Post #184,561
11/19/04 11:15:27 PM
11/19/04 11:16:43 PM
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OK, now what
I pop the CD in. I boot. It gives me a bunch of choices, NONE of them leading to an install (that I can tell). Leads me into a KDE screen that has root and demo login, both of which need a password.
OK, help screen says root/root. Will it allow an install from there? We'll see.
Edited by broomberg
Nov. 19, 2004, 11:16:43 PM EST
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Post #184,562
11/19/04 11:23:17 PM
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You're learning, grasshopper.
:-)
There's an icon on the desktop - "MEPIS System" or something like that. It lets you fix existing partitions or install. Some more info is [link|http://www.mepis.org/book/view/7|here].
I haven't tried it myself. :-) Let us know how it goes.
If you get a chance, I'd like your comments on my MEPIS review in Reviews.
Luck!
Cheers, Scott.
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Post #184,568
11/20/04 12:07:26 AM
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Install went quickly
Feels a bit raw, visually.
qparted is nasty compare to RH or Suse partitioners. And then, I went out of my way to construct root, var, tmp, home, swap partitions, and the next step only wanted root,swap, and home.
I attempted to "apt-get install nvidia-glx" (as per the mepis web site) in order to get my driver and it failed.
It hinted that I might want to do an "apt-get update".
So I did.
This time "apt-get install nvidia-glx" worked.
I have single nvidia card, but I prefer dual monitor. Can I place another card in the system and run dual head while still having the nvidia driver loaded?
What can I do about these fonts? I've never had to change fonts on a Linux box before, but this is just too ugly to use.
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Post #184,571
11/20/04 12:40:36 AM
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Font DeUglification HowTo
[link|http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/FDU/|http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/FDU/]
PS:
You going to be up a bit tonight? Going to send you an email.
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Post #184,573
11/20/04 12:49:50 AM
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I'll be up for another hour or so, feel free.
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Post #184,690
11/21/04 12:09:47 PM
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Here's the Mepis specific one
[link|http://www.mepis.org/node/view/577|http://www.mepis.org/node/view/577]
Of course, in the comments, someone responds with the single "apt-get ttf-commercial" to do it all.
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Post #184,692
11/21/04 12:33:46 PM
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Where's ttf-commercial?
It's not in any of the sources I have.
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Post #184,697
11/21/04 1:23:39 PM
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Me neither...
All I have available are: msttcorefonts - Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts ttf-alee - A Lee's GPL'd Hangul truetype fonts ttf-arabeyes - Arabeyes GPL TrueType Arabic fonts ttf-arhangai - A TrueType font with Mongolian Cyrillic letters ttf-arphic-bkai00mp - "AR PL KaitiM Big5" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp - "AR PL Mingti2L Big5" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp - "AR PL SungtiL GB" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology ttf-arphic-gkai00mp - "AR PL KaitiM GB" Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology ttf-baekmuk - Baekmuk series TrueType fonts ttf-bangla-fonts - Free TrueType fonts for the Bengali language ttf-bitstream-vera - The Bitstream Vera family of free TrueType fonts ttf-dustin - Various TrueType fonts from dustismo.com ttf-f500 - Wipeout 3 Font ttf-freefont - Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono Truetype fonts ttf-gentium - Gentium TrueType font ttf-indic-fonts - A collection of OpenType Unicode Indic fonts ttf-isabella - The Isabella free TrueType font ttf-kacst - KACST free TrueType Arabic fonts ttf-kochi-gothic - Kochi Subst Gothic Japanese TrueType font without naga10 ttf-kochi-gothic-naga10 - Kochi Subst Gothic Japanese TrueType font with naga10 (non-free) ttf-kochi-mincho - Kochi Subst Mincho Japanese TrueType font without naga10 ttf-kochi-mincho-naga10 - Kochi Subst Mincho Japanese TrueType font with naga10 (non-free) ttf-larabie-deco - Decorative fonts from www.larabiefonts.com ttf-larabie-straight - Straight fonts from www.larabiefonts.com ttf-larabie-uncommon - Special decorative fonts from www.larabiefonts.com ttf-malayalam-fonts - Free TrueType fonts for the Malayalam language ttf-mikachan - handwritten Japanese Truetype font ttf-opensymbol - The OpenSymbol TrueType font ttf-sazanami-gothic - Sazanami Gothic Japanese TrueType font ttf-sazanami-mincho - Sazanami Mincho Japanese TrueType font ttf-staypuft - The Stay-Puft free TrueType font ttf-summersby - Free TrueType typeface font ttf-tamil-fonts - Free TrueType fonts for the Tamil language ttf-thryomanes - A Unicode font covering Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and IPA ttf-unfonts - Un series Korean TrueType fonts ttf-uralic - Truetype fonts for Cyrillic-based Uralic languages ttf-xfree86-nonfree - non-free TrueType fonts from XFree86 ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac - non-free syriac OpenType fonts from XFree86 xfonts-thai-ttf - Thai TrueType fonts from NECTEC
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