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| Thread ID: 57871 | 2005-05-15 00:37:00 | Knoppix 3.8 - fine tuning the install | chiefnz (545) | Press F1 |
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| 355266 | 2005-05-15 00:37:00 | Well I've just upgraded from Knoppix 3.7 to 3.8. A few things I need to clear up. 1) I need to set a root password at the moment "su" gets you to root status without typing in a password. What priveleges do I set? 2) I have run "apt-get update" then I ran "apt-get upgrade" is there anything else I need to do to get Knoppix up to date. 3) Is there any way I can set Knoppix up so tha it downloads the upgrades/updates I need from a local NZ server? 4) Are there any device drivers for ATi graphics cards that I can install or is it not necessary. Any other tips you can offer will be appreciated cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 355267 | 2005-05-15 01:50:00 | Hi Chiefnz, I take it that you have done a hard drive install and are wanting to tidy this up. A good place to get this info is from the debian manual. (www.debian.org) This will explain how to alter the apt sources and also set the root password. As for the ATi drivers you will need to check if they support both your kernel as well as your graphics card. The driver download page is here (support.ati.com) and the help page is here. (support.ati.com) HTH |
Simply_Si (354) | ||
| 355268 | 2005-05-21 04:43:00 | Ok I've spent the last few days trying to work through the manual. I've also been to the Knoppix.net forums and tried to follow the instructions there. I've done everything according to the book but at no point did I ever get asked for the ordinary username and password or the root password. Surely I am missing something here. I did the install again this morning and for some strange reason the system refuses to boot from the hard drive. All I wanted to do initially was set a root password (I thought I could do this without re-installing Knoppix) the system was working just fine, I just wanted to have a root password as well as an ordinary user account for a more secure system. Anyone got any ideas. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 355269 | 2005-05-22 02:30:00 | In a terminal, with the "#" (root) prompt, use the passwd command . (Note the spelling) ;) That will ask for the present password, then the new one (twice) . There's a way to get it through the GUI menus, too -- probably in "System" or something like that . Did you add a "user" type user? If you didn't that's why you haven't been given the option to login as a user . The command to add a user is possibly called adduser (I've got working systems,, so I don't use it) . Again, you can do this through the menus in the GUI . Does Knoppix have an "Applications | Actions" menu bar at the top? If so, the Actions will probably get you into the user administration stuff . Two very useful "terminal" commands are apropos and man . "apropos password" will give you a list of the "man" (help) files which contain the word "password" . Sometimes apropos (or other commands) will give you too much information, so do, e . g . , apropos password | less . The "|" pipe sends the output to the less command which gives you control of the ouput, page by page . [q escapes from it] . (It's called "less" because it does a lot more than the original more command) . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 355270 | 2005-05-22 17:29:00 | Thanks Graham I'll give it a try cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 355271 | 2005-06-01 00:50:00 | Ok I have finally gotten the installation the way I want ie. I have a normal user account as well as the root account (which I have set the password to) I have run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade... all the available downloads have been installed. Now I want to HL2 in Linux... so the 1st question is... will HL2 run in Knoppix? 2) If HL2 will run I will need to install the 3D ATi drivers... problem is I do not know which verison of Freex86 I'm running and I've tried using the check.sh download from ATi but it doesn't do anything. If HL2 can't run from Knoppix then I won't bother installing the ATi drivers. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 355272 | 2005-06-01 06:36:00 | Now I want to HL2 in Linux... so the 1st question is... will HL2 run in Knoppix?It looks like Cedega (www.transgaming.com) has support for HL2. Chill or one of the other Linux gamers might be able to expand upon that. 2) If HL2 will run I will need to install the 3D ATi drivers... problem is I do not know which verison of Freex86 I'm running and I've tried using the check.sh download from ATi but it doesn't do anything.According to DistroWatch, Knoppix 3.8.2 (distrowatch.com) ships with XFree86 v4.3.0. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 355273 | 2005-06-01 07:03:00 | HL2 wiil work under cedega. Allthough you will need to subscribe to cedega to get it. Or you can obtain it some other way. | ILikeLinux (1669) | ||
| 355274 | 2005-06-01 20:19:00 | Thanks for that guys I will have a look into it... I'm keen on seeing what the Linux drivers do with HL2. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 355275 | 2005-06-01 21:50:00 | Hey Cheif, Cedaga will indeed run HL2. The main problem your going to have is your ATI card. ATI's drivers are just not up to par with linux. In the end I went out and brought a Nvidia based card. I also subscribed to cedaga and did the install using Point2Play. To be honest if you are duel booting then just play it in windows. Cedaga is Direct x 8 based. There are no pixel shaders and it runs better in windows. Having said that, there is something truly geekworthy in playing CS in linux. ;) |
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