Soryy, I don'T wanna be rude, but I think
This is Nexuiz gaming forum, and not debian support. However, we wanna and will help you, but next time please state your questions at the right place.
FruitieX wrote:2. I have tried... Well infact that's why i'm here
it's a lot simplier to get help from a person than a help file
This is called lazynes... Those help files are pretty much well written, and somebody spent a lot of work in it. Use them! Like I said, we're very patient here, and will give you guidance, but linux needs much much reading and learning. If something is not working with debian etch (or sarge), it's proly user error. User error in not reading carefully, not following steps read in a tutorial etc. Problem between chair and keyboard....
FruitieX wrote:3. The kernel is actually pretty important now, since i can't install the NVIDIA drivers without the 2.6.x kernel.
Debian sarge comes with 2.6.2 kernel too afaik, so you don't realy need to bother with it
FruitieX wrote:4. Can't i update all that without installing debian again?
Yes you can, but we realy don'T know what have you done yet, what broken dependencies are etc.
FruitieX wrote:5. I use google a lot for this. I just have not had any help of the "help pages for intalling a new linux kernel"
Then wtf is this?
http://www.google.hu/search?hl=hu&q=deb ... %A9s&meta=3rd link, flakotimme:
http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/debian ... 6_compile/And inside that, in the first block:
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21This pretty much tells how to install it to etch too, becouse afaik etch uses grub too.
FruitieX wrote:5. [2] Too late
I only suggested, becouse it's not bad to have a dual boot system with windows, especially in the first times, when you don'T have gui for the first few hours,.
I have dual boot winxp too. It's only I don't realy boot it up now
And, what should i do now? Install debian sarge base package? Then at the console (Not GUI) type edit /etc/apt/sources.list, change all stable sources to etch and do apt-get what?
BTW i think that the DVD (Sarge) has an 2.6.x Kernel to chose from, i'll just have to run it in expert mode. It's okay that i use the DVD to netinstall (just removing it after the base system is installed)
After the instructions on what i should type in the console after installation, then i will install[/quote]
Good, so you have a sarge netinstall dvd. Ok, to do a clean install (not necessary, esteel tried to tell you, tho I think he did not tell you anything) run the install with
expert26
This will install sarge with 2.6.2 kernel afaik.
Follow the instructions, and install grub boot loader (it's easier to configure imho, and when compiling the kernel it will be easier too
)
When you can reboot your install for the first time, and it asks you of package selection, tell the install to choose the packages manually. Then aptitude" start to run. Wo doing anything simply quit (q key), but don't worry, you don't miss anything, you'll install everything later.
When the install is ready, first, log in as root, and type:
apt-get install mc lynx bitchx
This will dl and install you Midnight Commander alias mc. This is an essential tool, simply the best in console
lynx is a text based web browser, nice to google with it when you don't have GUI (use g to "goto page"). bitchx is a nice text based irc client. IMPORTANT! Never use lynx or bitchx as root! Always log in in an another terminal (ctrl+alt+f1-6) as a user, and run them there!
Afetr you got mc start it (mc) as root, go to /etc/apt/sources.lst and press F4 to edit it. You'll find there the apt sources list. change every "stable" word to "testing" (some say, it's better to write "etch" there, personally I dunno, it SHOULD mean the same).
Save the file, exit from mc, and type:
apt-get update
This will update all your information about packages.
then:
apt-get dist-upgrade
Long download, and if everything is fine, you should have upgraded to etch
After this, run the tool dselect. This is a frontend package selection tool. Don't be lazy to read the instructions how to use dselect (prepare, it's a bit confusing for the first time, but with a little time you can familiarise yourself with it well). Choose xorg x server package, and your favorite window manager too (KDE, gnome, metacity, icewm, anything you prefer).
dselect will download and install all the things to you, and give you the configuration options as well. When you're set, download the nvidia driver from nvidia.com, make it executable, and run it as root! If it needs the kernel headers, type
uname -a
To get your current kernel info, and apt-get or dselect download the kernel headers.
These are pretty much the basics, told in a very fast way. Linux configuration and installation needs lots of time, and patiente, but it's worth the time
If you want to have a page with screenshots too, here's one:
http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/perfec ... /index.php
It differs in some way from my description, (like booting with linux26, not expert26, it's getting the mail server package), but those are not essential to follow.
Gl with your penguin!
. And the mouse problem is also really important for me now. Any ideas why this happens? already sent a bug report...
