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I am new to Linux and Mandrake. I have been trying now for two days to configure my PC (IBM ThinkPad 390X) with mandrake 10.1 and KDE and it does not work ;-(
My graphics card is a NEOMAGIC MAGIC MEDIA 256AV.
On the last confirmation page in the installation (the one with the summary of all parameters) the graphics card appears as Not configured, then I tried to configure it manually selecting Magic Media (laptop+notebook) and Magic media 256 XL, but for both actions I get same response [Can't install Xorg package:]
I tried also to configure from Xorg/VESA selection but it gives me same response
I have tried several times and did not get any errors until the point of the not configured graphics card that says that cannot install the Xorg package.
I am installing the packages through FTP. Is there anyway I can ensure that that specific package is installed??
Now the promt tells me startx is not a command, Am I at a different shell level than I should??
At the beginning, I included the server packages but as I was having problem, the last 2 times I selected the default packages and still the graphics card was not auto-configured~
The FTP of the mini-ISO and the FTP of the download while installing is not the same (mine was not in the list). Should it have any relation?
also, it is not possible to come back to the configuration of the X, download of packages if needed from the login shell??
I finally could configure the video card and got through...I did an update instead of an installation and downloaded X11 packages, which I guess solved the problem.
Now I do not have KDE interface but Ice VM, How can I change it???
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