One of the selections during video setup in the initial setup is something like "Use Kernel Frame Buffering". It has "Yes" chosen by default; however, my X system will NOT work unless I choose "No." I have a slightly newer nVidia card (GeForce2), but it's worth giving that setting a shot...
-M. Kirchhoff Quoting Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Teilhard Knight wrote: > > >Hello. I hope you do not mind a real dummy hanging around here. I know > >nothing about Linux or Unix, but I want to learn. I hardly know a couple of > >command-line commands, so I am in need to get an X Window in my GNU Debian > I > >have been trying to install. I must be doing something wrong in the > >installation. For example, I have a modest NVIDIA TNT2 64/64 pro, I do not > >know which, but it is not that important. In the list of graphics cards > once > >I chose "nv" for the card, and in another try I chose something else I > don't > >remember. Can you tell me what is the right choice? > > > > > I believe "nv" is the correct choice. Are you sure the problem is video > and not something else, like failure to find the mouse? Take a look at > /var/log/XFree86.0.log; you'll see a lot of lines beginning with (II) > which are informative lines, some with (WW) which are warnings, but not > particularly fatal, and etc. Look for lines that begin with (EE), which > are errors; they should give you a clue as to what's failing when you > try to start X. > > >Also, the installation cannot detect my external USB modem (I have one > >internal, but it is a Win Modem, so I have no hopes to use it in Linux). > But > >I have the Linux drivers (.rpm), but I do not have the slightest idea of > how > >to install them. Can you also help here? > > > > > You may know the difference, but just in case you don't, .rpm (Redhat) > is not "Linux"; it's a packaging format that is common to many Linux > distros, particulary Redhat. Still, technically, you're correct. A > driver packaged in a .rpm format is a Linux driver (presumably). But > natively, Debian, also a Linux distro, doesn't use the .rpm format > (although it can in many cases with the "alien" package). This is a > nitpick that I probably shouldn't even be pointing out to a newbie. > Still . . . . > > Assuming the Redhat (or Mandrake, or whoever produced the .rpm) driver > works in Debian, I'd try "alien --to-deb usbdriver.rpm" (you might have > to "apt-get install alien" first), which should create a file named > usbdriver.deb. Then you can install it with "dpkg -i usbdriver.deb". I'd > estimate that this has a 65% chance of working. If it doesn't work, you > can probably find the same drivers somewhere in a .tgz format (or even > better, in a .deb format, which is what you'd want even before trying > alien on your .rpm). If it comes down to that, you can then ask > questions about installing that format of driver. > > Some winmodems can now be used in Linux (thanks to the tireless efforts > of Linux coders, and no thanks to the manufacturers of said "modems"), > particularly if they're based in the Lucent chipset. In other words, > don't just automatically dismiss the idea of using your winmodem. > > >Lastly, I would like to know what is the PS/2 (mice) port in Linux. I chose > >"/input/mice", is this correct? > > > > > That's generally for USB mice I believe. For PS/2 mice, you probably > want "/dev/psaux". For protocol, you probably want "PS2", or if you have > a scroll wheel mouse, "IMPS/2". There is a "gotcha" here. If you're > using gpm for the console mouse, you'll want to set it as just > mentioned, and set it to repeat as "raw", and then configure X to use > "/dev/gpmdata" instead of "/dev/psaux", otherwise the two drivers (one > for X and gpm for console) will fight over the incoming mouse data. If > you don't use gpm, just configure X to use "/dev/psaux" as mentioned above. > > >Thanks, and again, I hope you do not mind my dummy questions. > > > > > Not at all. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
