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Dpkg-Reconfigure Xserver-Xorg
For : Mepis Linux 6.5 By : je.saist Installing the nvidia-glx / nvidia-glx-legacy drivers could result in Mepis Linux giving an entirely black screen, or a black screen with a cursor in the upper left hand corner, on the activation of the driver. This Guide follows the nvidia-glx driver installation for Mepis 6.5, running the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg process after the driver has been installed by the Mepis X-Windows Assistant, but before the system is rebooted. As such, the numbering also follows the nvidia-glx 6.5 guide. At the same time though, this guide also stands on its on. If you manually set a lower resolution than what you can use on your monitor, or if you need to change your base X-server resolution, dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg will also allow modification of the base resolution. Nvidia GLX 6.5 | Dpkg Part 1 | Dpkg Part 2 | Nvidia Beryl Fix
Note: running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg will result in problems with Beryl. If you intend to run the extremely Beta Version of Beryl 0.2.1 on Nvidia, follow the Nvidia Beryl Fix guide afterwards. 13: Lets go ahead and open up Terminal under System.  14: Here we go, now we have our Konsole.  15: Type in su, then hit enter on the keyboard. Type in your /root password and hit enter on the keyboard.  16: Now we should be at our root entry in Konsole.  17: Type in the command dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg  18: Get ready for a bunch of Enters on the keyboard.  19: I've gone ahead and maximized the Konsole. We'll go ahead and try to autodetect the card, so hit enter on the keyboard.  20: For most Nvidia cards, X.org will default to the nv/vesa driver.  21: One hit to the down arrow, and the nvidia driver is selected. Hit Enter on the Keyboard once you've selected your desired driver.  22: X.org has correctly identified this card as a Geforce Go 6800. If your card is not correctly identified, that is not a problem. Hit Enter on the Keyboard to continue.  23: Hit Enter on the Keyboard again.  24: Another Enter on the Keyboard.  25: Hit Enter on the Keyboard to clear the memory size information.  26: In the original dpkg guide, I used the Kernel Framebuffer driver. This time I went with no kernel framebuffer. Hit Enter on the Keyboard to continue.  27: The next question will ask if the keyboard is to be detected. Hit Left on the Keypad to select Yes.  28: With Yes selected, hit Enter on the Keyboard.  29: Unless you live in another country than the US, hit Enter on the keyboard.  30: Hit Enter on the Keyboard again.  31: Another Enter on the keyboard.  32: And the keyboard was not correctly identified. If you have a keyboard with a seperate number pad, you'll want a pc104 keyboard, not a pc101 keyboard.  33: With the keyboard set to pc104, hit Enter on the keyboard again.  34: yet another Enter on the keyboard.  Go back to nvidia-glx installation? Forward to Part 2 of Reconfiguring the Xserver Go to the fix for Beryl on nvidia-glx? |