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drunknbass

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i have an old p4 dell i wanted to run linux on.. i wanted to run this desktop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lawkc3jH3ws
so what do i need to install? i downloaded ubuntu 6.10 and also opensuse 10.2

im a newb to linux but does this cube style window manager install on top of ubuntu? and what is opensuse? is that a whole diff os or is that a program that installs over ubuntu also? im kinda lost in th edark here
 
Ubuntu & OpenSuse are two different Linux Distributions. You only need one of those, so pick which one you like best. Many distros differ in some ways, so not all Linux Distros are the same. Although I've used a version of Suse Linux before, I've never used OpenSuse, so I'm not very familiar with it.

Either way, there's plenty of documentation to get Linux running with XGL and Compiz/Beryl. Since it looks like you're not completely sure what everything is, here's some reading material, though I'm specifically using Ubuntu since it's what I'm most familiar with. On the XGL Wiki you can find links to installations and "How-Tos" for many other Linux Distros:

What is XGL? (wikipedia)
Install XGL/Beryl on Ubuntu/Kubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu Documentation /w Installation Instructions
Ubuntu Forums (searching for XGL, Compiz and/or Beryl will show a lot)
 
Also, and it is mentioned in a lot of the documentation, Xgl and AIGLX have a long way to go, and you will no doubt encounter bugs and other things. It's by no means perfect at this point. Just a warning, so you know what to expect.
 
expect bugs galore.

try out fedora core 6. If you can get your video card driver installed then you can just enabled desktop effects and get some neat stuff.
 
im use to bug i have vista and xp :D
this is on a seperate system just to play with and learn it.
 
i was reading this
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partitioning
and i had a ? it seems all ubuntus settings and apps can be stored on a diff partition, if this is true, what is a good size to make partition that has the os on it. i made it 60gb but im thinking i can shrink it smaller and that might be overkill?
 
if you have an nvidia card or an intel gfx then use aiglx instead of xgl, easier to setup since you are using 6.10, xorg 7.1 has it built in.

also if you have anything besides ati, nvidia or intel xgl or aiglx is out of the question.
 
cant even get it to installed. keeps saying xserver failed and no devices detected. i tried typing a few commands i read on these forums into the all black screen that comes up after it fails and nothing happens i also tried it in the custom boot options field where you can type stuff and it doesnt seem to make a difference.. is there a different place to try and load up a driver for my x600 ati card? im kinda over rebooting over and over and over just to reboot windows to read more stuff that doesnt work.
 
actually figured out how to get to the text console and i typed the command sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx and it acted like it couldnt find it or it was trying to download it from the internet and couldnt.
then i did this,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fglrx
and went through all steps and it seems to detect my card and monitor and everything. and then i got back to the text console so i typed startx (or xstart, i cant remeber)
and it popped up the same error that no devices detected - no screens found

??
 
Is this still Ubuntu? If you haven't done so already, your best bet might be to post on the ubuntuforums.org and see what they say. You'll probably get responses much quicker. I wish I could help you, but that's beyond my limited experience.
 
yup 6.10 i got the disk and i boot to it and i cant run the install, i also try the safe graphics mode and it still comes up with the same thing with xserver not being able to run because of the video card, it seems to be a pretty common problem but i dont see how to make it work
 
dual 3.6 xeon, 2 gig ram. ati x600 fx card(256mb pci-e),2405 fpw monitor, 2 300gig sata hd. one is already partitioned with a 60gb os partition in ext3 and a 4 gig swap and the rest is storage for the software and files.
 
drunknbass said:
dual 3.6 xeon, 2 gig ram. ati x600 fx card(256mb pci-e),2405 fpw monitor, 2 300gig sata hd. one is already partitioned with a 60gb os partition in ext3 and a 4 gig swap and the rest is storage for the software and files.
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what mobo, and have you tried burning the image at a slow speed when attempting to boot off edgy?
 
drunknbass said:
actually figured out how to get to the text console and i typed the command sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx and it acted like it couldnt find it or it was trying to download it from the internet and couldnt.
then i did this,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fglrx
and went through all steps and it seems to detect my card and monitor and everything. and then i got back to the text console so i typed startx (or xstart, i cant remeber)
and it popped up the same error that no devices detected - no screens found

??
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I'm actually in a very similar situation, although I'm not completely new to linux. Your apt-get doesn't have the xgl repository source to update from. You'll need to add it to apt-get in /etc/apt/sources.list
 
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