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Guys how can i get the driver i810 for linux and how do i go about installing it from the console? Currently i can't go into GUI 'cos that driver is missing. how do I send the file to the location. Should i use a cd or a flash drive?
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Hi Kdships, Welcome to lq. What distro are you using? Have you tried just running your x configuration utility? You may also want to include the output from the following.
I use Fedora core 6
kernel 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen on an i686
I tried running xconfiguration and it says command not found
startx gives me something like this:
(EE) Failed to load module "i810" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "synaptics" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
X10: fatal 10 error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
/sbin/lspci -v gave me:
02:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5c592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
Subsytem: Dell Unknown device 01d8
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at ef9FD600 (32-bit, non-prefechable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
02:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
Subsytem: Dell Unknown device 01d8
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at af9fd700 (32-bit, non-prefechable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
I tried going to /etc/X11/xorg.conf but was denied access even though i logged in as root
"Permission denied" it says.
Probably the shell thought you were trying to execute this unexecutable file. Instead you need to edit it. Of course root can edit any file. I understand you don't have a GUI, but your system almost certainly comes equipped with vi, a nice editor which works from the console. You should probably first consult some vi documentation. You can find some here: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/vi/index.html. Also you can go "man vi".
Or see if "nano" will execute. This is a another small editor that distros sometimes build in.
Also you can go "cat filename" to see what the file contains; then use sed to change the file. But vi would be easier.
You will need to have i810 support compiled into your XOrg implementation; but you probably do already.
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