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ARRRRGGGGGG.. I am newbie here me cry when I find out that I CAN NOT GET MY LINUX IUNSTALL ON BECUASE OF GEFORCE FX.. or at least i think it's the fx card please help to say the least Linux 9 and i borrowed the disks from Undee so i is new.
Athlon 2600 MSI KT4Ultra-Fisr2, 1 Gb DDR 333mhz, 80Gb wd Winxp boot, 290Gb WD linux boot of secondary master, Geforece FX 5200 64 mb MSI bran.. help...please??
I seperated this post out from the tutorial so that people can help better. Which distro are you referring to? RedHat? Mandrake?
You said you borrowed the disks. Are they originals or burned copies? What error exactly do you get?
A little more clearer information would be helpful.
hehe.... I feel your pain. After working through various distros, trying to get them to work, redhat was the first one that my limited knowledge and the install procedures jelled together, and it worked (almost) flawlessly..I have a geoforce also, not exactly the same specs, but I had no issues...
Deferring back to Mittens, what is the error you are getting? Are you using the custom install, or automatic?
I ran into issues with the video card as well. I was running a Radeon 7500 and the X server kept trying to send the output through the digital port instead of the analog. Odd problem. What I would advise is to just configure the video card after the installation. I don't know if you have the option due to the uncertainty of your distribution.
More info please.
k sorry guys was a little disorientated when I posted my thready thing
It's red hat linux 9
and the problem isn't with geforce cards but more i believe with the fx series although I am sure I could get another monitor and a tv to check all my outputs,
We stil need to know what it is doing before we can help....flickering screen, error codes...? :)
hmm, maybe i should sleep like sometime before work.
Sorry again.
The monitor loses signal.
I've tried this on two monitor's both of witch where picked up correctly during the hardwareconfigeration
i have told the install it was non specified vga card
OK so I'm getting the feeling nobody wants to answer me or nobody knows.... if nobody knows then how can anyone be experienced in linux.?? Of course I should probably quit this childish pointless rant and go and googlise it.
nope linux sux..
Dum dum dum dum dum
Goodnight
It's not the monitor but rather the video card so switching the monitors won't make a difference. Try doing a text install rather than a GUI and configure the video card after. You may want to look at the following as it seems to be a known problem in Red Hat (may not be in other distributions):Quote:
I've tried this on two monitor's both of witch where picked up correctly during the hardwareconfigeration
- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/110881
- http://www.computing.net/linux/wwwbo...rum/22413.html
- https://listman.redhat.com/archives/.../msg00602.html
Alternatively, go download Knoppix-STD and use that. It's easier in that you don't have to worry about learning how to install something or learn anything for that matter. Your right. Linux sux because you have to learn something.
Usually this problem happens when the horizontal and vertical refresh rates are misconfigured.
Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and look for the Monitor section. You'll find the HorizSync en VertRefresh there. Adjust these to your monitor (consult your manual).
More info about XF86Config can be found here
I found a fix for my problem, fortunately for me I have at least 2 differant pieces of hardware for anything thats in my computer, i just fiddled around till I found a config that worked then slowly replaced the pieces back to original now it owrks exept for any of my modems. My modems seem to configure properly but they don't work they will dial they just don't work. I understand that internal modems are often software and most possibly won't work my external suffers the same fualt... I think it might be the way I'm trying to connect to the net
Linux is on, internet is working... So now all I've got to do.. is find out any way thats linux is superior to windows...??
So whats next I have to manually edit the kernal so my Athlon 2600 runs to at least equivelent speed of a p3 1ghz machine running Win2K
OH by note it' wasn't sync ratio or whatever you want to call it I'd checked that it was ncompatibility with the card, it's a common fualt apparently.
Seems I'm likely gonna have some performance issues with it as well from what i've read but I'm commited now. I just wish I was so far impressed.
It's been a small nightmare to get an OS on my computer that .. frankly runs like a dog looks like... windows and hasn't iven me anything to think it's anything other than a chewap rip of from windows.
In what ways are you trying to find Linux superior to Windows? I can give you a few of my observations, but they may be wrong because it's still really new to me..and I don't mind being proven wrong.
I can read windows partitions with Linux, but I can't read Linux from windows (except for ext2, and that is a seperate application)..and if I'm wrong, please somebody clear up my delusion.
I have a couple neat bootable linux iso's, but I haven't yet found a Windows iso that boots into ram...if there is one, I would be glad to try it out (I know someone is going to say Dos :) )
I can recompile the linux kernel for whatever purpose I desire, and can include or exclude whatever I want. I suppose it could be done with windows, but where are you going to find the help?
I also like the fact that most script kiddies go after microsoft because it is more popular. Does that make me less vulnerable? No. Just a lower percentage target. If I understand what I am reading, not all linux exploits work from distribution to distribution.
If you're looking for some super system, I think you are going to be disappointed. If you are looking at it from a professional security standpoint, knowledge=power=better marketability