----------------------------------- apomb Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:55 pm nEwB in Ubuntu.. please help ----------------------------------- Is there anyone here who knows how to get Ubuntu to recognise an Nvidia GeForce 6600GT AGP card!?!?! im getting nowhere on the Ubuntu site! please, its torturing me, i did everything that i can think of and everything that seems logical, and even some things that are illogical, but nothing works!!! please help me ... -Ubuntu nEwB -Compwiz ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:18 pm ----------------------------------- Do the following 1. sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx 2. sudo nvidia-glx-config enable 3. sudo reboot Note: (optional): If you are going to compile 3d applications, you will want to install the nvidia-glx-dev package, like sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev Note: (optional): the nvidia-settings package provides a control panel to configure graphics card options such as gamma correction. Install: sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings ----------------------------------- Cervantes Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:37 pm ----------------------------------- 1. sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx 2. sudo nvidia-glx-config enable 3. sudo reboot Note: (optional): If you are going to compile 3d applications, you will want to install the nvidia-glx-dev package, like sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev Note: (optional): the nvidia-settings package provides a control panel to configure graphics card options such as gamma correction. Install: sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings Dandy. But, how does a new user know how to do this, without simply typing what people say? How do you know to do sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev? By which I mean, how do you know you have to add a -dev at the end there? I am finding that, for the most part, I'm not actually learning linux, I'm merely a go between for people online and my computer. -Cervantes ----------------------------------- wtd Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:13 pm ----------------------------------- 1. sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx 2. sudo nvidia-glx-config enable 3. sudo reboot Note: (optional): If you are going to compile 3d applications, you will want to install the nvidia-glx-dev package, like sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev Note: (optional): the nvidia-settings package provides a control panel to configure graphics card options such as gamma correction. Install: sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings Dandy. But, how does a new user know how to do this, without simply typing what people say? http://www.ubuntuforums.org And it's the same as learning anything else... the ability to recognize patterns is critical. ----------------------------------- apomb Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:35 am ----------------------------------- hmm, seems youre too late guys, i already trashed my plans on Ubuntu ... anyone want a copy? and btw, i have tried all of those, thats one of the first things i did :( i am just fed up with not having a computer of my own, so i went to the library and got myself a nice clean version of RED HAT... complete with "Complete reference to: LINUX" its pretty cool, a choice between KDE and Gnome, and a(n) in depth description of both! there is just more support with it, and i can actually use the desktop! I might try using UBUNTU on my next project computer, or this one, i dont know yet, but untill the bugs for the Xfree86 recognition af an AGP freakin videocard are fixed, im staying with the good ol' RED ... sorry for your time, i appreciate the support, like i said, i was getting way too frustrated. Plus, im a totally new man, im officially coding in C++ and dabbling in perl ... so ill see you guys around! (esp. wtd!) ----------------------------------- wtd Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:09 am ----------------------------------- Dabbling with Perl? http://www.perlmonks.com ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:10 am ----------------------------------- How do you know to do sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-dev? By which I mean, how do you know you have to add a -dev at the end there? The -dev is a common suffix for Debian-based systems. It means "development" and generally denotes a package that contains the source headers and is only used if you're going to compile other programs that need it. For example, you'll only ever need the libgtk2-dev package if you want to COMPILE ony our own a GTK-based program, such as Xfce. You only NEED libgtk2 itself to run the pre-compiled binary version of GNOME that Ubuntu comes with. That's the difference between -dev and no -dev. -dev is the C source headers, no dev is the binary package. ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:10 pm ----------------------------------- im still waitin for my cds :cry: how long do they take to come? ----------------------------------- wtd Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:42 pm ----------------------------------- It can take quite a while. Also, supplies are running low as they prepare for the release of Hoary. I'd suggest finding someone with a decent connection and a CD burner to burn an install disc for you. ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:49 pm ----------------------------------- o lol i can dl it in a couple of min, but im too lazy to plus the cds'll look nice ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:31 pm ----------------------------------- o lol i can dl it in a couple of min, but im too lazy to plus the cds'll look nice Why didn't you say something, Andy? I carry 3 sets of Ubuntu pressed CD's (the "nice" ones) in my backpack all the time. I'll stop you next time I see you in the hall :) ----------------------------------- Mazer Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:01 am ----------------------------------- Andy... why wouldn't you just download your own ISO and install from that while waiting for the pressed CD? Then you can brag about how you have a unopened mint condition rare copy of Ubuntu Linux? ----------------------------------- apomb Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:07 pm ----------------------------------- thnks wtd ... and i hve installed redhat ... Xwindows actually works! but its totally grainy and not the right resolution ... anyone know anything about how to fix these? ----------------------------------- wtd Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:26 am ----------------------------------- What resolution