I've finally gotten linux to start working. Now i've got a few more things to clear up.

1. How do you (if it's even possible) run exe files with linux? (I'm a total noob at this so I'm not sure what the limits are to linux.)

2. How can i load drivers for certain devices? I've got the windows drivers but can't get them to load. I've got a graphics card (yes it's an ATI) and an ethernet card. SuSE recognizes both but I can't get online, and linux errors out with the graphics card and will not start the GUI interface. (Thank God for onboard video. ) if special linux drivers are required where would be good places to get them?

Help would be highly appreciated again...

Anyone? Any help? At all?

Files with .exe extensions are windows programs. It is possible to run some of them using wine. An example is Picasso. The Linux download of Picasso installs a patched version of wine, and runs the windows program. I did use wine to extract the Linksys windows drivers for a wireless card. This is because I use ndiswrapper for wireless so I wanted the .sys and .inf windows files. For your nic card and your graphics card you want to use Linux drivers. You will need to supply more information on the models you have.

Run the program as root: lspci -v. This will list the controllers for all of your devices. You want to post that here. Also post the output of the "lsmod" command. This command lists the kernel modules that are loaded. I am guessing that the NIC device was detected and the module is being loaded, but the network configuration is wrong.

You can probably download a driver for your graphics card from the ATI web site. Searching on this web site, you can find out how to install it. Before that, you could try using the generic "vesa" driver. That will get you decent colors and resolution, but not acceleration. Also, try the "sax2" program to set up the graphics. If you see video right of the bat, then click Yes or Accept at the prompt and see if you can start up the way you want.

I ran sax2 and it didn't help. I'll try the vesa display. The vid card is an ATI Radeon Rage 6 SDR. I don't remember the specific model number. Where can I get wine?

I will run the programs you gave and post the results back here when I have them...

Well I tried to run both programs but it said on both of them that the comand was not found. This is SuSE 10.0 btw so maybe the commands are different?

Oh! duh! Sorry for the triple post but I finnaly noticed that it was an "L" not an "I"!

Here's the output of lspci -v:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8605 [ProSavage PM133] (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8605 [PM133 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: e5000000-e6ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686/A PCI to ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0

00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
I/O ports at d000 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
Flags: medium devsel
Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2

00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
I/O ports at e000 [size=4]
I/O ports at e400 [size=4]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)
Subsystem: Unknown device 4554:434e
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
Memory at e7080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 17000000 [disabled] [size=256K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

00:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R100 QD [Radeon 7200] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 7000/Radeon
Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 10
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=128M]
I/O ports at ec00 [disabled] [size=256]
Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=512K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 17040000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ProSavage PM133 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 10
Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at e5000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 2.0


Annnd here's the output of lsmod:

Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 4096 0
nls_cp437 5760 0
joydev 9408 0
ipt_pkttype 1664 1
ipt_LOG 6912 7
ipt_limit 2304 7
hfsplus 75140 0
vfat 12800 0
fat 49692 1 vfat
subfs 7552 1
bluetooth 45700 0
speedstep_lib 4228 0
freq_table 4612 0
snd_pcm_oss 59168 0
snd_mixer_oss 18944 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 51984 0
af_packet 21384 2
edd 9824 0
snd_via82xx 28096 1
gameport 14600 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 90876 1 snd_via82xx
i2c_prosavage 4096 0
i2c_algo_bit 9096 1 i2c_prosavage
snd_ac97_bus 2432 1 snd_ac97_codec
savagefb 25220 0
i2c_viapro 8080 0
via686a 19096 0
i2c_sensor 3584 1 via686a
i2c_core 20368 4 i2c_algo_bit,i2c_viapro,via686a,i2c_sensor
snd_pcm 93064 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 24452 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10632 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_via82xx
tulip 51360 0
snd_rawmidi 24864 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8588 2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
generic 4484 0 [permanent]
snd 60420 12 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_r awmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9184 1 snd
via_agp 9472 1
agpgart 33096 1 via_agp
uhci_hcd 32016 0
usbcore 112640 2 uhci_hcd
pci_hotplug 26164 0
parport_pc 38980 1
lp 11460 0
parport 33864 2 parport_pc,lp
ip6t_REJECT 5504 3
ipt_REJECT 5632 3
ipt_state 1920 12
iptable_mangle 2688 0
iptable_nat 22228 0
iptable_filter 2816 1
ip6table_mangle 2304 0
ip_conntrack 42168 2 ipt_state,iptable_nat
ip_tables 19456 8 ipt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,ipt_limit,ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6table_filter 2688 1
ip6_tables 18176 3 ip6t_REJECT,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ipv6 242752 11 ip6t_REJECT
dm_mod 54972 0
reiserfs 250480 1
ide_cd 39684 0
cdrom 36896 1 ide_cd
processor 24252 0
via82cxxx 13212 0 [permanent]
ide_disk 17152 3
ide_core 122380 4 generic,ide_cd,via82cxxx,ide_disk


