I have tried for many days to get mce up and running. i`ve had a lot of problems with new hardware, and now with mce. I have installed a graphic card , gainward bliss 8400gs pcx. but I can not change the driver from vesa to nvidia. Have read the forum but can not find any help. I have tried a few things but it does not help.
Any suggestions??
Have a look @ http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/Display_Drivers
grrr... rtfm !
Rafik
I`ll take another look at this.. But the drivers should already be installed??? Hmmm ???
The drivers included in LMCE 704 is only good for 4xxx, 5xxx and 6xxx series Nvidia cards, that's why you have problems.
You could/should wait for 710s release, soontm
Hmm? i am trying to follow the instructions on http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/Display_Drivers , but my login is incorrect. I am trying to log in with the user account i`ve created during the Kubuntu install. Is it another default user/pass for this??
http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/Logging_In
after step 3 on this page http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/Display_Drivers, after typing root@dcerouter:~# telinit 1 I get an error message..
Error: `etc/init.d/rc` exited outside the expected code flow.
init: rc1 main process (15384) killed by TERM signal
dcerouter_48678:~#_
I can not get any further... ???
That shouldn't happen on a healthy system, try rebooting in rescue mode.
Hi. Ok!
The latest driver are installed. But after running the AVWizard the system still can`t change the driver.. Still running on vesa driver.
Any suggestions??
I guess you're going to have to do it for the system then. ;) You probably just need to replace "vesa" with "nvidia" as described here: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers#Chipset_driver.
Thanks.. .
I am really trying, but i can not find out how to configure that file.. I try to read http://wiki.linuxmce.com/index.php/Display_Drivers but in the , generating template section , i get lost. I can not open and configure the xorg file.. Hmmm.... Am i even starting at the right place. ???? I am logged in as root. also in rescue mode. hmmm
Need more help ???
From a terminal you can just do "nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf" for instance, that should open it in an easy to use editor, then find "vesa" and replace it with "nvidia". Next you might want to reboot and run the AVWizard again.
Hi..
Now i have done that a couple of times.. When I restart, the driver is still vesa. Hmmm . After editing, I reboot.
Hmmm , i am still trying..
Quote from: kai on December 12, 2007, 10:20:47 PM
Hi..
Now i have done that a couple of times.. When I restart, the driver is still vesa. Hmmm . After editing, I reboot.
Hmmm , i am still trying..
Did you follow:
"LinuxMCE keeps reconfiguring my display settings
Add a line containing exit to the top of the /usr/pluto/bin/Xconfigure.sh file."
or I just like to chmod 000 /usr/pluto/bin/Xconfigure.sh
Quote from: kai on December 12, 2007, 10:20:47 PM
Hi..
Now i have done that a couple of times.. When I restart, the driver is still vesa. Hmmm . After editing, I reboot.
Hmmm , i am still trying..
After editing your xorg.conf as Zaerc suggested you need to do the following;
sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum'
To make sure X accpets the changes you made ;-)
Andrew
Quote from: totallymaxed on December 13, 2007, 01:55:42 AM
After editing your xorg.conf as Zaerc suggested you need to do the following;
sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum'
To make sure X accpets the changes you made ;-)
Andrew
Strange, I've never had to do that. But you're probably right as usual.
If that helps then I guess it should be mentioned on the wiki page too.
I tried this method " Add a line containing exit to the top of the /usr/pluto/bin/Xconfigure.sh file." Now the driver is nvidia.. But now the AV Wizard will not start. Pc starts to blink just before the wizard starts. Pc starts normally, but I can not change IU.
The other method, sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf > /var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum' did not work for me today.. :-)
I`ll take a look at the Troubleshooting section later :-)
I guess now your configuration is messed up somehow, try some of the other suggestions in the wiki, like backing up your existing xorg.conf and generating a new one. Or "envy" as described elsewhere on this forum.
I was having the same problem- install drivers (both using the terminal commands as mentioned here: http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Display_Drivers#Chipset_driver and also using envy as mentioned here: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=3368.0).
After replacing the 'vesa' with 'nvidia' in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restarting, I continued to get the "failed to start....".
I reinstalled several times, and kept getting the same errors. This last time, however, I configured it using UI1 and left it on overnight. When I came back to it the next morning, there was a message stating that there were updates that needed to be downloaded/installed. Following the updates, I again ran AVWizard (by clicking on "Video Res and Audio Setup" after clicking "More" then "Advanced" from the UI1 screen). I [ctrl]+[alt]+[backspaced] and ran "nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf". Replacing "vesa" with "nvidia" and rebooting has UI2 with transparency working....
Long winded way of saying that I let lmce download the updates and that made the difference (fluke?).
Should add: Svideo still not working, but tv flashes after selecting that option in the AVWizard.
Acer T180
AMD X2 4000+
3 GB DDR2
Integrated Geforce 6100 (but no composite, component, hdmi out, so I disabled it in the BIOS)
GeForce XFX 8500GT PCI-e
250 GB SATA
My pc starts normally with UI1, but when it rebootsafter I choose to run the av wizard, it won`t start. Strange... :-|
Hi..
Put back in my other graphic card, a NVidia 7300 256MB (repair / warranty)
I had alpha blending on this the first time I tried it. Now alpha blending don`t work.
Maybe try a new dvd insall? I tried it on my tv.. I can not get colours. Using s-vhs.