Hi, I just installed my system in a minimalist mode and then patched/upgraded it etc to get past the nVidia driver problem (GeForce cards). I've got as far as X installation which works EXCEPT I get no desktop ... is there something I've forgotten to install? The following is a list of the steps I followed to install the system: * Remove all partitions from disk. * Build system as UK, Minimum, Single Processor (correction) system" * Install samba & sax2 (installs basic X11) with nVidia kernel & nVidia driver deslected. * Apply updated nVidia kernel & video card drivers, from relevant NFS: rpm ?ivh NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.seus80.i386.rpm rpm ?ivh NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2960.seus80.i386.rpm * Apply sax2 detection patch, from relevant NFS: rpm ?Uvh sax2-4.3-453.i386.rpm Note: details at: * Run command "switch2nvidia_glx" * Run Sax2 and configure for 24 million colours at 1280 x 1024 Running "startx" just brings up X but no desktop? James James C. Rocks Equant Archway House Canary Wharf London E14 9SZ Phone: 0207-5226856 Fax: 0207-5126087 Mobile Phone: 07771-767405 http://www.equant.com This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.
Try installing KDE, or GNOME, maybe WindowMaker or XFCE, heck even FVWM... (They're in the series' kde, gnm and xwm on the CDs)
Running "startx" just brings up X but no desktop? -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.0) Updated GNOME RPMs for SuSE Linux: www.usr-local-bin.org
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