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chrispo200

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Registered: 2012-03-01

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noob having trouble getting going

just got an old laptop today.  Burned slitaz to a cd and restarted, when I did this it booted into the start up and asked me for the language and keyboard type, then when straight to the command line asking for user name and pass...i typed root for both  but I am not sure where to go from here?  any help is appreciated

thank you

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: noob having trouble getting going

Type this command after you login:

lspci -nn | grep VGA

This will give you the name/model/ID numbers of the graphics chip.

If the laptops connected to the internet:

tazx

Use the up/down arrow buttons to choose the correct video driver for the graphics chip

reported by lspci.

nvidia-> NV

intel-> intel

mach64-> mach64

ati-> ati

After you highlight the correct driver hit enter.

It will download/install the driver from the internet and run the auto configuration program for xorg-server.

Once that completes run this command to start the login manager for X session.

/etc/init.d/slim start

If all goes right you will see the graphic login screen.

Login to desktop as user tux with no password.

If you have a problem post the complete lspci -nn information and whether the laptop is connected to the internet.

No internet:

Configure xorg-server to use the vesa driver by editing files in /etc/X11/xorg.config.d/

or download the drivers on a computer that has internet,copy them to a flash drive or cdr you can plug into the laptop and install the drivers manually.

chrispo200

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Registered: 2012-03-01

Posts: 5

Re: noob having trouble getting going

when i tazx

I get the 'tazx' app helps you to config your X session.

Winow Manager : openbox

X server : Xorg

xorg Install or reconfigure Xorg

hit enter

then it goes to

the tazx app hels you select your X driver

only option is:

quit Quitter

then it goes back to the command line

Thanks for your help

am I in over my head???

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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Re: noob having trouble getting going

The computers not connected to the internet.

Post the output:

lspci -nn

chrispo200

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Registered: 2012-03-01

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Re: noob having trouble getting going

not sure how to copy all the output but there are quite a few lines....last line

09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Belkin Device [1799:701f] (rev 20)

need more than that?

thanks again

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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Re: noob having trouble getting going

Just the output of this:

lspci -nn | grep VGA

Should output one line with the graphics chipset information.

This is graphics info from my computer:

root@slitaz:~# lspci -nn | grep VGA

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc 760G [Radeon 3000] [1002:9616]

chrispo200

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Registered: 2012-03-01

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Re: noob having trouble getting going

Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M] [1002:5975]

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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Re: noob having trouble getting going

Download: http://mirror.clarkson.edu/slitaz/packages/cooking/xorg-xf86-video-ati-6.14.1.tazpkg

Copy it to USB flash drive,burn it to cdr,recordable media that will allow you to get it on the laptops hard drive.

As root:

tazpkg install /path/to/xorg-xf86-video-ati.tazpkg

/etc/init.d/slim start

chrispo200

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Registered: 2012-03-01

Posts: 5

Re: noob having trouble getting going

Thank you Thank you!  very excited!

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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Re: noob having trouble getting going

Download the package that matches the version of slitaz your running.

cooking:     http://mirror.clarkson.edu/slitaz/packages/cooking/xorg-xf86-video-ati-6.14.1.tazpkg

slitaz-3.0:  http://mirror.clarkson.edu/slitaz/packages/3.0/xorg-xf86-video-ati-6.9.0.tazpkg