Problems loading the GUI

[purcell]

I’m having problems installing the GUI in F10 86_64. I’ve tried Ubuntu, Gentoo, Slackware, and Fedora in all the various versions and Fedora is the only one that loaded onto my computer. Problem is now I can’t get the GUI to work. The computer specs are:

Motherboard -- XFX 750a
CPU -- Phenom X4 quad core
GPU -- NVIDIA 9800GT
Memory -- 4GB
Monitor -- Sceptre
HD -- 500GB

I’m currently working in text mode trying to update my motherboard but not sure how (and not even sure if that will work). When I try the cmd startx I get the following msg:

OS build…
(==) Log file: “/var/log/Xorg.o.log”, Time: Mon Feb 9 00:22:27 2009
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
New driver in “nv”
(==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(EE) No devices detected
Fatal server error:
No screens found giving up.
Xinit: no such file or dirrectory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
Xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error

When I try init 2,3,4,or 5 I get:
[root@localhost `]# powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Phenom™ 9550 Quad-Core Processor processors (4 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00
Powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor.
Powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor.
Powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor.
Powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor.

Starting irqbalance:
Starting portreserve: [OK]
Starting setroubleshootd:

I’ve tried these with an internet connection and without. A number of the forums have recommended changing/modifying the kernels but I’m new to Linux and not sure how to do that. Any advice of help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[BlueTrin]

So you installed a fresh system and X was not working ?

fedora development

[purcell]

Not exactly - it loads when I boot the computer but only in text mode. So X works but not the GUI. New to Linux and not familiar with commands in text. I tried using the cd that came with the mobo to update it but I can't get that to run in the drive...says I need to load a boot disc.

[sidebrnz]

First, X, the X Windowing System is the GUI for Linux. You're stuck in text mode. Quite possibly it's because either you're not using the right driver for your graphics card, or the default nv driver isn't sufficient. Try going to Dangermouse's site and following this guide to install the nVidia drivers for Fedora: http://dnmouse.org/nvidia.html and after rebooting, you may well be able to get into X. The nice thing is, it's all done in text mode, and he gives you exactly the right commands to get the job done. Good luck!

[purcell]

I went to the website and followed the instructions and on the second line I received the following message:

Retrieving http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm
curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'download1.rpmfusion.org'
error: skipping http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm - transfer failed

Anything else I can try?

Thanks

[sidebrnz]

You may not have networking set up properly. Try this:

ping mit.edu

If you get the same result, there's a networking issue to resolve first.

[purcell]

Could be a network issue? I get an unknown host when I try to ping mit.edu, purdue.edu, etc. How would I go about fixing this?

Thanks

[sidebrnz]

Try pinging 18.7.22.69; if that works, you've got connectivity and it's a DNS issue; if not, you're probably not on line. (That's the IP address of mit.edu, btw.)

[purcell]

Tried to ping 18.7.22.69 and I'm told the network is unreachable. Assuming that means I have network issues. Is there a site to help me set that up?

Thanks

[sidebrnz]

Yes. Right here. Go to the Networking board and open a new thread. Explain that you can't get into a GUI until you download drivers and you need to know how to set up your network from a CLI. I'm sure somebody will help. (I would, but alas, I don't know.)

[purcell]

thx for all your help sidebrnz