Questions regarding Slackware
Hi, I just installed Slackware v12. I'm trying to change my resolution by editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and adding my monitor's resolution in (1280x1024), but it doesn't work out (still at 1024x768). I'm also trying to install my nvidia driver for my 8800GT. It's telling me to exit X server. I did that by pressing CTRL+ALT+F6 and typed in "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop", but it came up with a message saying command not found. This is all on KDE btw. Also I can't scroll down websites for some reason. I hope someone can help me out. Thanks in advance.
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You could get so good background information from; SlackwareŽ Basics or SlackwareŽ Essentials. You didn't state if it was a mouse scroll problem or if it was a bar problem. If is the scroll button for the mouse then the mouse type/manufacture would help. You would have to modify the '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file to reflect the proper options for your mouse and type. |
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This is my mouse. (I just can't scroll down websites if you get what I mean :scratch: and I'm using one of those crappy balled mouse that came with my DELL rig and I doubt they'll give me support) Quote:
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The complete xorg.conf.......................
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First: Anyway, if you're running a stock slackware and haven't gone through the effort to install some form of Gnome, then you don't have gdm installed on your system ... chances are it's either kdm or xdm that you are running. If you can't get at it any other way, then do the following rather than your "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm" ... login as root and killall kdm or killall xdm It's not gentle, but it gets the job done. Just make sure you save any work you were doing in X before you hit CTRL+ALT+F6. Second: By default, slackware has a pretty empty /etc/sudoers file compared to what distros like ubuntu will give you. You may have to configure it by hand to get it to work the way you're used to. Third: Slackware doesn't put much into the /etc/init.d directory. Most of the startup scripts go in /etc/rc.d. But even these are just startup scripts ... no actual binaries. Finally, once you do get the nvidia driver installed, it usually asks to adjust your xorg.conf file for you ... your other problems might just go away if you're lucky :) |
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You should post the complete sections of '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' that are relative to your problems. Quote:
You can copy from the 'editor' as you would with any other, just a little more work. You should either 'man' or 'google' for the commands for the editor of choice. As for the video, we would need to see the video section and relative parts of the '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'. Along with the system information. |
Note also that LQ has a dedicated Slackware forum (in Linux-Distributions)
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Re nvidia driver install, see this post, it goes through the entire process. AND setting resolution.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...om-kde-632157/ |
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