is it supposed to be? Oh, and could you paste the contents of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file here? ----------------------------------- apomb Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:02 pm ----------------------------------- Actually, i found something on a Linux/Nvidia forum that perscribed a remedy for Geforce 6600GT cards : change the driver name to "vesa" in stead of "nv" and ,by golly, it worked!!! anyway, im up and running, just with no 3d accelleration, i have to wait for internet on it to download the appropriate drivers. thanks for all the help anyway. UBUNTU all the way! ----------------------------------- wtd Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:50 pm ----------------------------------- Congrats! :) ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:30 am ----------------------------------- thanks for all the help anyway. UBUNTU all the way! Wait, but I thought you did this on Redhat? ----------------------------------- apomb Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:31 pm ----------------------------------- k, heres the thing, i put redhat on my machine, it looked all grainy and the resolution was out of whack, so i went online (on a different coputer) to see some possibilites on how to correct it. however, i came across a site that described a way of making ubuntu work with a geforce 6600GT card (the one i have been having trouble with). so i reinstalled Ubuntu for like the umpteenth time and change the drivers accordingly, and VOILA! it works!! (no 3d accel tho, like i said before). That is the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me god. :D and im soo happy!! P.S. One more question about Ubuntu: how the frig do i get cds/DVDs to play??? Congrats! :) thanks again -Compwiz (Adrian) ----------------------------------- wtd Sat Feb 12, 2005 3:29 pm ----------------------------------- P.S. One more question about Ubuntu: how the frig do i get cds/DVDs to play??? Couple of things. In Synaptic, hunt down he packages gstreamer0.8-mad and totem-xine. Install these and things should work much better. When in doubt go to ubuntuforums and do a search with the word "howto". ----------------------------------- MihaiG Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:49 pm ----------------------------------- is Ubuntu Live any good it came with the Official Cd from the site with Ubuntu Install :?: ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:59 am ----------------------------------- is Ubuntu Live any good it came with the Official Cd from the site with Ubuntu Install :?: Ubuntu Live is just like Ubuntu except you don't have to install it -- it will work right off the CD. The advantage is that you don't have to get rid of your Windows install to try Ubuntu out. The bad parts are that it is a bit slower for low-memory systems (everything is loaded into RAM) and you can't do much to it in terms of customization because it doesn't save your changes to anything. Try it out to see if you like it, but you'll eventually have to install it. ----------------------------------- MihaiG Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:31 pm ----------------------------------- ya, its version 4.10 is that the newwest? ----------------------------------- Paul Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:09 pm ----------------------------------- is Ubuntu Live any good it came with the Official Cd from the site with Ubuntu Install :?: Ubuntu Live is just like Ubuntu except you don't have to install it -- it will work right off the CD. The advantage is that you don't have to get rid of your Windows install to try Ubuntu out. The bad parts are that it is a bit slower for low-memory systems (everything is loaded into RAM) and you can't do much to it in terms of customization because it doesn't save your changes to anything. Try it out to see if you like it, but you'll eventually have to install it. See, I like that idea, yet I want to learn any one of the linux distros from command line up, any live CD that offers that, and easy to use too? ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:41 pm ----------------------------------- is Ubuntu Live any good it came with the Official Cd from the site with Ubuntu Install :?: Ubuntu Live is just like Ubuntu except you don't have to install it -- it will work right off the CD. The advantage is that you don't have to get rid of your Windows install to try Ubuntu out. The bad parts are that it is a bit slower for low-memory systems (everything is loaded into RAM) and you can't do much to it in terms of customization because it doesn't save your changes to anything. Try it out to see if you like it, but you'll eventually have to install it. See, I like that idea, yet I want to learn any one of the linux distros from command line up, any live CD that offers that, and easy to use too? Pretty much all of the LiveCD's offer a command-line terminal you can play around with. If you want to try that, I highly reccomand a Debian-based distro (Knoppix or Ubuntu, IMO). If you want, I have a .pdf of the "Complete Linux Command Reference". Interested? ----------------------------------- apomb Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:12 pm ----------------------------------- uuum are you talking about the 1257 pg freakning behemoth of a book ... in pdf!!! :shock: that must be one huge file! ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:20 pm ----------------------------------- uuum are you talking about the 1257 pg freakning behemoth of a book ... in pdf!!! :shock: that must be one huge file! I didn't check, but yes, it is rather huge. I have over 7 gigabytes of technical ebooks, mostly in .html or .pdf format. IRC is a great place for stuff like this. I've got over 230 books on Java alone :P I just wish I had time to read them :'( EDIT: I just checked my file. It's not 1257 pages... it's larger! It's 1527. And over 10 MB in size. But I'll upload it to my host if there's interest. ----------------------------------- Paul Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:37 pm ----------------------------------- Yes, I'm interested, probably gonna burn a liveCD of knoppix or however you spell it :P ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:05 pm ----------------------------------- Yes, I'm interested, probably gonna burn a liveCD of knoppix or however you spell it :P Ok, I've uploaded it, but since I know compsci.ca can be a bit touchy at times about the posting of "copyrighted" material, I'm only giving the link out through PM. Paul, I'm sending you the link in a moment. Anyone else that wants the Complete Linux Command Reference, let me know. Or any other sort of technical literature, really. I have a lot more where this came from :P