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| Author: | onlybui [ Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:13 pm ] |
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OK Im lost I edit /etc/inittab file to boot run level 3 but it still booting into X after choosing run level 3 I hit Control alt backspace it goes but to login? how do I goto level 3 and install the nvidia drivers? |
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| Author: | onlybui [ Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:33 pm ] |
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Nevermind seems that there is already a build already installed and gives me the instructions to use ctrl ALF f1 to goto run level 3 if anyone wants to know this is located cd /usr/local/bin sh install-nvidia-7174-debian.sh |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:05 pm ] |
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ctrl+alt+F1 does not take you to run level 3 it does not change the run level at all. It merely takes you to a console prompt. |
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| Author: | onlybui [ Tue Jun 14, 2005 9:45 pm ] |
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alright thanks for the info... guess I did have to edit the /etc/inittab file to let me boot into level 3 |
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| Author: | iluciv [ Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:32 pm ] |
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Just wanted to post to clarify this for other newbies Installing nvidia driver in knoppmyth ctrl + alt + F1 will give you cli window cd /usr/local/bin takes you to the directory that install-nvidia-7174-debian.sh file is in 'sh install-nvidia-7174-debian.sh' (without the ' ) should execute and run this file and install nvidia driver glxinfo from a terminal window should tell you of success of installation particularly 'direct rendering = yes' line glxgears command will also inform you Hope this makes this a little easier |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:10 pm ] |
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What is with Unix newbies thinking that they have to cd to the directory where something is to run it? I encounter this at work too and it always makes me crazy. Where does this misinformed meme come from? Cecil's directions tell you to type "install-nvi" and hit tab to complete (you'll actually have to hit it twice to see both options these days). This works because 1) the commands are already in your PATH (if it wasn't you'd have to give the full relative or absolute filename of the command) and 2) it's already executable as it stands (so no need to prefix it with "sh"). |
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| Author: | avocade [ Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:18 pm ] |
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Thanks, that was a great relief. Thought I actually had to do a kernel-compile to get the nvidia-drivers installed... phew! Now, I've restarted the computer with knoppmyth backend and frontend (same machine) and connected the S-video AND the composite output from my geforce2 to the TV, but I still get a black screen. The regular VGA-screen looks as it should of course. What have I missed? |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:35 pm ] |
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you have to make some changes to the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file or you could try the sample nvidia tvout file provided. there is a wiki article about tvout. |
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| Author: | avocade [ Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:08 pm ] |
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Xsecrets wrote: you have to make some changes to the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file or you could try the sample nvidia tvout file provided.
there is a wiki article about tvout. Done. Changed to COMPOSITE (since I connect the S-video to a SCART then to my TV). Also changed to PAL-B. I read the wiki about it over at http://knoppmythwiki.org/ and it didn't tell me to change the vertical refresh-rate, so I didn't. I'll restart now and see how it goes 
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:45 pm ] |
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If it didn't say to change the vert refresh that is an oversite. Anytime you are doing tvout to a standard tv the refresh should always be 60hz (I've heard some people using others for pal, but I've also heard 60 works, but if you have problems search the forum. someone recently posted about fixing some sort of problem with a proper modeline/refresh rate for pal) |
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| Author: | iluciv [ Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:35 am ] |
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tjc: Well you just answerd your question in the first few words 
I didn't know that it would run if I wasn't in the directory and I just thought from a newbie prospectiv e that it would appear to make more sense the way I typed it out. It did to me 
Still learnt a bit more thanks |
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| Author: | ninti [ Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:26 am ] |
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tjc wrote: What is with Unix newbies thinking that they have to cd to the directory where something is to run it? I encounter this at work too and it always makes me crazy. Where does this misinformed meme come from?
Well, I can't speak for all the Unix newbies, but for me it's not a matter of not thinking it will work, it is just a matter of getting my bearings in a very foreign file structure. That, plus I can reduce the risk of typos by doing the command in steps and do an 'ls' to figure out what is exactly there. iluciv, thanks for that post, it cleared up a couple of things for me. That, plus the the changes to the XF86Config file described in the Nvidia readme file was all I needed to get my Nvidia MX 4000 working just fine now. |
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