Should I choose Slackware or Arch as my first distro?

trickykid · 09-11-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by atriya

the default install has given me the 'vesa' graphics drivers, but I need to change to Intel;

So run xorgconfig to reconfigure xorg.

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I don't want to have to type 'startx' every time to enter KDE;

So edit your /etc/inittab and change it to runlevel 4 to automatically start X at boot time.

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my mouse middle button is not working;

xorgconfig can take care of this configuration.

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I can't change my resolution above 1024x768;

Well, again, you're stuck with the vesa driver, once you change this you'll most likely support more resolutions.

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I can't shutdown the machine from KDE - only logoff, and so

I'm not a KDE user but I usually just setup sudo and shutdown by those means.

T3slider · 09-11-2008, 09:42 PM

I believe the shutdown options etc. are only available in runlevel 4 (which is what you wanted anyway if you don't want to type startx). You may also have to add yourself to the power group (but I'm not positive since I use runlevel 3 and just shutdown manually).

To elaborate on what trickykid said, to boot into runlevel 4, just change

Code:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:3:initdefault:

in /etc/inittab to

Code:

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

atriya · 09-12-2008, 08:46 AM

Thanks folks; that solved the problems.

Anonymo · 09-12-2008, 12:23 PM

For nvidia drivers, I always use nvidia-xconfig and it has worked perfect so far. Even my mouse buttons work.