Tracer Bullet Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I am a completely new Linux user, so I'd appreciate being talking to like a child. :P I downloaded and installed Mandriva 2006. I had no problems except for a graphical issue with my Radeon X300 PCI Express video card. I can't seem to find the right configuration in order for the X window system to boot- when I boot into the OS, I get the command line. I went back into the installation screens and played around with the configurations, but all the tests I run come back with "device not present". I know it's probably a driver issue, but how do I fix it? Any help much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 If you type startx at the command line, what happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Bullet Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 If you type startx at the command line, what happens? I get this: (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: No screens found This is X Window 6.8.99.900, if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 At the command line type "mc". This is a nice file manager/text editor. The navigation tools are in front of you. Navigate to /etc/X11/xorg.conf Go toward the bottom and see what driver it is using. Note that in order to edit this file, you must be root. So before you launch Midnight Commander, type "su" and your root password, then "mc". Then you will be able to edit the file. You may need to change the driver to "vesa". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Bullet Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I tried that, but I got this message: -bash: mc: command not found Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 su root password urpmi mc It will ask for one of the disks. then repeat the previous post. Midnight Commander should have installed by default. Seems there may be some thing missing in your installation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracer Bullet Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I figured it out! I went back into the installation and went to "xorg" and chose Radeon from there and I was able to boot into KDE. Thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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