A small linux challenge

Xavier · Feb 17, 2004

TdC said:
heh, install both. you should be able to choose (and swap)between them.

also, though fonts in unix tend to hate me with a passion there is no reason they shouldn't love you AA should be automagically turned on iirc, but as so many things in unix it depends on certain programs, how they've been compiled at start, configuration files et al. the main widget thingy that KDE uses to make with the windows is called QT. this *needs* to be compiled with AA enabled iirc, and you need to have a font, or set of fonts selected to display that are made for AA or they just won't render properly (or was that true type? I forget heh :/)

I'd advise playing about in your gui configuration editor app to see what you can see.

Gnome on the other hand is based around a different set of libraries (gimp and imgmagick iirc) and I have no idea how it works other than that you can get *much* more eyecandy than with KDE.

tbh I've drifted too far away from linux in general and configuring desktops in particular to be much help. I hope some of the other *IX folk can render more assistance.

Right, so, first step, how do I install Gnome? and how do I go about toggling between window managers?

Xav

Xavier · Feb 17, 2004

is this anything to do with it?

http://www.suse.de/en/private/download/gnomes/i386/update_for_9_0/index.html

i admit it, I'm utterly lost, I just want to get this machine up and running so I can begin to prod, poke and learn on my own

*prays*

Xav

TdC · Feb 17, 2004

ooh lucky you, you *may* be able to get it running by installing just those packages. also you *may* encounter only a few problems*

*may be lies

strangely the gnome site isn't very helpful at all. you'll do well to google "installing gnome on suse" or something. however, there are some nice screenies that show you exactly how a well-configured desktop can look, AA and all

sorry I'm not all that helpful

Xavier · Feb 17, 2004

sibanac said:
btw the smart thing to do is to download the complete tree to a local ftp server

at a little over 8Gb that's not such a smart download! 12 hours even on my line at BEST.

ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.0/ is the tree I started to dl, what in there won't I neeD?

Xav

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

Ok, so I have an FTP ready to install from, as tested overnight. Now I only need to know one thing to start the process, how do I find out which network module (driver) to load when I boot SUSE, to start the FTP install process? Are there any lists online of driver compatibility with the different chipsets?

Xav

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

wow xavier, do you ever sleep ?

right about installing gnome, just start yast2-> software -> install selecet gnome stuff and start the from ftp.

sorry i dont understand your last question

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

sibanac said:
wow xavier, do you ever sleep ?

right about installing gnome, just start yast2-> software -> install selecet gnome stuff and start the from ftp.

sorry i dont understand your last question

I'm referring to a compatible network driver. My laptop has some kind of onboard Dell 100Mbit LAN - and on booting the SUSE CD prior to it downloading the packages from the FTP you need to tell it which network driver to use. Does that make any sense? TdC are you about/have any idea?

Xav

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

unless i am mistaken inspiron 8500 should be the 'bcm4400' driver (Broadcom 10/100)

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

It is, result!

Ok, so the remaining missions for me:

1680x1050 screen resolution - how to configure + NVIDIA Drivers for 4200 Go GPU
Dell TruMobile 802.11b - will I be able to use it?
Sound?

Oh, and I guess, software

Xav

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

Xavier said:
It is, result!

Ok, so the remaining missions for me:

1680x1050 screen resolution - how to configure + NVIDIA Drivers for 4200 Go GPU
Dell TruMobile 802.11b - will I be able to use it?
Sound?

Oh, and I guess, software

Xav

ok screen should be a cake walk, if you want 3d you will have to get the nvidia drivers instaed of the default drivers, but lets cross that bridge later.

802.11b : works with the linuxant drivers, a set of wrapers that allows linux to load windows drivers

sound should be out of the box

found this site with the support status

as for software, take all devel tools, kde, gnome, and anything that catches your eye

(if you tell me what you realy want to do on the machine i could suggest some other things )

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

So I've got to buy an app to use my wireless?

Ugh

As to the rest, things seem to be shaping up. 4 minutes left on the installer.

