Terminal problem
Hello guys, this is my first post here so i should be farely clear and straight. When i try to acces the terminal, i click the terminal shortcut, and everything freezes and i have to restart the PC.
2. I can`t find 1280x1024 resolution in display settings, and i don`t know how to install the driver for my graphic card, it`s a .run file downloaded from the Ati Radeon download page. 3. My scrol on the mouse won`t work. It`s not a usb mouse. |
First of all, welcome to LQ!
What distro are you using? The answer to your questions will differ based on the answer to that. Let us know, Forrest |
Well as i posted in slackware thread, it is obvious that i have slackware :). I just installed today.
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Is this an install of 12.2 or current?
Either way you will have real trouble with getting the ATI drivers to work correctly, and should instead consider using the Xorg radeon driver. Check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to see what driver you are currently using. It's generally well commented so is pretty easy to work out what each section does. For your mouse, rerun pkgtool (as root) and make sure the correct mouse type is configured. Personally I find the imps protocol works for me, but you need to choose whatever suits your device. |
Two comments come to mind:
1) You'd be surprised. 2) What, now you expect me to read :-P. As far as the terminal not working via the icon, are you able to open a terminal any other way? I'm not a Slacker, but installing the video driver should be as simple as making it executable (chmod +x filename.run) and then running it (./filename.run). Again, I'm not a Slacker, but the mouse wheel should work if you change the mouse "Option Protocol" line of your xorg.conf to look like: Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" I'm sure you will soon get a real Slacker to verify/correct these statements. HTH Forrest |
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Oh and yes i installed 12.2 version from a dvd boot i burned and checked myself ! //Edit: How do i gain acces to edit the xorg.conf file? i do believe i did give my account root acces :-s when i installed. |
I use successfully on my ThinkPad T60 ATI proprietary driver (fglrx).
The newest version is: ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run. I tried it yesterday but it displayed some error at the end of installation so I came back to older version: ati-driver-installer-8-12-x86.x86_64.run. To install driver you have to download it, and as root run the command: Code:
chmod 755 ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run Code:
./ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run Code:
Section "Device" Code:
Section "Device" Finally restart X Window. *** By the way: I just discovered that during unsuccessful attempt to install new driver it modified my xorg.conf. Now I see in it some sections as: Code:
Section "Monitor" Code:
Section "Device" |
You should be able to get a VT by CTL-ALT-F1 through CTL-ALT-F7. You can get back to X via CTL-ALT-F8 (although lately, F8 has been replaced with F1. not sure if this is true in Slack 12).
Forrest |
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I entered the console with ctrl alt f1 and did a restart from there, now every file/app/ every title in the sistem is like just a few points. there like so tiny you can`t read them
//Edit: a restart resolved the problem |
To run root's commands and to edit root's files go to the second console (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and login as root. Next run Midnight Commander with mc command. Using Midnight Commander you can explore the system, run the commands, edit the files and much more.
*** If you run X Window with startx command from -- say -- first console you can't use it to login as root. It's used by X Window. So use the consoles from second to sixth. |
I logged in with the root account, and started X, now i`m on my root account, eddited the xorg.conf file like this for my graphic card:
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# ********************************************************************** |
Assuming you use Radeon replace:
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Driver "vesa" Code:
Driver "radeon" If X Window will run with the new resolution the problem is solved. If not it means it's unable to use that resolution with 24 bits color depth. In such case you have to remove these high resolutions or decrease color depth to 16 bits (very poor). |
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