Fedora OS display and NTFS mount problems !
Ismail ASCI
fedora at duyy.net
Thu Oct 19 10:37:34 UTC 2006
www.fedorafaq.org
maybe this should be better way.
On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 11:44 +0200, Sanjin Danilovic wrote:
> thank you very much Chris,
>
> I´ll try that immediately.
>
> cheers,
>
> Sanjin
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:37:03 +0100
> Von: Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
> An: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Betreff: Re: Fedora OS display and NTFS mount problems !
>
> > Sanjin Danilovic wrote:
> > > A wonderful hello ,
> > >
> > > I apologize on disturbing you, but do truly need some help in Fedora OS.
> > >
> > > As being an absolute Linux beginner, I can´t fix my display resolution
> > to 1600x1200, only 1024x768 works so far.
> > >
> > > Second question is about mounting NTFS under Fedora Core 5 for my AMD
> > Opterons 246 ( x86_64).
> > >
> > > Latest kernel is already installed.
> > >
> > > I tried to change xorg.conf as to display configuration, well I can
> > change display values but not the screen configuration.
> > >
> > > My LCD is NEC 2080UXi 20 "
> > >
> > > Graphic card - Gigabyte Nvidia 6600 GT
> > >
> > > Both devices have been recognized so far.
> > >
> > > As to NTFS mounting, it doesn´t work. What shall I type inside
> > /etc/fstab ?
> > >
> > > I always get a conclusion, can´t find ntfs .
> > >
> > > Sorry about my questions, it´s my start
> > >
> > > have a nice day
> > >
> > > arcsan from Graz, Austria
> >
> > Try the following.
> >
> > 1. Set your self up to use the livna repository of extras. (You should
> > go to http://rpm.livna.org/ first and read the small print)
> >
> > Basically, just run
> >
> > > rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-5.rpm
> >
> > 2. For your screen problem, I recommend trying the nvidia driver (I am
> > guessing you currently use the OSS nv driver, which is not as good (no
> > 3D for instance) but OSS, the nvidia one is better but closed source
> > which some people object to. Its your call.)
> >
> > > yum install kmod-nvidia
> >
> > 3. For ntfs, you also need to install a kernel add on since it is not
> > available in the default FC kernel
> >
> > > yum install kmod-ntfs
> >
> > hope this helps
> >
> > Chris
> >
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