Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2007-01-02 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 02:10:40PM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Monday 01 January 2007 02:24, Mike Myers wrote: > > On 1/1/07, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > m-a update > > > m-a prepare > > > m-a a-i nvidia > > > > > > modconf > > > -> select and load the nv

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2007-01-02 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Monday 01 January 2007 02:24, Mike Myers wrote: > On 1/1/07, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > m-a update > > m-a prepare > > m-a a-i nvidia > > > > modconf > > -> select and load the nvidia module > > > > m-a stands for the module-assistant. The above procedure requires f

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Mike Myers
On 1/1/07, Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 31 December 2006 12:24, Mike Myers wrote: > > Thanks for the tips! I downloaded the etch cd and it detected my card and > installed fine. The only issue now is getting the nvidia driver installed. > The 'nv' driver doesn't wor

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Sunday 31 December 2006 12:24, Mike Myers wrote: > > Thanks for the tips! I downloaded the etch cd and it detected my card and > installed fine. The only issue now is getting the nvidia driver installed. > The 'nv' driver doesn't work with my widescreen display at all. It looks > like to do t

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Mike Myers
Yes! That's exactly what I was looking for. I also had to install the nvidia-glx package to allow xorg to use the driver. Thanks a lot! On 12/31/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:24:03AM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the tips! I

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:24:03AM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > > > Thanks for the tips! I downloaded the etch cd and it detected my card and > installed fine. The only issue now is getting the nvidia driver installed. > The 'nv' driver doesn't work with my widescreen display at all. It looks > li

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 11:24:03AM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the tips! I downloaded the etch cd and it detected my card and > installed fine. The only issue now is getting the nvidia driver installed. > The 'nv' driver doesn't work with my widescreen display at all. It looks

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Mike Myers
On 12/31/06, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:36:57PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > On 12/30/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:20:41PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for the prompt response! > >>

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:36:57PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > On 12/30/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:20:41PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for the prompt response! > >> > >> I'm using the i386 netinst. The ethernet card is an intel

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-31 Thread Mumia W..
On 12/30/2006 11:05 PM, Mike Myers wrote: Hello, I'm new to debian, but not to linux. I've been using Gentoo for the past 6 years or so, but I'm getting tired of having to make sure any new updates aren't going to destroy my systems. I'm just wanting a system I can use instead of babysit. So

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-30 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:36:57PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > I got the i386 stable.. which I think is sarge? (i'm not caught up on the > lingo yet :P) Here's the url I used: > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r4/i386/iso-cd/debian-31r4-i386-netinst.iso > Etch will be release Any Day Now(T

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-30 Thread Mike Myers
On 12/30/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:20:41PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > > Thanks for the prompt response! > > I'm using the i386 netinst. The ethernet card is an intel 1000gigabit > ethernet pro. When I boot to the cd and go into a second termin

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-30 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:20:41PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > > Thanks for the prompt response! > > I'm using the i386 netinst. The ethernet card is an intel 1000gigabit > ethernet pro. When I boot to the cd and go into a second terminal, lspci > doesn't run. I guess it doesn't come with the n

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-30 Thread Mike Myers
On 12/30/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:05:09PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to debian, but not to linux. I've been using Gentoo for the past 6 > years or so, but I'm getting tired of having to make sure any new updates > aren't goi

Re: new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-30 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:05:09PM -0600, Mike Myers wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to debian, but not to linux. I've been using Gentoo for the past 6 > years or so, but I'm getting tired of having to make sure any new updates > aren't going to destroy my systems. I'm just wanting a system I can us

new to debian but having installation problems

2006-12-30 Thread Mike Myers
Hello, I'm new to debian, but not to linux. I've been using Gentoo for the past 6 years or so, but I'm getting tired of having to make sure any new updates aren't going to destroy my systems. I'm just wanting a system I can use instead of babysit. So I was going to try debian out because of ap