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Various Linux questions

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by ss1, Apr 6, 2002.

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

Ok I have RedHat Linux 7.2 installed but I have a few questions:

1. How do I change my mouse and keyboard configuartion - The mouse has been set to a two button mouse (When its a three button) and the Keyboard has been set to a US keyboard layout rather than a UK one.

2. Is the Java 1.3 or 1.4 SDK installed on Linux my default and if not is it availble from Sun.

3. When Installed RH7.2 it dected my graphics card correctly as a TNT2 Vanta 16mb but should I go download the latest drivers from Nvidia?

4. Does VNC server work on Linux so I can remoltey control the box from my Windows machine?

Thats all I think at the momment .

Cheers,

ss1.

ss1, Apr 6, 2002

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

Wait!

One more question:

5. Is there a better text editor for writing Java code than emacs. Hopefully one which supports the various colours of the Java syntaxes.

ss1.

ss1, Apr 6, 2002

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Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916 +9

Originally posted by ss1
1. How do I change my mouse and keyboard configuartion - The mouse has been set to a two button mouse (When its a three button) and the Keyboard has been set to a US keyboard layout rather than a UK one.

Try Xconfigurator (or edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 manually )

2. Is the Java 1.3 or 1.4 SDK installed on Linux my default and if not is it availble from Sun.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html

3. When Installed RH7.2 it dected my graphics card correctly as a TNT2 Vanta 16mb but should I go download the latest drivers from Nvidia?

I think you should. You'll get accelerated features & OpenGL, possibly TV-out support as well among other things.

4. Does VNC server work on Linux so I can remoltey control the box from my Windows machine?

Yes, it does.

Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 6, 2002

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lokem Newcomer, in training Posts: 773

Originally posted by ss1
Wait!
One more question:
5. Is there a better text editor for writing Java code than emacs. Hopefully one which supports the various colours of the Java syntaxes.

Since Mictlantecuhtli has answered the prev questions, I'll answer this one

If you're familiar with vi, you can try vim. It has syntax highlighting. Turn it on by pressing ESC, then type:

:syntax on

If you're leaning more towards the GUI type, you can try www.jext.org. It's a full featured editor written in Java.

Hope that helps.

lokem, Apr 6, 2002

#4
Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

Originally posted by ss1
Ok I have RedHat Linux 7.2 installed but I have a few questions:

1. How do I change my mouse and keyboard configuartion - The mouse has been set to a two button mouse (When its a three button) and the Keyboard has been set to a US keyboard layout rather than a UK one.

As root,

mouseconfig

outside X windows or do it in X windows and then restart....

Phantasm66, Apr 6, 2002

#5

Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training Posts: 6,504

Originally posted by ss1
3. When Installed RH7.2 it dected my graphics card correctly as a TNT2 Vanta 16mb but should I go download the latest drivers from Nvidia?

You can download the drivers from their website and follow the installation instructions which involve editing a script and compiling the drivers.....

Phantasm66, Apr 6, 2002

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

Just another question.

In DOS you can go back a directory by using the cd.. command. What is the equivlant in Linux?

ss1.

ss1, Apr 7, 2002

#7
lokem Newcomer, in training Posts: 773

In DOS you can go back a directory by using the cd.. command. What is the equivlant in Linux?

cd ..

Note the space btw cd and ..

lokem, Apr 7, 2002

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

I installed the Nvidia Linux drivers but now I have a big problem. Xserver doesn't seem to start at all so I can't get to the GUI login screen. Xconfiguartor showsme the log and the only warning messages I could see in the log are:

(WW) Warning couldn't open module GLcore
(EE) Failed to load module 'GLcore' module does not exist, 0)

and the bottom of the log:

Fatal server error:
Caught singal error 4. Server aborting.

