Linux & gr. card

casey

casey

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I am having problems installing Linux on my machine which seems to be down to the graphics card (Nvidia 6600) & wondered if I changing the card would get me out of trouble.
The problems seem to be tied up with the display.
1/ No Cursor. (Suse).
2/ Will not install in graphical mode (locks up with vertical lines. (Fedora).
If so what card would you suggest. (No gaming).

Casey.
 
Thanks.
I have installed in text mode but when it gets to reboot it starts in text mode , gets to log in, I log in as root and enter startx and it promply locks up with vertical stripes. What else can I do.
Casey.
 
Thanks once again.
I tried your suggestions and it is in runlevel 3. I get a graphical Grub screen up on boot with 3secs before loading & that is it.

As for the rest I went into the config file & made the changes & saved the changes but didn't know how to get back to a command prompt. So I restarted & entered startx with the same old result. I did notice that the only resolution modes wre “800x600” “640x480”. I think I need “1024x768”.
Horiz sync 31.5 – 37.9 Vertical refresh 50 – 70. i think these are OK.

Next I went to go back into the config fileto see if the changes were still there, but it come up with the following -

E325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name of “/etc/X11/.xorg.conf.swap” owned by: root dated Sun Aug 27
File name “/etc/X11/.xorg.conf”
Modified:Yes
User name :root
Process I.D.: 2682
While opening file “/etc/X11/.xorg.conf. ”

1/ Another program may be editing the same file. If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two different instances of the same file when making changes.
Quit or continue with caution.

2/ An edit session for this file crashed. If this is the case, use “:recover” or “vim -r / “/etc/X11/.xorg.conf.swap” to aviod this message.
“/etc/X11/.xorg.conf.” 104L, 2529C

Hit ENTER or type command to continue.

I hit continue and there were no changes in the conf file.

Casey.
 
I think things are getting past my knowledge.
Where would I store the Nvidia driver ?
How would I back-up the conf file ?
How would I save it ?
If I was in graphical mode I could do it but not from runlevel 3.
 
Thanks you both for your advice, but I do not seem to be getting anywhere.
This vi /etc/X11 ---------- I tried again but sometimes it will not let me edit it but I can get back to a command prompt, other times I can edit it but then I cannot get back to a command prompt with :wq!, so cannot do much there.
I tried deleting /etc/..............conf.swp file as it suggested but still get the warning screen.
I then tried ...................RPMS/ncftp.... but it kept saying 'file could not be found'. I was not quite sure what to put for the DVD drive path but tried a few things but I thought it would have said ' cannot find device' if that was the problem.
As for download & saving the driver to HD, I cannot download to Linux, & Linux cannot see my windows partitions.

Casey.
 
Have now managed to get into graphics mode by editing conf. file but still only 800x600 resolution available so will still have to try to install the Nvidia drivers. It still starts up in runlevel 3 & I have to log in to user & startx. Will the driver cure this?
I also have problems with Mozilla as it will not connect to most web sites. Never have got Mozilla to work. Not connection settings as it will download updates. Will try and install Opera as this usually works.
Casey.
 
Thanks AndrewP. Did what you suggested & now loads Ok in graphics mode.
Tried to install Nvidia driver which started OK but just came up with "Unable to find the system utility 'ld'; please make sure you have the package 'binutilities' installed. If installed then please check that 'ld' is in your path".
Cannot find an answer to why I can only view a few web pages. Don't know why it finds some & not others. Some I can get to the home page but no further. Installed Opera but thats the same.
Also how can I mount the my other patitions.
Casey.
 
Made progress with the NV driver. Installed 'binutilities' but it came up wth 'no gcc', installed that. Now it comes up with 'Cannot find Kernel-source'. Any help where I can find that?
Casey.
 
Thanks.
I had to re-install as I messed up my router connection altogether somehow. Now when I go to install gcc it comes up with 'missing dependency cpp=4.1.0.-3'. Never had this trouble before. Found this on CD and tried to install it and it said later version already installed. So am going backwards instead of forward. I don't like to give up on it.
Do you have any suggestion about my browsing. I got to this page OK but when I try to go to your link it just sits until it times out after 2-3 mins. The software updater works fine its just most web pages it will not go to.
Casey.
 
I am trying in Fedora at the moment. Have now found kernel-source on Cd and that installed OK, make installed, just gcc to go.
Strange it was later as it was a new install.
Have checked settings for ethernet as far as I know, just let it automatically assign. I have the same problem in Suse.
Casey
 
I have managed to get 'gcc' installed, now it comes up with 'libc' required. Had a look through the CD's and can only 'libc-client' etc which seems to be for mail. Please help again.
If I get that I wonder what will be the next problem?
Casey.
 
Linux & gr. card solved

Eventually succeded in getting Suse 10 to work.
Changing "nv" to "vesa" got the cursor pointer to become visible.
Managed to get Nvidia driver installed.
Managed to get Firefox working by the method below. Might help somebody

Many thanks to all who helped.


" IPv6
> The problem may be with IPv6 ("Internet Protocol version 6"). To disable
> IPv6, change the preference network.dns.disableIPv6 from "false" to "true"
> . Here are the steps:
> Type about:config in the address bar, press Enter.
> Find network.dns.disableIPv6 in the list.
> Right-click -> Toggle.
> Restart Firefox/Mozilla Suite and try again.
> If this doesn't work, re-enable IPv6 by resetting the preference to "false".".

Casey
 
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