F9 installation problems
Alan Cox
alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Mon Aug 4 20:57:24 UTC 2008
> I typed "setup" and got a setup which included X.
> I tried to configure, but the display driver models did not include
> CHIMEI or CMV223D anywhere, so then I thought I would have to try at
> random.
> I did, and that went wrong. Now it does not find X11 at all.
Odd.. when you say "does not find" what occurs ?
[Useful tip btw - you can get X back to unconfigured from the command
line with 'rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf" - should never be needed but like all
those things...)
> Does anyone know why I am not asked to create a user account?
If it couldn't set up X it probably never got the point of asking you.
>From the command line "man useradd"
> Do I have to download and install the NVIDIA driver for this card, or
> should it be present on the DVD?
The DVD ships with several drivera that may work for the Nvidia card. The
non-free Nvidia driver isn't free software and isn't included.
The 'vesa' driver is a BIOS mode setting driver without acceleration. The
'nv' driver is an Nvidia provided 2D driver which is all the want to open
source, the 'nouveau' driver is a more experimental accelerated driver
being built by reverse engineering (as Nvidia won't provide documentation
either).
> Has anyone heard of the brand of screen that I have,
> do I have to get a driver for it and install that?
Most displays are VESA standard ones so if you know the usual resolution
set the generic 1024x768/800x600 etc modes
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