Problems (Linux Noob)

[tdearman]

Everytime I try to install ANY type of linux on my system it hangs on install. Any thoughts? My specs are:
AMDx2 4200
asus M2N4-SLI
EVGA Nividia7600SLI
2GIG RAM

[The_Jaymz]

When during the install does it hang? Can you boot into linux from a live cd?

[tdearman]

I have succesfully booted fron a suse live cd but thats it. If I need to I can watch it again and tell you what it displays when it hangs. And thanks for your help!

[The_Jaymz]

Yeah, let us know what it's hanging on, and any other info you can get... the more, the better.

[tdearman]

Im happy to tell you that I tried the fedora 7 32-bit version and it installed! I send you this message from my new linux os! Thank you for your help! Now how do you get the desktop effects to work?

[irc0x00]

for desktop effects to work u will need a gfx card along with the proper drivers .. for nvidia download and install kmod-nvidia package ... then in gnome u can turn on the desktop effects from preferences>desktop effects (might be a bit different coz i am usin kde and forgot the menu layout in gnoe).. for kde u will need to install beryl or compiz dektop manager for kde and then enable it ..

[The_Jaymz]

You'll need the livna repo to get the kmod...

rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/7/i386/livna-release-7-2.noarch.rpm

[tdearman]

What type of drivers do I get for fedora? and how do I install them?

[irc0x00]

well two ways to get drivers for nvidia
1: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html and download the IA32 drivers . For installing the driver using nvidia's propeitory installers you will need to have kernel headers install so that the nvidia modules can be compiled by the installer . to obtain the kernel headers do "yum install kernel-devel" , alternatively umight also use "yumdownloader --resolve kernel-devel" in order to download the headers instead of installing them directly , but for this u will need yum-utils installed ("yum install yum-utils"). once you have the kernel headers installed change to a lower run level using "init 3" and then run the installer from the shell (u need to su before the above commands). the installer is pretty straight forward

2: The easier and more recommended method install nvida driver in precompiled form . They are not available directly fromfedora's own repository , so you will need to add a new repository . For this download and install this : "rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/7/i386/livna-release-7-2.noarch.rpm" as jaymz said above .. this adds a new repository to yum.repos.d .. now you can either "yum install kmod-nvidia" to install the nvidia driver automatically or "yumdownloader --resolve kmod-nvidia" to download the driver packages and then "rpm -ivh *.rpm" to install them .

[corntoegoblin]

check out beryl... pretty sick

[A.Serbinski]

Beryl's dead. Whats left of it is being absorbed by compiz.

[tdearman]

Well Im up and running! Thanks again for all your help.