problems with Dell Inspiron 3200 install

Forum: Laptops
Topic: problems with Dell Inspiron 3200 install
started by: Khai

Posted by Khai on Dec. 06 2005,19:21

hiya all, total linux newbie here..

I decided to have a look at Linux and put DSl onto my old inspiron 3200. ran into a slight glitch tho..

following the instructions at :

< http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Inspiron_3200_Walkthrough >

and ran into a problem at this point :

# Copy files to the correct locations
cp XF86_SVGA /usr/bin/X11/
cp XF86Config /etc/X11/

now, the first line cp XF86_SVGA /usr/bin/X11/ works fine
the 2nd line cp XF86_SVGA /etc/X11 just throws up the error 'no such file or directory' ...

I dunno enough about Linux to work out whats wrong..

so basically... haaaaaaaylp! lol
(tried looking in the wiki but not found an answer as yet)

Posted by lagerratrobe on Dec. 06 2005,21:34

Hi Khai,

I'm running DSL on an Inspiron 3200 too - for all of a week, so I'll give this a shot. Assuming you've already extracted the files from knoppix_svga.tgz, there should have been both a "XF86Config" and a "XF86_SVGA" present afterwards. One of them is the binary executable which starts X - "XF86_SVGA", the other is the configuration file which the executable reads to know how X should be configured. - "XF86Config" .

In order to know what's going on, do the following:

- reboot the machine and login as "root"
- cd to the dir where you unpacked the "knoppix_svga.tg" file, and run the following command:
ls -l XF86*

- make sure that both the SVGA and the Config files are present

- check that the /etc/X11/ directory exists by typing:
ls -ld /etc/X11

- if the X11 dir exists, then try copying the Config file into it again.
cp XF86Config /etc/X11/

Note that the commands and filenames are case-sensitive.