XF86-*
dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
But you don't have Debian Packages (I suppose) so the last line won't apply/work for you. Basically, reconfigure your X server. xorgconfig or xorgconf in Slackware.
Quote from: iago on October 23, 2005, 09:24:52 PM
One question: which distro?
Take time to read! :p
Quote from: Warriorx86] link=topic=3450.msg35063#msg35063 date=1130115698]
Specs:
..
Slackware: 10.1 10GB Partition (ext2 FS)
Rebooting into slack
Going to try and see if I can get a log, thanks.
I think it completely hangs. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace doesn't work. I've tried xorgconfig about 5 times already. :/
Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
Well once I got "could not find monitor" or something, else I simply had to restart. Note: that previous error exited immediately, didn't hang.
Ctrl+F2. startx
Ctrl+F1. Read output.
Quote from: Newby on October 23, 2005, 09:44:31 PM
Quote from: iago on October 23, 2005, 09:24:52 PM
One question: which distro?
Take time to read! :p
Quote from: Warriorx86] link=topic=3450.msg35063#msg35063 date=1130115698]
Specs:
..
Slackware: 10.1 10GB Partition (ext2 FS)
Yeah, I obvoiusly didn't see that. I just skimmed over the specs, because I don't care about them :-P
And yeah, logs would be handy.
Well when I try to have it run on bare vesa I get:
Unable to use framebuffer please specify busID
and when I try to use the Radeon sometimes I get:
no screen found
other times it just hangs and I can't switch consoles or stop the task or anything.
Post the Graphics and Monitor section of your xorg.conf. As well as any errors from your Xorg.0.log
I will as soon as I figure out how Links works. It doesn't seem to like saving sessions across pages (WTF!)
Can I mount my windows drive and save it as a textfile on there then unmount? Or are mounts read only?
Links should be able to save sessions... I've used it to post on here before I think.
Yes, you can mount your Windows drive and save it.
I don't believe NTFS can be mounted readwrite yet.
From what I remember, it can.
You're right, NTFS is only read. But I have my drive formatted as FAT32 (Win98)
NTFS's write support is very weak right now. But apparently it doesn't matter!
If you're using a Radeon card, you might have luck if you install the FGLRX package. That stands for FireGL something, and is ATI's drivers.
You can download it from www.linuxpackages.net. The only package they have is for Slackware 10.1, but it should work on any version.
It supports the following cards:
- ATI FireGL V3100 / V3200 / V5000 / V5100 / V7100
- ATI FireGL X1 / X2 / X3 / Z1 / T2
- ATI FireGL 8700 / 8800
- ATI Mobility FireGL T2 / 9100 / V5000
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 / 9200 / 9600 /9800
- ATI Mobility Radeon X700
- ATI Radeon 8500 / 9000 / 9100 / 9200
- ATI Radeon 9500 / 9550 / 9600 / 9700 / 9800
- ATI Radeon X300 / X600 / X700 / X800 / X850
- ATI IGP Radeon 9100 / 9200/n - ATI IGP Mobility Radeon 9000 / 9100/n
To install it:
$ wget http://ftp.scarlet.be/pub/linuxpackages/Slackware-10.1/Library/ati-fglrx/ati-fglrx-8.16.20-i386-1tsu.tgz
# installpkg ati-fglrx-8.16.20-i386-1tsu.tgz
That should download and install it. After installation, it automatically goes through the configuration (which you can access again by running fglrxconfig).
Hopefully your card is on the supported list there, because if not I just wasted a bunch of time :)
And........ it's not. Damnit. Well, try that anyway, it can't hurt :P
Will do, thanks.
