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01-13-2008, 01:04 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 7
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terminal command question
I am trying to install a Nvidia 100 driver for my Geforce FX 5200 and get a message to use root to type nvidia-xconfig and then restart x server.
I know how to start a terminal as root and type in the nvidia-xconfig. I believe I then hit enter? Correct?
But I have no idea what I type in to restart the x server?
TIA for any suggestions.
Thomas
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01-13-2008, 01:23 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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Hi Thomas, welcome to LQ!
That'll depend on your distro, mostly. I suggest you edit your
profile so people won't have to ask you that question.
Cheers,
Tink
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01-13-2008, 02:00 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04, Debian testing
Posts: 5,019
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I know how to start a terminal as root
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Wait, are we talking about the same thing? I think that you need to drop out of the graphical runlevel and work from there. Is that what you have done?
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01-13-2008, 02:49 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 7
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Tink I am using PCLinuxOS Gnome 2007 version within VMWare Player 2.0.2
jay I have done nothing yet as I don't know what to do. I have used Synaptic to download and apply the Nvidia 100 driver. When I try to access the Nvidia settings I get the message to use root to install nvidia-xconfig and restart x server.
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01-13-2008, 02:54 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04, Debian testing
Posts: 5,019
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Well, if you can install it from the PCLinux repository, it shouldn't be too difficult. Just install it and then hit Ctrl + alt + backspace to restart X.
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01-13-2008, 03:45 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 7
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Well I am hosed now. I opened the Terminal, typed in su, enter, typed in the password, enter, typed in nvidia-xconfig, enter, got a message that xorg.conf was backed up in etc/x11 and a new xorg was loaded (I think the word was loaded but not sure).
Then I exited the Terminal and hit ctrl-alt-backspace and that was the beginning of the end. After a number of command line like pop ups I was told I had a fatal server something or other. Tried to shut down VMWare and restart and ended back at the same place.
Back to square one. I will reinstall the system and try again.
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01-13-2008, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Chilliwack,BC.Canada
Distribution: Slackware64 -current
Posts: 2,079
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AFAIK, vmware uses a virtual generic video card, and doesn't support 3d hardware acceleration
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01-13-2008, 04:19 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 7
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Thanks Ace. I was trying to install Nvidia drivers to improve the Linux font faintness in the vmware Linux appliance to the same quality as my XP.
Is there any way to do this with the vmware virtual generic video card?
Or even if there was a way to increase the font size it would help. (I can increase the font size in my Firefox within the Linux appliance which makes Firefox easily readable.)
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01-13-2008, 05:59 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04, Debian testing
Posts: 5,019
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Hmm, I saw the reference to vmware under your name but I assumed you were installing to bare metal. Well, yes, Ace is right about the video driver. VMware has its own. By the way, it does support directx on windows but that is a recent and still highly experimental feature.
Have you installed the vmware tools for Linux? It has some extra drivers that will often dramatically improve performance. I recently created an xp vmx and it was a real slug - until I installed the tools.
Last edited by jay73; 01-13-2008 at 06:03 PM.
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01-13-2008, 06:07 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 7
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Jay, how do you install the vmware tools for Linux? That would be great to have.
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01-13-2008, 06:13 PM
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LQ Sage
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
Distribution: Gentoo ~amd64
Posts: 7,675
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No need to reinstall, restore your previous xorg.conf and all will be dandy again.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_and_Fonts
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01-13-2008, 06:14 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04, Debian testing
Posts: 5,019
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Jay, how do you install the vmware tools for Linux? That would be great to have.
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That would depend on what you are using: vmware player, vm server, vm workstation, ...? If it's the player, then you should begin by downloading vm workstation. There is a demo version for free. You won't be installing it, you just need it to extract its vmware tools so you can use them on your vm player.
Last edited by jay73; 01-13-2008 at 06:16 PM.
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