Prob installing Ubuntu

[ikonia]

So it is! (I hadn't noticed that ) Still, vim /boot/grub/grub.conf works ok!

he's using ubuntu - so that won't work for him

possibly best to stop quoting fedora stuff for him as the two distros are put together quite differently.

[pritsey]

driver nv - there is the problem. your not using the nvidia drivers from the ubuntu repo's

Have a read through this guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...erHowto/Nvidia

and you'll have it working in a few minutes.

Superb - many thanks worked a treat!

[pritsey]

Ok, tried NDISwrapper from this site:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...,installation/

Still no wifi. I know that USB wifi isn't the most supported thing in the world, but I did manage to install the drivers ok. I can even see that the wifi stick is connected as Ubuntu reports it ok.

[directhex]

Ok, tried NDISwrapper from this site:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...,installation/

Still no wifi. I know that USB wifi isn't the most supported thing in the world, but I did manage to install the drivers ok. I can even see that the wifi stick is connected as Ubuntu reports it ok.

sudo aptitude install module-assistant
sudo m-a prepare
sudo m-a a-i rt2x00

[directhex]

wait until this evening, i'll paste my xorg.conf (nvidia on a 2001fp)

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"i2c"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"evdev"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Name"			"*Optical*"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 Ultra/GeForce 6800 GT]"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	Option		"RenderAccel"		"true"
	Option		"BackingStore"		"true"
	Option		"XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"	"true"
	Option		"DisableGLXRootClipping"	"true"
	Option		"DamageEvents"		"true"
	Option		"AddARGBGLXVisuals"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"DELL 2001FP"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 Ultra/GeForce 6800 GT]"
	Monitor		"DELL 2001FP"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option		"Composite"		"Enable"
EndSection

[aidanjt]

If you have a DVI TFT you can leave them Display SubSections blank, nvidia drivers just asks the monitor it's capabilities, mostly works for D-Sub monitors too.