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Old 03-06-2007, 11:34 AM   #11 (permalink)
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ok i have it installed on my 2nd hdd but now windows wont show it so my computer wont boot into it how do i set it up where it asks me which one to go into?
Sounds like grub got installed to your 2nd drive.

All you need to do is set your BIOS to boot from the 2nd drive first.
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Old 03-06-2007, 02:29 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Luckily I've always been an Nvidia fan!
I think what makes me mad the most is that its like 50/50 and a lot of people it just works and then there are people like me and have to do it the hard way....
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I think what makes me mad the most is that its like 50/50 and a lot of people it just works and then there are people like me and have to do it the hard way....
I'm sure the situation will improve.

When I first started using Compiz and then later Beryl I had to use XGL which was a right pain in the arse.

Now it's easy! Add a line or 2 to xorg, download the software and away I go.
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I'm sure the situation will improve.

When I first started using Compiz and then later Beryl I had to use XGL which was a right pain in the arse.

Now it's easy! Add a line or 2 to xorg, download the software and away I go.
Well with nvidia drivers allow you to bypass xgl all together and use the driver itself to directly render things. I run sax2 and edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to the settings which they are suppose to work, and beryl crashes saying I do not have the proper DRI settings....which is not true since I edited properly.
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Well with nvidia drivers allow you to bypass xgl all together and use the driver itself to directly render things. I run sax2 and edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to the settings which they are suppose to work, and beryl crashes saying I do not have the proper DRI settings....which is not true since I edited properly.
What I did was uninstall XGL and Compiz as openSUSE installs them by default.

Add these to xorg:

Code:
nvidia-xconfig --composite
nvidia-xconfig --allow-glx-with-composite
nvidia-xconfig --render-accel
nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals
And:

Open Control Centre -> Desktop -> Window Behaviour -> Translucency

UNTICK use translucency/shadows.

If you want to compare your xorg to mine, just let me know and I'll post it.

To edit xorg, I just use terminal -> su kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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What I did was uninstall XGL and Compiz as openSUSE installs them by default.

Add these to xorg:

Code:
nvidia-xconfig --composite
nvidia-xconfig --allow-glx-with-composite
nvidia-xconfig --render-accel
nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals
And:

Open Control Centre -> Desktop -> Window Behaviour -> Translucency

UNTICK use translucency/shadows.

If you want to compare your xorg to mine, just let me know and I'll post it.

To edit xorg, I just use terminal -> su kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I guess it wouldn't hurt though since I have an ATI chipset it may not help who knows? I can't use the nvidia commands though since obviously I cannot use the nvidia driver on an ATI card.

Yeah, I just started using kate recently to edit conf files so you could use this

kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf to edit it. I like it better than kwrite but its my preference
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Ok so my linux recognized my xp partition as its on the same hdd but now it does not see the vista as its on a sata drive and i cant get into that one without actually going into the bios and changing which hdd to get into. Any suggestions on how to get the linux to see this one too or is it easier to go into the vista drive and edit the boot ini to recognize those 2 others?
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I guess it wouldn't hurt though since I have an ATI chipset it may not help who knows? I can't use the nvidia commands though since obviously I cannot use the nvidia driver on an ATI card.

Yeah, I just started using kate recently to edit conf files so you could use this

kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf to edit it. I like it better than kwrite but its my preference
Sorry I must have misread and thought you had an nvidia card.

kate opens too slow for my liking, which is why I use kwrite.

Here's my xorg anyway:

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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Thu Nov  9 17:55:20 PST 2006

# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2007-02-25T13:04:09+0000.
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# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout[all]"
    Screen         "Screen[0]" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Clone" "off"
    Option         "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    InputDevices      "/dev/gpmdata"
    InputDevices      "/dev/input/mice"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/local"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
    FontPath        "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
    FontPath        "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "v4l"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard[0]"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "Protocol" "Standard"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "gb"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse[1]"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Buttons" "10"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Name" "Logitech USB Receiver"
    Option         "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
    Option         "Vendor" "Sysp"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7 "
    Option         "Resolution" "800"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
    Identifier         "Modes[0]"
    ModeLine     "1280x1024" 107.0 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1059
    ModeLine     "1280x1024" 87.8 1280 1328 1360 1440 1024 1027 1034 1053 +hsync -vsync
    ModeLine     "1024x768" 81.8 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 802
    ModeLine     "1024x768" 76.2 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800
    ModeLine     "1024x768" 69.7 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 798
    ModeLine     "1024x768" 69.5 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 796 +hsync -vsync
    ModeLine     "1024x768" 64.1 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
    ModeLine     "800x600" 48.9 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 627
    ModeLine     "800x600" 45.5 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625
    ModeLine     "800x600" 44.0 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 622 +hsync -vsync
    ModeLine     "800x600" 42.1 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 623
    ModeLine     "800x600" 38.2 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor[0]"
    VendorName     "GSM"
    ModelName      "LG ELECTRONICS L1917S"
    UseModes       "Modes[0]"
    DisplaySize     377    301
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device[0]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVidia"
    BoardName      "GeForce 6800"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen[0]"
    Device         "Device[0]"
    Monitor        "Monitor[0]"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
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Ok so my linux recognized my xp partition as its on the same hdd but now it does not see the vista as its on a sata drive and i cant get into that one without actually going into the bios and changing which hdd to get into. Any suggestions on how to get the linux to see this one too or is it easier to go into the vista drive and edit the boot ini to recognize those 2 others?
You should be able to edit your /boot/grub/menu.lst to list Vista as well.

Unfortunately I don't have much grub experience, so unless anyone else can help I would post on http://www.ubuntuforums.org
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Ok so my linux recognized my xp partition as its on the same hdd but now it does not see the vista as its on a sata drive and i cant get into that one without actually going into the bios and changing which hdd to get into. Any suggestions on how to get the linux to see this one too or is it easier to go into the vista drive and edit the boot ini to recognize those 2 others?
you need to just add a menu to your GRUB which is not hard. Most likely your xp/linux drive (is IDE right?) is on /dev/hda1 (or something of the like) and your Vista install is on /dev/sda which is your sata drive. What distro of Linux did you install?

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kate opens too slow for my liking, which is why I use kwrite.
Yeah but I really like how kate organizes the text so I use it with larger conf files. For quick editing I just use pico which is a terminal text editor.
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