Xav

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

Xavier said:
So I've got to buy an app to use my wireless? Ugh

As to the rest, things seem to be shaping up. 4 minutes left on the installer.

Xav

http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/downloads-license.php
you just need to click thru that get the suse 9.0 rpm and the driver for your card from win xp

seems free enough to me

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

Yeah but the license key is only a 30-day one apparently.

Xav

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

Xavier said:
Yeah but the license key is only a 30-day one apparently.

Xav

you could always use the 30 days and then hope a native linux driver is released

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

Ok, I can't seem to apply the resolution fix

http://ltswww.epfl.ch/~dsanta/resources/dell-i8500-linux

SUSE has some kind of manager for this kind of stuff, and apart from the big warning in the header NOT to edit the file directly, I did anyhow and it no worky.

Help/advice?

Xav

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

right-o ignore the warning like we all do

did you also add :

Code:

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
  EndSubSection
.........

make sure this is in the front of the Screen section.

also if you have configured diffrent resolution you can swith while in X with
<ctr><alt><numlpad + or ->

TdC · Feb 18, 2004

you'll need a modeline in the relevant section of XF86Config:

Code:

Modeline "1680x1050"  147.14  1680 1784 1968 2256  1050 1051 1054 1087

and this in the screen section of XF86Config:

Modes "1680x1050"

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

oh how i hate configuring XFree

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

Hold on, I'll paste the file in code tags and we'll see where I screwed up.

Xav

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

Code:

# /.../
 # SaX generated XFree86 config file
 # Created on: 2004-02-18T10:39:36+0000.
 #
 # Version: 4.7
 # Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2002
 #
 # Automatically generated by [SaX2] (4.7)
 # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
 #
 
 Section "Files"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
   InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
   InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
   InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
   InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
   InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
   InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
   InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
   InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
   InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
   InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
   InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
 EndSection
 
 Section "Module"
   Load		 "dbe"
   Load		 "type1"
   Load		 "speedo"
   Load		 "freetype"
   Load		 "extmod"
   Load		 "glx"
   Load		 "v4l"
 EndSection
 
 Section "ServerFlags"
   Option	   "AllowMouseOpenFail"
 EndSection
 
 Section "InputDevice"
   Driver	   "Keyboard"
   Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
   Option	   "Protocol" "Standard"
   Option	   "XkbLayout" "gb"
   Option	   "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option	   "XkbRules" "xfree86"
 EndSection
 
 Section "InputDevice"
   Driver	   "mouse"
   Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
   Option	   "Device" "/dev/mouse"
   Option	   "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
   Option	   "Name" "Autodetection"
   Option	   "Protocol" "ps/2"
   Option	   "Vendor" "Sysp"
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "Monitor"
   HorizSync	31-48
   Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
   ModelName	"1024X768@60HZ"
   Option	   "DPMS"
   VendorName   "--> VESA"
   VertRefresh  50-60
   UseModes	 "16:10"
 EndSection
 
 
 
 
 Section "Device"
   BoardName	"GeForce4 4200 Go"
   BusID		"1:0:0"
   Driver	   "nv"
   Identifier   "Device[0]"
   VendorName   "NVidia"
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "Screen"
   DefaultDepth 16
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  15
 	Modes	  "1680x1050" "1024x768"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  16
 	Modes	  "1680x1050" "1024x768" 
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  24
 	Modes	  "1680x1050" "1024x768" 
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  32
 	Modes	  "1680x1050" "1024x768" 
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  8
 	Modes	  "1680x1050" "1024x768" 
   EndSubSection
   Device	   "Device[0]"
   Identifier   "Screen[0]"
   Monitor	  "Monitor[0]"
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier   "Layout[all]"
   InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
   InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
   Screen	   "Screen[0]"
 EndSection
 
