nVidia 3d Drivers
There are 4 methods to install 3d nVidia drivers into your system
Method 1
To start the nVidia 3d Drivers installation dialog: Click Kmenu>Advanced Settings> configure> Display.
Method 2
The script for the installation of nvidia graphics drivers is called: install-nvidia-debian.sh.
Log out of KDE by Going into Textmode by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 logon as root user and then type init 3 (this should state that X no longer is running install-nvidia-debian.sh init 5 && exit
It will choose the right driver for your card, build a deb, install it and it will automatically change your xorg.conf accordingly. For the new driver to take effect you must restart X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace).
Method 3, using !h2
cd /usr/local/bin ; wget -Nc http://techpatterns.com/sgfxi chmod +x sgfxi
OR::Get the !h2 d-u-fixes, then: to use to install 3d drivers only
du-fixes-h2.sh -kiwdt
Method 4
Install from source
ATI 3d Drivers
There are 4 methods to install 3d ATI drivers into your system
Method 1
To start the ati 3d Drivers installation dialog: just do as explained in nVidia 3d driver installation section above and select ati tab as follows:
Method 2
The script for the installation of ati graphics drivers is called: install-fglrx-debian.sh.
Log out of KDE by Going into Textmode by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 logon as root user and then type init 3 (this should state that X no longer is running install-fglrx-debian.sh init 5 && exit
It will choose the right driver for your card, build a deb, install it and it will automatically change your xorg.conf accordingly. For the new driver to take effect you must restart X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace).
Method 3, using !h2
cd /usr/local/bin ; wget -Nc http://techpatterns.com/sgfxi chmod +x sgfxi
OR::Get the !h2 d-u-fixes, then: to use to install 3d drivers only
du-fixes-h2.sh -kiwdt
Method 4
Install from source
nVidia X.Org X server-Native nv display driver
This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description) provides support for NVIDIA Riva, TNT, GeForce, and Quadro cards.
To install it:
Log out of KDE by Going into Textmode by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 logon as root user and then in type init 3 (this should state that X no longer is running apt-get update apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nv init 5 && exit
Note that this is not the same as the binary-only 'nvidia' driver, which adds 3D support, but is binary-only and not supported.
Next you need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, HOWEVER YOU MUST MAKE A BACKUP COPY FIRST, as editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf incorrectly will result in many tears by you.
To edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf right click it, open it with root permissions. Find the section that reads SECTION DEVICE and change the display driver to read nv
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! EDITING XORG.CONF IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!
ATI X.Org X server-Native ati Driver
This driver for the X.Org X server provides support for the ATI Mach, Rage, Radeon, and FireGL series. It provides the 'atimisc', 'r128' and 'radeon' sub-drivers.
To install it:
Log out of KDE by Going into Textmode by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 logon as root user and then in type init 3 (this should state that X no longer is running apt-get update xserver-xorg-video-ati init 5 && exit
Note that this is not the same as the ATI-provided, binary-only, 'fglrx' driver, which provides additional 3D functionality for some newer Radeon cards, but is not supported.
Next you need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, HOWEVER YOU MUST MAKE A BACKUP COPY FIRST, as editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf incorrectly will result in many tears by you.
To edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf right click it, open it with root permissions. Find the section that reads SECTION DEVICE and change the display driver to read ati
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! EDITING XORG.CONF IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!
More : More information about X.Org
How to write on NTFS-partitions with ntfs-3g
Be warned: ntfs-3g is an early beta driver, so never use it without external backup, and of course not on production systems! If you do, it's your fault if your data gets lost, so use at your own risk!
Joatha test 7.1 do detect and automatically mount all your ntfs partions in live mode only. However, you have to mount them manually after installing Joatha on your hard drive. To To start the nVidia 3d Drivers installation dialog: Click Kmenu>Advanced Settings> services> Mount NTFS-RW.
Or - if you don't like the graphical way, you could open a terminal,type: See Partitioning your HD - Disk Naming
su fix-unionfs umount /dev/XdXX mount -o silent,umask=0,no_def_opts,allow_other -t ntfs-3g /dev/XdXX /media/XdXX exit
Now your NTFS-Volume should be mounted rw and you should be able to store data on it. But again, be warned! It's experimental!
Hints for hardware with non-free needs
Due to the complexity of law, Joatha will only provide dfsg-free software.
(After adding contrib/ non-free to /etc/apt/sources.list and ensuring internet access)
* ATi Radeon graphics: 3d acceleration for older cards up to r35x should work, newer Radeon X1xxx cards need non-free drivers for accelerated performance, please use get-Joatha-binary-gfx to fetch install scripts for these cards - initial support for kernel 2.6.20 has been merged and needs to be tested (this might not work under all circumstances with kernel 2.6.20 yet, 2.6.19.x kernels are still available on our servers).
* Atheros/ "madwifi" wlan: m-a a-i madwifi.
* Atmel AT76c50x 11 MBit/s wlan: apt-get install atmel-firmware
* AVM ISDN/ ADSL PCI/ USB Karten: AVM's closed source driver are not compatible with kernel 2.6.19.x yet, please download kernel 2.6.18.x (http://Joatha.net/files/kernel/) for now and use m-a a-i avm.
* Broadcom/ bcm43xx wlan: apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter.
* Eagle USB ADSL modem: fetch the firmware from http://eagle-usb.org/ueagle-atm/non-free/ and place it under /lib/firmware/.
* DVB firmwares for various full featured DVB TV cards (most budget cards won't need this): fetch the needed firmeware (check dmesg) from http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/ and place it under /lib/firmware/.
* hostap based 11 MBit/s wlan with loadable firmware (e.g. D-Link DWL-520 rev. E1 and others): http://www.oakcourt.dyndns.org/~andrew/dwl520e1.html
* Intel ipw2100, 11 MBit/s wlan: fetch the firmware from http://ipw2100.sf.net/ and place it under /lib/firmware/.
* Intel ipw2200, 54 MBit/s wlan: fetch the firmware from http://ipw2200.sf.net/ and place it under /lib/firmware/.
* Intel ipw3945, 54 Mbit/s wlan: apt-get install ipw3945d firmware-ipw3945
* Intersil prism54, 54 MBit/s wlan: fetch the firmware from http://prism54.org/firmware/ and place it under /lib/firmware/.
* nVidia graphics: 3d acceleration isn't possible with free drivers yet, please use get-Joatha-binary-gfx to fetch install scripts for these cards (this might not work under all circumstances with kernel 2.6.20 yet, 2.6.19.x kernels are still available on our servers).
* RaLink rt61 54 MBit/s wlan, fetch the firmware from http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html
* Texas Instruments ACX100 (22 Mbit/s)/ ACX111 (54 MBit/s) wlan, fetch the firmware from http://acx100.erley.org/acx_fw/acx1xx.htm and place it under /lib/firmware/.
* ZyDAS zd1201 11 MBit/s wlan: apt-get install zd1201-firmware
* ZyDAS zd1211 54 MBit/s wlan: fetch the firmware from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083 and place it under /lib/firmware/.
* We will check if we can provide packages for at least some of these devices, but the legal status isn't necessarily easy.