Dpkg-Reconfigure

For: X.org / Mepis Linux

by: je.saist
This is a companion guide to these guides


Installing the Nvidia drivers though could leave Mepis with a blank black screen. This guide will walk you through picking the resolution and refresh rates that will return your display to you.

Part 1  |  Part 2

This was probably the most aggravating guide to make, but not because of the content. ATi's Multimedia center decided to stop taking still snap shots for some unknown reason.  So, what I wound up doing was going with the video capture method. I used Avivo to compress the original .avi file to the highest quality MPEG4. Played that MPEG4 file back through Mplayer, and used Ksnapshot to capture the frames as needed.

Yes, I tried importing into Kino. Resolution. I'll show the first screen as Kino had it.




Not very good quality, I know. Alright, onwards.


1: We will be starting from the Mepis Grub Bootloader.  Right now I have the bootloader stopped on my normal Kernel choice.  Down at the bottom we have our Boot Options which currently shows

root=/dev/sdb1 nomce quiet vga=normal





2: I am going to add a 3 to the end of the Boot Options. It now shows

root=/dev/sdb1 nomce quiet vga=normal 3





3: Then I am going to hit Enter on the keyboard.





4: The boot process has started, so for now we wait.





5: Eventually Mepis will halt at the Login





6: For the login, enter root

Then hit Enter on the keyboard.






7: Enter your /root password

Then hit Enter on the keyboard





8: We should now be /root mode.





9: At the /root prompt, enter the command

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg






10: then hit Enter on the keyboard.





11: After a minute, the Xserver-Xorg configuration will start. The first question will ask if Xserver-Xorg should auto-detect your video card.

Hit Enter on the keyboard for Yes.





12: There are currently two entries in the list.

nv  is for the vesa driver
nvidia is for nvidia-glx OR nvidia-glx-legacy

Choose your driver, then Hit Enter on the keyboard.





13: Now, my card is the 7900 GT KO. Unfortunately, Xserver-Xorg is unable to identify that, just listing it as a default card from Nvidia. So if you get the Default card, this is NOT A PROBLEM.

Hit Enter on the Keyboard to continue.





14: Hit Enter on the Keyboard again.





15: Hit Enter on the Keyboard yet again.





16: Hit Enter on the Keyboard






17: The next step will ask about the Kernel FrameBuffer device. I tend to turn this on.  If you are not sure, just go with Yes

You can change the setting with the Arrow Keys on the Keyboard.





18: Once you've selected Yes or No.

Hit Enter on the Keyboard.





19: It is preferable to auto-detect the keyboard.

Hit the Left Arrow on the Keyboard to select Yes.





20: Then Hit Enter on the Keyboard.





21: Hit Enter again.





22: Another Enter on the Keyboard please.





23: Enter, yet again.





24: Another Enter on the keyboard.





25: Enter on the Keyboard




Turn to Part 2 for more exciting Enter action with the Keyboard.