Feek's adventures with Linux - Page 4

Feek · 10-02-2008, 21:50

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Originally Posted by karbon

i've got my router pointing to opendns, so point your system to your router then they all get forwarded there automagicly.

Did this earlier today as I was thinking of things - I was wondering where Ubuntu was picking the settings up from and the penny dropped..

Also the reason for wanting the latest Nvidia stuff is to get two screens working - All well and good, I have the nvidia control centre thing now but the changes I make in it aren't persistent. Need to investigate as to why.

Daz · 10-02-2008, 22:11

I've used two screens using the nVidia drivers in the repos no problem. Had to fiddle the xorg.conf myself though.

I read they'll be introducing a new multi-screen manager thing to Hardy iirc.

Feek · 10-02-2008, 23:13

I think that's the reason it's not persisting, Daz - When I tell it to update the xorg.conf file it errors and doesn't do it. I wonder if it's because the account I'm using isn't an administrator and doesn't have the rights. Should I set myself up as an admin?

It's been a couple of days full of learning, I think this thread should be renamed "Feek's adventures with Linux, all invited to join in" or something like that!

I do feel that despite a number of setbacks that I've learned quite a bit so far - I got it running with help here, I managed to get Flash installed despite it not officially working with the x64 version and have got quite a bit installed.

I'm sure there will be more to come such as reinstalling with a boot manager because at the moment I'm unplugging and replugging hard drives when I want to change between OSs.

Daz · 10-02-2008, 23:17

I'll dig out my conf file tomorrow (on the lappy atm) and show you what I had to add in for dual-mon

The main problem is that vendors all do it differently, so having X set itself up automatically is difficult to do, as each driver has it's own peculiarities. Twinview isnt too bad though, and at least you know someone who had it working

Will have to do it again myself when we finish the office and I can get the second monitor out again.

Feek · 10-02-2008, 23:28

Well it quite happily set it up and it worked fine, but once I restarted X it defaulted back because it couldn't save the file - Would my account being an admin sort that? I'm on a Vista boot at the moment so it's not a quick check.

Daz · 10-02-2008, 23:34

If it prompts you for password then it'll be running as root anyway, assuming you're talking about some sort of gui tool here?

Feek · 10-02-2008, 23:36

Yes it is, and it didn't ask for a password so it's not rootified itself. I'll go play again.

Feek · 10-02-2008, 23:42

Damn, it's quick starting up!

The message I get is "Unable to create new X config backup file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup" when I try and save to the X Configuration file. That's logged on as me and it doesn't ask me for the root password.

Feek · 10-02-2008, 23:56

And yes, a quick google tells me that the Nvidia Settings app has to be run as root *doh*

LeperousDust · 11-02-2008, 01:03

Glad to see you're getting along well Feek, its nice to have things working in Linux, i really plan to get some headway in trying to move most of my stuff over to Ubuntu in the future sometime. I'm still getting my file server setup, it shares a printer now but after controller failure (by the looks of things) i give up arsing about due to lack of time (and then the only monitor i have for it died so its now running headless for real

). Hope to get a nice software RAID share setup *this year* haha.

10-02-2008, 22:11	#32
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	I've used two screens using the nVidia drivers in the repos no problem. Had to fiddle the xorg.conf myself though. I read they'll be introducing a new multi-screen manager thing to Hardy iirc. __________________ apt-get moo

10-02-2008, 23:13	#33
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I think that's the reason it's not persisting, Daz - When I tell it to update the xorg.conf file it errors and doesn't do it. I wonder if it's because the account I'm using isn't an administrator and doesn't have the rights. Should I set myself up as an admin? It's been a couple of days full of learning, I think this thread should be renamed "Feek's adventures with Linux, all invited to join in" or something like that! I do feel that despite a number of setbacks that I've learned quite a bit so far - I got it running with help here, I managed to get Flash installed despite it not officially working with the x64 version and have got quite a bit installed. I'm sure there will be more to come such as reinstalling with a boot manager because at the moment I'm unplugging and replugging hard drives when I want to change between OSs. __________________

10-02-2008, 23:17	#34
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	I'll dig out my conf file tomorrow (on the lappy atm) and show you what I had to add in for dual-mon The main problem is that vendors all do it differently, so having X set itself up automatically is difficult to do, as each driver has it's own peculiarities. Twinview isnt too bad though, and at least you know someone who had it working Will have to do it again myself when we finish the office and I can get the second monitor out again. __________________ apt-get moo

10-02-2008, 23:28	#35
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Well it quite happily set it up and it worked fine, but once I restarted X it defaulted back because it couldn't save the file - Would my account being an admin sort that? I'm on a Vista boot at the moment so it's not a quick check. __________________

10-02-2008, 23:34	#36
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	If it prompts you for password then it'll be running as root anyway, assuming you're talking about some sort of gui tool here? __________________ apt-get moo

10-02-2008, 23:36	#37
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Yes it is, and it didn't ask for a password so it's not rootified itself. I'll go play again. __________________

10-02-2008, 23:42	#38
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Damn, it's quick starting up! The message I get is "Unable to create new X config backup file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup" when I try and save to the X Configuration file. That's logged on as me and it doesn't ask me for the root password. __________________

10-02-2008, 23:56	#39
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	And yes, a quick google tells me that the Nvidia Settings app has to be run as root doh __________________

11-02-2008, 01:03	#40
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Glad to see you're getting along well Feek, its nice to have things working in Linux, i really plan to get some headway in trying to move most of my stuff over to Ubuntu in the future sometime. I'm still getting my file server setup, it shares a printer now but after controller failure (by the looks of things) i give up arsing about due to lack of time (and then the only monitor i have for it died so its now running headless for real ). Hope to get a nice software RAID share setup this year haha. __________________