 Section "DRI"
 	Group	  "video"
 	Mode	   0660
 EndSection
 
 Section "Modes"
 		# Here we define 16:10 modes
 		Identifier "16:10"
 		# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
 		ModeLine "1280x800" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
 		# 1280x800 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 62.62 kHz; pclk: 107.21 MHz
 		Modeline "1280x800"  107.21  1280 1360 1496 1712  800 801 804 835
 		# 1280x800 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 71.40 kHz; pclk: 123.38 MHz
 		Modeline "1280x800"  123.38  1280 1368 1504 1728  800 801 804 840
 		# 1280x800 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 84.80 kHz; pclk: 147.89 MHz
 		Modeline "1280x800"  147.89  1280 1376 1512 1744  800 801 804 848
 		# 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz
 		Modeline "1680x1050"  147.14  1680 1784 1968 2256  1050 1051 1054 1087
 		# 1680x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 188.07 MHz
 		Modeline "1680x1050"  188.07  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1096
 		# 1680x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 214.51 MHz
 		Modeline "1680x1050"  214.51  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1103
 		# 1680x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 256.20 MHz
 		Modeline "1680x1050"  256.20  1680 1808 1992 2304  1050 1051 1054 1112
 		# 1920x1200 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 74.52 kHz; pclk: 193.16 MHz
 		Modeline "1920x1200" 193.2 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 1242
 		# 1920x1200 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.97 kHz; pclk: 246.59 MHz
 		Modeline "1920x1200"  246.59  1920 2064 2272 2624  1200 1201 1204 1253
 		# 1920x1200 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 107.10 kHz; pclk: 282.74 MHz
 		Modeline "1920x1200"  282.74  1920 2072 2280 2640  1200 1201 1204 1260
 		# 1920x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 337.58 MHz
 		Modeline "1920x1200"  337.58  1920 2072 2288 2656  1200 1201 1204 1271
 EndSection

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

Xavier your monitor section looks a bit screwed try this :

Code:

Section "Monitor"
  Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
  # 320x240 is X11 standard. 331x207 is real i8600 size. 276x207 is perhaps nicest
  #DisplaySize  320 240
  DisplaySize  331 207
  #DisplaySize  276 207
  HorizSync    28-90
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "dell_i8600"
  Option       "DPMS"
  VendorName   "Dell"
  VertRefresh  40-60
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection

This comes from http://www.musall.de/techdocs/linux/dell/XF86Config

the complete file is for the NVidia drivers tho and not the standard X 'nv' drivers

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

I'm apparently using the NVIDIA though, Suse downloaded and installed them on setup.

Xav

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

Updated file:

Code:

# /.../
 # SaX generated XFree86 config file
 # Created on: 2004-02-18T10:39:36+0000.
 #
 # Version: 4.7
 # Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2002
 #
 # Automatically generated by [SaX2] (4.7)
 # PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
 #
 
 Section "Files"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
   FontPath	 "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
   InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
   InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
   InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
   InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
   InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
   InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
   InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
   InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
   InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
   InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
   InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
   InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
   InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
 EndSection
 
 Section "Module"
   Load		 "dbe"
   Load		 "type1"
   Load		 "speedo"
   Load		 "freetype"
   Load		 "extmod"
   Load		 "glx"
   Load		 "v4l"
 EndSection
 
 Section "ServerFlags"
   Option	   "AllowMouseOpenFail"
 EndSection
 
 Section "InputDevice"
   Driver	   "Keyboard"
   Identifier   "Keyboard[0]"
   Option	   "Protocol" "Standard"
   Option	   "XkbLayout" "gb"
   Option	   "XkbModel" "pc105"
   Option	   "XkbRules" "xfree86"
 EndSection
 
