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Old 09-17-2003, 07:01 PM   #1
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Question Getting started without graphics


I know I must be sounding like a complete newbie, but I have to ask so I can make my life easier. So here's my situation:

I installed Red Hat 9 on my secondary hard drive, while leaving Windows 2000 on my primary. A utility that lets me browse my Linux drive from windows says I have ect/x11/xf86config on my root drive, but linux says I don't have the x11 directory let alone the xf86config file even in single user mode.

This is where the question comes into play. I haven't even been able to set up a user yet because X server can't load. EXACTLY how can I get a hold of xf86config and install the linux drivers I downloaded for my card (where do I put those files at anyway?) If someone could type in actual commands I need to use to edit/install the nessesary files?

Thanks to anyone that can help someone as woefully inexperienced as I.
 
Old 09-17-2003, 08:39 PM   #2
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maybe this is silly but did you make sure to type the names using upper and lower case? Unlike windows, linux is case sensitive. it's
/etc/X11 (note the leading / and X, not x) for the directory and XF86Config (not xf86config)
 
Old 09-17-2003, 09:29 PM   #3
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Thanks for that tip, but now I'm still getting some new issues to replace the old ones.

1. Where (in what directory) should I put the rpm files for the new linux/nvidia drivers?
2. How do I install them?
3. How do I edit the XF86Config?
 
Old 09-17-2003, 09:35 PM   #4
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1. it does not really matter.

2. you can install rpms by becoming root (with the su command) and then
rpm -ivh name-of-rpm (for installation)
rpm -Uvh name-of-rpm (for update)

3. you might not have to do this if you use the rpm to install the nvidia driver. Just try and see if you can start X with the command
startx
I've never installed an nvidia driver so I don't know but just search on the forum. tons of postings on nvidia drivers.
 
Old 09-17-2003, 09:41 PM   #5
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot, and hopefully I'll come out with a little bit of hair left.
 
Old 09-17-2003, 09:48 PM   #6
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the nvidia drives should be an executable file. ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...496/README.txt <-- great instructions on installing the driver and setting it up.
 
Old 09-17-2003, 10:04 PM   #7
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Here's another, most likely, stupid question.

I have the Explore2fs program, but how do I transfer my drivers from my Windows 2000 hard drive to my linux drive?
 
Old 09-17-2003, 10:16 PM   #8
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You can't do it from windows. If the windows drive is ntfs, you'll need to enable ntfs support (search the forum for how to do this in RH). Then you can copy the stuff over from inside linux. If you want to share date between win and linux, the easiest thing to do is to have a fat32 partition since both can read and write to it w/o problems.
 
  


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