mitch Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 type uname -r to check your kernel and select the source version of your kernel, most likely it will be number one however. Kernel sources come in 2 flavours stripped and non-stripped. Non-stripped is about 200 MB and stripped 40 MB. I guess the non-stripped version isn't really necessary unless you want to recompile the kernel yourself. 2.6.17-5mdv im not really understanding what all this has to do with installing an ati x700 driver though :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 The driver needs the source to compile a kernel specific module for the driver. Anyway you should select this one: 1- kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.5mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586 : The source code of the Linux kernel stripped for post build (to install) If you upgrade your kernel make sure to also download the source of that because a new module will need to be compiled again. Else your driver won't work. But don't worry too much. Compiling gets done automatically, no need for any input.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 lso download the source of that because a new module will need to be compiled again and where might i find that to download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 You don't need to right now. There is no newer version of the kernel for 2007 available then the one you have ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 You don't need to right now. There is no newer version of the kernel for 2007 available then the one you have ;) ohh haha thought so alright well now what do i do after the packages get installed (from hiittng 1)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Reboot and then you might need to run XFdrake, to select the driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 alright i got the driver running and i am using it now but the resolution still doesnt work on 1680x1050 or 1600x1000 (the 2 resolutions that work best with my 20.1 widescreen monitor) its only workign on 1280x1024(which looks horrible on a widescreen since thats like 5:4 and my monitor is 16:9) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 (edited) I am not to sure about this but you could try adding your desired resolution to xorg.conf in the following sections that look like this: Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubsection edit: the file is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf but be sure to make a backup (name it something like xorg.conf.backup in the same directory) Edited January 1, 2007 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I am not to sure about this but you could try adding your desired resolution to xorg.conf in the following sections that look like this: Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubsection edit: the file is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf but be sure to make a backup (name it something like xorg.conf.backup in the same directory) how do i get do that in kde? (i use gnome but when i login as a root it comes up in kde and i get confused haha) I am not to sure about this but you could try adding your desired resolution to xorg.conf in the following sections that look like this: Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubsection edit: the file is in /etc/X11/xorg.conf but be sure to make a backup (name it something like xorg.conf.backup in the same directory) how do i get do that in kde? (i use gnome but when i login as a root it comes up in kde and i get confused haha) wait i got to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I think it's best to just log in your normal account open a console and type su nautilus and then navigate to the directory /etc/X11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted January 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I think it's best to just log in your normal account open a console and type su nautilus and then navigate to the directory /etc/X11 haha yes it works! now all i need to do is setup my 2nd hd : :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 great andmy hangover is almost gone yoo :D I don know about the hd though :sad: some of the more expirienced members might though. Maybe you could create symlinks for /usr and /home to the other disk :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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