Install issues... ORBITER

[BodyART]

Hello Everyone.

I'm not a linux novice... I've been playing off and on as a hobbyist since the early 90's.  However, I don't claim to be an expert, especially in recent years when I havent dedicated enough time to my studies of linux.

I am having a rather severe problem with LMC, however.  I am installing the all in one DVD on an HP s3100y with an 8500gs card in it.  (I had a 7600gs card earlier, but it would consistantly crash before anything was done to it. )

I now have a MSI 8500 card which boots, but I am getting a black screen window with the text "orbiter failede to setup the transparency>.  Please check if the transparen"..

If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.

Sincerely,

matthew J freyman
 

[colinjones]

Look up Display Drivers on the wiki - the 8500 chipset is not currently supported (or even try a search on these forums for "8500" and/or "black screen"!!!) You need to update your video drivers to the latest version from the nVidia site. The instructions on the wiki are simple and reliable.

[tkmedia]

That message usually indicates that vesa driver was used with ui2 if your video card is not detected properly this can happen.
change vesa to nvidia in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot.



check wiki for driver installation if that doesn't work.

[BodyART]

Thanks for the replies.   My problem goes a little deeper than just my orbiter message, so I think its best I follow some very prudent advice (thanks colinjones) and spend a little time going through the Wiki and learning the ins and outs of LMCE before jumping right to install.  I have other hardware that works for my windows media center, that probably won't work in this edition of LMCE(IR Blaster, and my hauppage USB stick 950 tuner). 

I appologizing for jumping the gun and posting prior to actually reading the wiki and preparing in advance.  

I do have an old USB-UIRT I bought several years ago (2004 I think). I wonder if that will still work if I can find it. hehe.

Thanks again, all!

-Matt