Any help now?


Cmon, please don't let this drop and make me bump my own post.

Come on people! Any help at all? I know I couldn't have stumped any of you that hard! Please don't make me go back to windows. Thats the last thing I want.

The lsmod listing shows that you are using the tulip module for the NIC card. What is the output of the root command "ifconfig eth0"?

Also try the root command "rcnetwork reset" and notice if there are any errors printed. You need to supply more information on how you connect to the internet. Do you have a router? Are you using DHCP or entering the IP values manually?

The administration manual has a chapter on setting up the network.

The network currently is eithernet through one router. Also DCHP is setting the IP addresses and such.

I tried doing the "vesa" driver thing and it screwed up the whole system. I can't even get the on-board video to work anymore. Unless there's a way to reset that, getting the output of ifconfig eth0 will take a little longer. :/

You might want to power down and reseat the video card. Make sure that if the card has a power connection that it is hooked up. The "vesa" driver is so generic, that it should work with all but the oldest video cards. It should work with any recent on board video also. Especially if you are in run level 3 and you have no video. The x server hasn't even started then.

I would recommend backing up the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, removing it and rerunning sax2. If you have a working printer, you could try redirecting the output of commands like lspci to the printer, or printing like
lspci | lpr.

I would also recommend trying to print out the sax2 man page: man sax2 -t | lpr
There is an option to say which video card you are using.

I don't have any accessible printer. I've also reseated the card and it still hasn't worked. The video card it self is an ATI Radeon 7200 (aka Rage 6). 32MB on card memory and it does support 3D acceleration as far as I know. I'll take the steps you've given and will post again when I've done it.


Btw: where can I get "WINE"? I've googled it and I can't seem to turn up anything that looks right.

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...ge&folderID=27
http://jarpack.net/ati-driver-how-to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fglrx

those are the links to the pages where you can get the detailed instructions how to install ATI driver. I normally use the ATI driver installer from the support.ati.com link. But to download it properly you should use Firefox not Konqueror browser.

I hope it helps.
regards

Thanks for the links. I'll put them to use once I get the internet working on it.

okay, here's the output of both "ifconfig eth0" and "rcnetwork reset"

ifconfig eth0:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:03:2F:46: D7
inet addr:192.168.1.104 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::201:3ff:fe2f:46d7/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:63 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:11306 (11.0 Kb) TX bytes:2872 (2.8 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec00


rcnetwork reset:

Usage: /sbin/rcnetwork <action> [<config>] [<interface>] [-o <options>]
actions: start|stop|status|reload|force-reload|try-restart
restart|stop-all-dhcp-clients|restart-all-dhcp-clients
options: [on]boot,hotplug,manual,check,quiet,debug,fake
type=<typelist>,skip=<skiplist>
typelist: space seperated list of interface types
skiplist: space seperated list of interfaces to skip for 'start'


Btw: 2 things. Where's the admin manual? and how exactly do I get to runlevel 3 again? (utterly noobish but this is a first. All I've ever known is windows.)

Log out of KDE or Gnome, and then either select a terminal session to log back in, or press [CTRL]-[alt]-Fn to select a virtual terminal where Fn is F1 to F6.

Log in as root and enter the command "init 3".

The output of ifconfig shows an IP address. This means that both the interface and DHCP is working.
You can find the Administration Manual by clicking on the SuSE Help Center. It is the "References (en)" document.
The Networking section is Part IV, starting with chapter 18.

I wonder if part of the problem is that you have both an ATI card and onboard video. You might try disabling the onboard video in bios and restarting sax2.