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_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/abyss:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
X Window System Version 6.8.1
Release Date: 17 September 2004
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.29 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux abyss 2.4.29 #6 Thu Jan 20 16:30:37 PST 2005 i686
Build Date: 23 January 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jan 2 22:19:11 2002
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(--) using VT number 7
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80000880, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3116 card 1019,0a85 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b091 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1019,0a85 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1019,0a85 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1019,0a85 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3104 card 1019,0a85 rev 82 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3177 card 1019,0a85 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1019,0a85 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1019,0a85 rev 50 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1106,0102 rev 74 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 5333,8d04 card 1019,0a85 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
- -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
- -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
- -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
- -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe1ffffff (0x2000000) MX
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
- -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] rev 0, Mem @ 0xe1000000/19, 0xd8000000/27
xf86AutoConfig: Primary PCI is 1:0:0
Running "/usr/X11R6/bin/getconfig -X 60801000 -I /etc/X11,/usr/X11R6/etc/X11,/usr/X11R6/lib/modules,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/getconfig -v 0x5333 -d 0x8d04 -r 0x00 -s 0x1019 -b 0x0a85 -c 0x0300"
(==) Using default built-in configuration (43 lines)
(==) --- Start of built-in configuration ---
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Builtin Default Monitor"
Option "TargetRefresh" "75.0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
Driver "fbdev"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
Monitor "Builtin Default Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
Monitor "Builtin Default Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Builtin Default vga Device 0"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Builtin Default vga Screen 0"
Device "Builtin Default vga Device 0"
Monitor "Builtin Default Monitor"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Builtin Default Layout"
Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0"
Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0"
Screen "Builtin Default vga Screen 0"
EndSection
(==) --- End of built-in configuration ---
(==) ServerLayout "Builtin Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Builtin Default Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0"
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0" (1)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Builtin Default Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0"
(**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default vga Screen 0" (2)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Builtin Default Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default vga Device 0"
(==) |-->Input Device "<default pointer>"
(==) |-->Input Device "<default keyboard>"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the default mouse configuration.
(WW) The core keyboard device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
Using the default keyboard configuration.
(WW) No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default.
(==) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
- -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
- -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX(B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd7ffffff to 0xcfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
- -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX
[1] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20000ff (0x100) MX
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MXO
[3] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX(B)
[4] -1 0 0xe1000000 - 0xe107ffff (0x80000) MX(B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX
[6] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX
[7] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX
[8] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX
[9] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX
[10] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
- -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX
[1] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20000ff (0x100) MX
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MXO
[3] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX(B)
[4] -1 0 0xe1000000 - 0xe107ffff (0x80000) MX(B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX
[6] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX
[7] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX
[8] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX
[9] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX
[10] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
- -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX(B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX
(II) All system resource ranges:
- -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX(B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX
[5] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX
[6] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20000ff (0x100) MX
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MXO
[8] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX(B)
[9] -1 0 0xe1000000 - 0xe107ffff (0x80000) MX(B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX
[12] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX
[14] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX
[17] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.o
(II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.o
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "vga"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vga_drv.o
(II) Module vga: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 4.0.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "keyboard"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/keyboard_drv.o
(II) Module keyboard: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev, afb
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) VGA: Generic VGA driver (version 4.0) for chipsets: generic
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) FBDEV(0): using default device
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset vesa found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
- -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX(B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX
[5] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX
[6] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20000ff (0x100) MX
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MXO
[8] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX(B)
[9] -1 0 0xe1000000 - 0xe107ffff (0x80000) MX(B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX
[12] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX
[14] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc0f (0x10) IX
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX
[17] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d01f (0x20) IX
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset generic found
Fatal server error:
Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs for all framebuffer devices
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
Now post that where you can find some experts.
www.linuxquestions.org should help :)
/me hopes comp doesn't crash while doing it.
Quote from: Joe[e2] on October 24, 2005, 02:07:31 AM
I don't believe NTFS can be mounted readwrite yet.
Wrong-o captain. It's been able to write for quite some time.
It just can't create or remove bytes.
I hear the writing is pretty bad and overall it's unstable. NTFS is a complex FS.
I see: (EE) Unable to locate/open config file
Should be: (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Do you have that file o_O ? Doesn't xorgconfig write to current directory? You might wanted to move it to there.
Yea I rm'ed xorg.conf, but it should default to xorg.conf-vesa which should work since I can run VESA 2.0 and (afaik) VBE3
Hmm, Specify a BusID then ;O ? I don't know how to get the right numbers though... I usually let the config file do it.
Quote from: Warriorx86] link=topic=3450.msg35208#msg35208 date=1130190687]
I hear the writing is pretty bad and overall it's unstable. NTFS is a complex FS.
It's not so much that it's complex, there are a lot of complex FS's that Linux can read/write. It's that it's undocumented, so it's 100% guess work. The people who have been working on the project do it by making small changes and seeing what is different. I don't think anybody has tried to reverse engineer the drivers yet, to my knowledge; could be a fun project :)
Or maybe they DO reverse engineer, but aren't allowed to say they do.
There is SOME light documentation but yes, I'd estimate most of it is guess work. And that's what it mean't.
Man, I suck @ this.