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Thread ID: 46132	2004-06-14 10:43:00	Linux help - starting the GUI	Mike (15)	Press F1

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244446	2004-06-15 10:49:00	> I think this is your problem Mike, your XFree86 > version doesn't recognise your graphic card. You can > download a newer version and install it, but it will > be all from command line only seeing you can't get X > to run. Hmmm... :( > You can see your graphic card is not listed at all. > :( That's weird - its not a new card at all - Surely GF4's have been around for a few years now? And this copy of Debian was on the June 2004 edition of APC mag... How do I get a newer version in there and install it from the command line? I'll have to download it via Windows and somehow get it onto my linux partition... Maybe I'll have a hunt for my mandrake CDs again :) Just there was just SO much stuff included in this Debian one (7 CDs worth). Mike.	Mike (15)
244447	2004-06-15 15:10:00	Hi Mike, A few things come to mind: use a command-line browser such as Lynx or Links2 links2 debian.org lynx debian.org Or if you know the URL of the file you want: wget www.nvidia.com I would suggest you grab a copy of a Live CD (Knoppix is good, debian-based) and when you're in Knoppix mount your / partition and copy /etc/X11/XF86Config from the CD to your / partition in /etc/X11...... Otherwise you can always use xf86config And lastly: You want to try editing the XF86Config file to use: driver = vesa rather than: driver = nv If you download the binaries from nvidia.com for your distro then FOLLOW THE README and change it to: driver = nvidia I'd suggest you edit /etc/X11/XF86Config first and change your card to use Vesa drivers and take it from there :-) Cheers Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
244448	2004-06-16 10:27:00	Thanks for the suggestions Chill, I copied the Knoppix XF86Config-4 file over, changed "driver = nv" to "driver = vesa" and that worked :), but now my mouse doesn't ;) ah well. KDE version included was 2.2.2, so that's old as well. I downloaded the driver from NVidia and tried to run that, but it said my Kernel differed from the one in the package and that I'd have to download an update (which I couldn't do cause I can't connect to the net from Linux yet - have to get drivers sorted), or compile the kernel from source files, which the Debian DVD didn't include, so that didn't work either. But I did get in though :) further than I got before LOL. I think I might now just go and reinstall Mandrake or RH - There's heaps of fiddling I'm going to have to do just to get Debian working for me, and I'd rather just power on in and give it a try when I know more what I'm doing (in a few years I suppose :D) Thanks Chill & Jen C :^O Mike.	Mike (15)
244449	2004-06-17 11:06:00	Right :) I've got Mandrake 9.1 installed now :D And I followed your instructions, Chill, to get the NVidia drivers installed, and that's all working (I know that's working because now a big NVIDIA logo appears right before KDE starts loading ;)) Now I'm back in Windows finding out which of my CDs has my winmodem drivers for linux on it :) and I just found it, so I'm off back into linux to see if I can get the modem to go. Thanks Chill, Mike.	Mike (15)
244450	2004-06-17 11:24:00	Brilliant, that's great to hear :-) If you've got the wrong drivers, then download: linmodems.technion.ac.il Open a terminal window and type: gunzip scanModem.gz ./scanModem Then you'll want the info from the First txt file it creates :-) Hope this helps Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
244451	2004-06-18 10:07:00	Bah! The driver I had was for the wrong kernel. I searched the net for a driver that would work, and the only one I found was at Linuxant.com, and it would only allow up to 14.4k - I have to pay to get 56k. So the internet from Linux is on hold until I either fork out to get 56k (not likely), or buy a modem that'll work with Linux straight off :) Mike.	Mike (15)
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