 Section "InputDevice"
   Driver	   "mouse"
   Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
   Option	   "Device" "/dev/mouse"
   Option	   "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
   Option	   "Name" "Autodetection"
   Option	   "Protocol" "ps/2"
   Option	   "Vendor" "Sysp"
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "Monitor"
   Option	   "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
   # 320x240 is X11 standard. 331x207 is real i8600 size. 276x207 is perhaps nicest
   #DisplaySize  320 240
   DisplaySize  331 207
   #DisplaySize  276 207
   HorizSync	28-90
   Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
   ModelName	"dell_i8600"
   Option	   "DPMS"
   VendorName   "Dell"
   VertRefresh  40-60
   UseModes	 "Modes[0]"
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "Device"
   BoardName	"GeForce4 4200 Go"
   BusID		"1:0:0"
   Driver	   "nv"
   Identifier   "Device[0]"
   VendorName   "NVidia"
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "Screen"
   DefaultDepth 16
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  15
 	Modes	  "1680x1050"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  16
 	Modes	  "1680x1050"  
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  24
 	Modes	  "1680x1050" 
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  32
 	Modes	  "1680x1050" 
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
 	Depth	  8
 	Modes	  "1680x1050" 
   EndSubSection
   Device	   "Device[0]"
   Identifier   "Screen[0]"
   Monitor	  "Monitor[0]"
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier   "Layout[all]"
   InputDevice  "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
   InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
   Screen	   "Screen[0]"
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "DRI"
 	Group	  "video"
 	Mode	   0660
 EndSection
 
 
 Section "Modes"
 		# Here we define 16:10 modes
 		Identifier "16:10"
 		# 1280x800 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 49.68 kHz; pclk: 83.46 MHz
 		ModeLine "1280x800" 83.5 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828
 		# 1280x800 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 62.62 kHz; pclk: 107.21 MHz
 		Modeline "1280x800"  107.21  1280 1360 1496 1712  800 801 804 835
 		# 1280x800 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 71.40 kHz; pclk: 123.38 MHz
 		Modeline "1280x800"  123.38  1280 1368 1504 1728  800 801 804 840
 		# 1280x800 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 84.80 kHz; pclk: 147.89 MHz
 		Modeline "1280x800"  147.89  1280 1376 1512 1744  800 801 804 848
 		# 1680x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 147.14 MHz
 		Modeline "1680x1050"  147.14  1680 1784 1968 2256  1050 1051 1054 1087
 		# 1680x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 188.07 MHz
 		Modeline "1680x1050"  188.07  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1096
 		# 1680x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 214.51 MHz
 		Modeline "1680x1050"  214.51  1680 1800 1984 2288  1050 1051 1054 1103
 		# 1680x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 256.20 MHz
 		Modeline "1680x1050"  256.20  1680 1808 1992 2304  1050 1051 1054 1112
 EndSection

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

I notice your monitor doesn't reference my modes, modes[0] doesn't exist, so I've changed it to "16:10" - also that file references the 8600 - mine is an 8500, I think the 8600 runs at 1920:1400 or something, if I reboot now will I even get a picture?

RandomBastard · Feb 18, 2004

I'd like to point out that nvidia do linux drivers for there geforce series so that might be worth grabbing.

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

Xavier said:
if I reboot now will I even get a picture?

maybe, btw you dont need to reboot, loging out of kde and pressing alt-ctrl-backspace will restart X.

and adjust for your screen

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

I'm hoping the NVIDIA drivers are what I've got, seeing as SuSe don't carry NVIDIA drivers as standard and offered these as an add-on download.

Any idea how I tell? Heh.

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

Code:

 Section "Device"
   BoardName	"GeForce4 4200 Go"
   BusID		"1:0:0"
   Driver	   "nv"
   Identifier   "Device[0]"
   VendorName   "NVidia"
 EndSection

driver should say "nvidia" to use the nvidia drivers

Xavier · Feb 18, 2004

Ok, so how do I go about installing the WiFi Driver Wrapper?

And I've downloaded firefox, where should I unpack it to? What's the linux-y equivalent of Program Files? Don't want to get into any bad habits if I can avoid it!

Xav

sibanac · Feb 18, 2004

in SuSE the right place would be /opt/firefox

as for the wifi driver which one are you going to use ?
the linuxant or ndiswrapper ?

A small linux challenge

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