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So I decided I want to slowly transition to linux, I made the first step by dual booting with win7 and fedora 11. I'm liking it, and everything works out ...
- 07-14-2009 #1Just Joined!
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Noob needs help
So I decided I want to slowly transition to linux, I made the first step by dual booting with win7 and fedora 11. I'm liking it, and everything works out of the box.
BUT:
I have no Idea how to use the terminal (and can't find any decent guides)
and I have no idea how to install things, use RPM, etc. For instance I'm trying to install video card drivers and I have no idea where to start.
HALP!
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For using Terminal, check here.
yum is default package manager of Fedora and you can install/remove/upgrade packages through it. Your machine must have internet access to install packages because yum download packages from sources and install those in your machine.
I would suggest you to install Graphical Interface of yum, Yum Extender.
Execute this in Terminal :
Look for Yum Extender in Menu.Code:su - yum -y install yumex
Which Graphics Card do you have? Execute this
Post output here.Code:su - /sbin/lspci | grep -i vga
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- 07-14-2009 #3Trusted Penguin
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This page should help you out on getting started on Fedora.
And here is a list of a LOT bash commands.
And here is a tutorial on the terminal.
I hope these help.
Jay
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Thanks guys, jd512 I have those bookmarked now. Thank you.
I should have started by saying that my graphics card is a visiontek radeon 4870 1gb. I installed yumex, but I don't know where it is so I can run it..... xD I'm working along though.
Edit.... nevermind I figured out how to start Yumex.
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Update: **** I still can't get my graphics card driver installed. I'm letting yum extender go through it's entire like 205 updates, maybe that will help.
Let yum go through it's gamut of updating. no luck. Any help??
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Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.
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There is no Xorg.conf file at all, do I need to download it?
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Linux is case sensitive. Its Capital X in X11.
In case it doesn't show any contents, post the output of thisCode:cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Code:ls /etc/X11
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Ok, I get, applnk fontpath.d prefdm xinit Xmodmap Xresources.
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From what I understand, Fedora 11 doesn't use an xorg.conf file for configuration.... don't hold me to that though.
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