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JustJohn
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 Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:30 am Post subject: More linux |
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| Alrlight, I'm posting this from SUSE and I'm wondering if there's any way to change the default font. It's awfully heavy for menus and I can't find a font setting in any of the places that seemed like good places to look. |
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JustJohn
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: |
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Alright, never mind I found it. It's kinda stupid that they have two completely different menus both labeled "configure desktop." Also, firefox fonts look like they need to be all changed separately.
However, the menu system is very good, and I love the system info thing when you hit my computer. Windows should be that straight forward. Also loving the 1 click system, and the whole thing feels cleaner and sharper than Mandriva, which I just tried as well. (Though that one automatically set up my video driver, and I haven't even found how to do it yet in suse.)
*edit*
Looks like maybe the right driver was installed, b/c yast doesn't show anything when I link it to the nvidia repository. Still says my card can't do 3d though. Bleh. |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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ndvidia has had a few driver problems with nix.
From the link below
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Search for nvidia and mark the following packages for installation:
* nvidia-gfx-G01-kmp-default
* x11-video-nvidiaG01
Click Accept or skip down to the next appropriate heading to install more packages. When you're ready to continue, open a Konsole terminal by going to your chameleon main menu, then clicking on Applications, then System, then Terminal (you may have to scroll down the list a little to see it), then Terminal Program (Konsole). A Konsole window will come up. In it, type this command to switch to root permissions:
su -
(The dash after the su command gives you the root user's environment path). Once you type in your root password, type in this command to load the module you just built (restarting your computer will do this automatically):
modprobe nvidia
Close all open programs, then press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to restart the X.org server. You should now have hardware 3D acceleration. |
Look on their website and see what they have for it.
Have a look at this guide
http://www.softwareinreview.com/linux_optimizations/hacking_opensuse_10.3.html
It will help you install a few things that you might want.[/quote] |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, the suse website was all like use our 1-click solution! But when I did that there was some installation error and when I restarted x it wouldn't load. Hah.
However, I was able to do it the way you showed, I just had to hunt down the repository. You'd think there would be some big obvious link or something. Took me like 10 minutes to find it on some random website.
However, I've now got it working and can do all the swanky compiz effects and stuff. (How can you not like expo? Best virtual desktop tool I've seen..) |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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According to the opensuse forum the repos have been down on and off for the last month.
Not sure what is going on there, but they appear to be working on it.
Stuck SuSE on my PS3 last night. Haven't had a chance to see how it runs on it yet though.
I will be stripping windows of my machine this week as well now the missus is back and has her own machine to use. |
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JustJohn
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Oh hey, btw. I've tried like 6 distros right now and I'm between suse and mandriva.
When I run suse all the fonts in the OS look huge and heavy, I think set at 12 sanserif. If I notch them down a bit they look a little better but not as nice as as mandriva,and it seems like firefox doesn't scale right with the rest or something. Then if I use a beryl theme it seems like they get reset too. How do you have yours set? |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Never touched it. Was happy with how it looked out of the box.
I'llhave a look when i get home |
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JustJohn
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Strange. Maybe I'll post a screen when I get home if I can figure out how to do it. My defaults looked huge. (This is 10.3) Perhaps they set it to scale with resolution. I run 1900 x 1200, and they may have over compensated. |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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No idea, I use it on a Thinkpad and it was just right when I got it.
Never tried it on anything else. I may well have a look tonight and see what happens. |
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