Mdk10 installation problems.

Mr Tickle · 05-04-2004, 12:15 PM

My bro has tried to install mdk10 on his laptop(Pentium3). It has SIS 630 gfx but when we tried to configure it through the installer it couldn't load the drivers. Maybe a dodgy disk. It wouldn't let him swap the cd either so he had to continue. He got the Error couldn't install xfree.
So when he boots it's just like a console. If he get's the drivers How can he install them and get xfree installed/set up?

Thanks

Mara · 05-04-2004, 03:41 PM

Try
urpmi XFree86
(as root)
It'll install XFree. Then get the driver from here: http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsisvga.shtml (MDK 10 probably does not have it included) and follow the installation instructions.

Mr Tickle · 05-04-2004, 04:15 PM

Thanks Mara

I'll pass on the info and leave him to it while I install gentoo 8)

Mr Tickle · 05-05-2004, 07:17 PM

He did urpme XFree86 but it said that it's already installed.

He also put the driver file where told but he still can't get it to work.

btmiller · 05-05-2004, 07:44 PM

Most drivers are distributed as loadable kernel modules. Did he insert the module into the kernel? To do so type (as root) modprobe <module_name>.

Mr Tickle · 05-05-2004, 08:25 PM

Thanks m8 I'll pass on the info to him cos he has no net access until this is fixed

beejayzed · 05-05-2004, 08:34 PM

I have a sis630 and it works fine. Maybe therers was something wrong during the installer?
It could be the monitor selection. Try again, maybe the installer was just misbehaving.

Mara · 05-06-2004, 04:41 PM

If XFre86 is installed you should configure it - using
XFree86 -configure
and then install the driver if the default configuration is not satisfactionary.