Any ideas? Hopefully I won't have to re-install Linux .

ss1.

ss1, Apr 7, 2002

#9
ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

I think I know why I messed up on my driver installations. These are the proper instructions:

rpm -iv NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.rh72up.i686.rpm
rpm -iv NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.rh72up.i686.rpm
Go to /etc/X11. Edit XF86Config-4:

In section "Module", comment out (with "#")
Load "GLcore"
Load "dri"
In section "Device", comment out
Driver "nv" (in case your card was detected as such)
Add
Driver "nvidia"
there.
Now you could try if X works. If not, you can kill it (usually) with CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE.
Check /var/log/XFree86.0.log for errors (lines that begin with (EE)).

Out of that I only did:
rpm -iv NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.rh72up.i686.rpm
rpm -iv NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.rh72up.i386.rpm

Notice that I accenditlenly installed the GLX i386 moudle instead of the i686 one. Would that also cause any problems???

ss1.

ss1, Apr 7, 2002

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Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916 +9

It shouldn't. The GLX module just won't use Pentium instructions, so it might be a bit slower. I think I made a typo there, I'm not sure if there is GLX version for i686. But then again, it could be compiled from source with CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686".
Edit: It won't help as GLX installer just copies files. It could affect NVIDIA_kernel module, however.

Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 7, 2002

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

Go to /etc/X11. Edit XF86Config-4:

How do I edit the XF86Config-4 in bash? In dos I could use the edit command but whats the eqvilant in Linux?

ss1.

ss1, Apr 7, 2002

#12
Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916 +9

IMHO the best command-line file manager & editor is Midnight Commander, invoked by mc.
Alternatively, you can edit it with, say, vi, though it might not be the easiest to use. Hit "insert" to edit text, "ESC" to exit editing mode, type :w to save the file and :q to quit.

Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 7, 2002

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

Ok.

I made the neccessary changes to the XF86Config-4 as stated above but I now have the following error messages:

(EE) Nvidia(0): Failed to intialize NVdriver kernel module!
(EE) Nvidia(0): ***Aborting***
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a useable configuration.

Fatal error
No Screen found.

Any ideas on helping me crack this problem?

Thxs for your help!

ss1.

ss1, Apr 7, 2002

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Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916 +9

NVIDIA_kernel driver needs to be properly installed. How did you install it?

Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 7, 2002

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

I ran these commands in bash with Xserver terminated which went ok:

rpm -iv NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.rh72up.i686.rpm
rpm -iv NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.rh72up.i386.rpm

and then later I edited my XF86Config-4 file as stated above.

Am I missing somthing

ss1.

ss1, Apr 7, 2002

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Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916 +9

Hmm.. try insmod NVdriver. Oh, you're using 2313 - did you notice that there's a new version out?
In every case, I recommend installing the driver from source packages. It's not as difficult as it may sound. These RPM packages are for specific distributions with specific kernels, so it might not be installed correctly after all. Sure you have Red Hat 7.2, uniprocessor machine? i686?
Edit: Ok, I read your sig

Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 7, 2002

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

The 2313 is just a copy and paste mistake . I did download the latest version. I tried added the line in my Modules.conf file:

alias dev/nvidia* NVdriver

but still the same problem.

How do I insmod NVdriver? Do I type in the console?

cheers .

ss1.

ss1, Apr 7, 2002

#18
Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916 +9

Originally posted by ss1
How do I insmod NVdriver? Do I type in the console?

Yes(, but I have a feeling that it won't help in this case). Are you sure /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is correct?

Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 8, 2002

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ss1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 106

I reformated an re-installed . I think installing from the RPMS was a bad idea. After doing some research I think I hashed out the correct installation procedure:

Firstly you need two files:

1. GLX tar file (Ignore the RPMS)
2. Kernel tar file (Its right at the bottom)

From here:

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux

Ok now do the following:

1. Shut down X (Usally by logging out and then pressing Alt-Ctrl-F1)
2. Go to the directory where you downloaded the files
3. un-tar both files:

tar -zxvf NVIDIA_blabla-version.i386.tar.gz

4. Get into each of the new folders that have been created (Kernel first, GLX last) and type:

make install

5. edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 with the following things:

- Comment out:

Load "GLcore"
Load "dri"

-In section "Device" replace Driver "nv" with Driver "nvidia"

5. Restart X

ss1.

ss1, Apr 9, 2002

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