#16830 - 11/03/04 11:02 PM
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If I am in the command line interface how do I start running a GUI like KDE or GNOME?
And any advice on how to get the GUI to fill up the screen on my laptop (Toshiba Sattelite 5005-S507, NVidia GeForce 4 440 To Go, Mandrake 10.0)
I tried the help on the wbsite but being new at this It's a bit complicated, I need serious Barney Style.
D, world destruction Over and overture N, do I need Apostrophe T, need this torture?-They Might Be Giants
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#16831 - 11/04/04 12:43 AM
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#16833 - 11/04/04 06:21 AM
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I don't need 3d acceleration as I am dual booting and not planning on any intense graphics on the Linux partition. Is there any other reason to have 3d acceleration besides gaming?
D, world destruction Over and overture N, do I need Apostrophe T, need this torture?-They Might Be Giants
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#16835 - 11/04/04 09:45 PM
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Couldn't get the demo but I saw the screenshots, that is awesome.
Ok I downloaded the Nvidia driver but have no idea how to install it. Also I can only see one refresh rate (60hz). Thanks for all the help.
D, world destruction Over and overture N, do I need Apostrophe T, need this torture?-They Might Be Giants
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#16837 - 11/05/04 06:16 PM
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Why would you want 3D acceleration on linux??? So you can say "I have 3D accerleration on linux [email protected]!" I have 3D acceleration on my laptop...I only get like 500 fps with glxgears (a nvidia card should get like 2000 or more), but who cares. Yeah nvidia drivers are easy. radeon's are hell. There are deffinately two different refresh rates for every monitor even LCDs. One is vertical one is horizontal.
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#16838 - 11/06/04 02:40 AM
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I f-----g can not believe how f-----g stupid I was being the answer was in front of my face everytime i went to nvidia but I didn't f-----g just stared at it not realizing what it was. What was it you ask......it was the Install how to. step by freaking step. I feel stupid.
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#16839 - 11/06/04 03:41 AM
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SO now I realize i don't have the kernal source which the driver needs to do whatevr, and when i go to install the package it says insert disc 4, the freee version only comes with 3 dics, i need to buy the full version for those options, lol, what a pain. But i am learning A LOT.
D, world destruction Over and overture N, do I need Apostrophe T, need this torture?-They Might Be Giants
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#16840 - 11/06/04 04:51 PM
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ok that is simple. find out what kernel version you are running and download the source from http://www.kernel.org What version of what distro are you running? I will tell you what kernel source you need. but if your gunna do all that I would just suggest downloading the latest 2.6 kernel and compile it yourself. Usually that last disc contains all the source code plus some programs that actually have liscensing you would have to buy.
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#16841 - 11/06/04 08:00 PM
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I am running Mandrake 10.0 I didn't know what distro to go with so I just grabbed this one. AS far as compiling the kernal myself, that sounds a little advanced for someone who can nareely get a graphics driver installed.
D, world destruction Over and overture N, do I need Apostrophe T, need this torture?-They Might Be Giants
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#16843 - 11/07/04 11:07 AM
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Yes there are but what I'm having problems with is learning all the correct bash commands and instructions. I try to makefile and get No rule to make target messages, so i'm reserching that atm.
D, world destruction Over and overture N, do I need Apostrophe T, need this torture?-They Might Be Giants
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#16844 - 11/07/04 09:34 PM
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Here's what I found: GNU Make I posted the link to maybe help some other newb out.
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Okay WTF?
by HenryMiring on 09/27/17 08:45 AM
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