Mepis Rookie
Hello Folks,
(first post so I have to be creative with the urls so I'm not blocked) I got Mepis from here: ftp dot wustl.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mepis/ Specifically: SimplyMEPIS-3.3.1-1.iso Burned to a CD and booted from it. It went through its boot process to a login prompt where I logged in as demo/demo. This left me at the demo user prompt > What I'm confused about is the installation instructions here show that it should boot to the desktop GUI where you can run the INSTALL app as shown in this pic: http colon //mepis.com/docs/installing-mepis/ Is there a command I need to invoke to get from the demouser command promot to that point? I didn't see anything in the install docs about it. Doing a ls at the demo prompt shows me dirs such as Desktop, Documents, News, etc ps. I also tried logging in as root/root with a similar result. Thanks in advance from a wannabe XP convert. |
It should have taken you to the kdm login screen. Sounds like X wouldn't start.Do the same thing again and try startx after you log in. What kind of graphics card. Is it a laptop etc.?
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Regular system box.
ATI x800 LE card. |
I see it now during the boot... The error lines are:
(WW) Radeon: No matching device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) found. (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found Please report server errors and include /var/log/XFree86.0.log to ..... blah XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. demo@tty1[~]$ |
The problem is a bad /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. See if you can change Radeon to ;
Driver "vesa" Here just to give you an idea; http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~gvcormac/averatec.html click on working version to see what I mean. |
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If anyone has the time to tell me how to make the change I need to do, I'd appreciate it. |
The easiest way to fix this is in grub when your booting up the cd. Then your at the blue and white screen with the kernel options type: xdrvr=vesa this will show up in the little bar at the bottom. once thats finished press enter and boot up into mepis.
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I'll try it thanks.
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Okay, doing xdrvr=vesa got me past the command prompt to the desktop. But, my max resolution was 1024.
Is that a limitation of vesa? I normally run at 1600x1200 on my 22" monitor. If it is a vesa limitation, is there a way for Mepis to recognize my ATI Radeon x800 so I can get the higher rez? Thanks. |
Yes thats a limitation of vesa, and once you install you can install the official ATI driver and get your card working better
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Great! Thanks all.
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