Kaj ...
... I'm in Atlanta, the bean counters are destroying us all on every front ...
(1) ... I'd love to, but no GUI
(2) .. how do I get in fb (frame buffer) mode ?
(3) .. XFdrake would be lovely if I could find it ... tried whereis XF, find XF
... nothing ..
(lastly) .. I don't know what x server is, how do I tell if it's running ?
HK
-----Original Message-----
From: Kaj Haulrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:02 AM
To: h k ball
Cc: newbie@linux-mandrake.com
Subject: Re: [newbie] How get from "dos" mode into KDE mode?
On Thursday 17 February 2005 03:29, you wrote:
> Kaj ...
>
> ... based on today's wanderings, have concluded
>
> (1) ... need to connect to the net in CLI mod (how???)
> (2) ... download the Nvidia Vanta video card (how ? ... put in
> what directory so Xconfigurator can find it )
> (3) ... rerun Xconfigurator
>
> (4) ... maybe then stuff will work, although ...
> (5) ... XFdrake doesn't exist
> (6) ... nothing containing "auth" exists
>
> HK
>
> ... looked at your web page, photos ... lovely daughter ...
> article on healthcare, suits, accountants, etc made me laugh,
> we're not far behind you in our deterioration ...
Thanks, h k.... Where do you live ?
I'm a little confused about what you're trying to do...
(1) Why connect from the CLI ? - If you absolutely must then (as
root) : "ifconfig eth0". That is if you use ethernet as your
interface ? - Otherwise I'd recommend the GUI way for newbies,
just : "mcc", then give root password. Go to Network & Internet
and make your choices.
(2) I don't have Nvidia, but I think you can use it in fb mode
(frame buffer) without the Nvidia drivers until you get things
sorted out.
(3) I don't thing you need to run xconfigurator, only XFdrake.
(4,5,6) You'll need to run XFdrake as root.
Lastly, a dumb question : Do you have a x server running ?
Kaj Haulrich.
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