x86-4.4-RC1 and x86-4.4-RC2 don't start up properly on Asus EEE pc 900

[Arup Mukherjee]

android-x86-4.0-r1-eeepc.iso works very well on my eee pc 900, but android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso does not make it into the graphical UI. It gets as far as the android shell prompt, and then you're left sitting there. (No appearance of the flickering "android" as the system starts up.) 

The very same image of 4.4-RC2 starts up properly and runs fine on my eee pc 1000. 

[Leonardo Arredondo]

I was with a similar problem in desktop computer i solved it in this way:

boot your pc and in Grub menu press "e" to Edit the selected command you will see something like this:

kernel /android-4.4-RC2/kernel quiet root/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 video=-16 SRC=/android-4.4-RC2

Reemplace: video=-16 

for:             xforcevesa nomodeset UVESA_MODE=YOUR*APPROPIATED*RESOLUTION

My case: 

kernel /android-4.4-RC2/kernel quiet root/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 xforcevesa nomodeset UVESA_MODE=1024x768 SRC=/android-4.4-RC2

Hopefull This work for you!! ;) enjoy!

[Arup Mukherjee]

Awesome -- That fixed it for me. Thanks very much! 

Of course, it would be nice if this could somehow be made to work by default, given that it did in 4.0 ... 

[Leonardo Arredondo]

El miércoles, 30 de julio de 2014 01:50:09 UTC-7, Arup Mukherjee escribió:

Awesome -- That fixed it for me. Thanks very much! 

Of course, it would be nice if this could somehow be made to work by default, given that it did in 4.0 ... 

It can be! ;) just use any Live Linux distro (i use wifislax-4-9) but it can be done with any one

open file manager and browse into: /Grub/menu.lst

Edit: menu.lst 

save changes and you done!! reboot in android

Maybe you want try this one also too: just add another instance (copy-paste)

kernel /android-4.4-RC2/kernel quiet root/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 video=-16 video=1024x600 i915.modeset=0 SRC=/android-4.4-RC2

that's for better performance with your graphics chipset

I all ready try this in a Compaq Mini CQ10-420LA (same graphics chipset)

Videos to 720p are running really well!! (Mx player with x86  codec as i use)

Old games like Plants vs zombies, Angry Birds, fruit ninja are very playable! ;)