Can't run X on new nVidia card and computer

[Matt Price]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 12:29:22AM +0900, Dave M G wrote:
> Mark, Peter,
> 
> Thank you for responding. I think I must have been unclear. I can not 
> log into any kind of graphical interface. I can not see Gnome or anything.
> 
> I can only in at a command prompt. So I can't access Synaptic (as far as 
> I know), nor can I follow the settings on the web page suggested, 
> because they assume that one is working within the GUI.
> 
> I need to be able to install my drivers (or adjust my xorg.conf) from a 
> command prompt.

probalby you need to use apt-get or aptitude instead of synaptic.  I
always use apt-get myself, though I know most developers hate people
who do that.  in nay case I think 
apt-get install [packages] should do what you need
> 
> The other problem is, that since I am completely unused to just the 
> command prompt, I have no idea how to move data on or off the computer. 
> I can't see any of my removable media drives in the /media/ directory or 
> anywhere else.

since you can't start X, gnome-sesison won't start, and neither will
gnome-volume-manager, which is the program that assigns /media
locations to such devices.  so od this:
gnome-volume-manager &
cd /media/
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf ./

and then you should have it working.

2 more suggestions:

- you can always try the livecd -- it will likely work even if the
bootcd doesn't -- then you can make whatever changes you need to from
the live system

- I would reocmmend Dapper, which is getting pretty stable and more
likely to support the newest hardware.

good luck!
matt

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