Re: Dummy

[aublimoai@0ubliette.com]

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 <westk@acu.edu>:

> 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.
> 
> 
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