My suggestions: 1. http://demudi.alioth.debian.org/wiki/DocumentsFaq 2. search the archives of the DeMuDi mailing lists 3. subscribe to the DeMuDi users mailing list. See: http://demudi.alioth.debian.org/wiki/ContactsLists Cheers, Andreas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon B" <30plxf602@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:20 AM Subject: [linux-audio-user] DeMuDi unusable on widescreen nVidia LCD > I have tried this twice. I install DeMuDi, and the installer works > fine, but then when it actually tries to run, it SCREWS UP HARDCORE. > The screen turns into nothing but purple and teal vertical lines. The > first time I knew nothing about linux and gave up. The second time > was today. I cleared out some room and made a new partition to > experiment with distros, since my current system is very crash-prone > and unorthodox. I know a little bit more this time, so I pushed > ctrl+alt+F1 to get the regular prompt. But even that is screwed up, > with black and white vertical lines everywhere. I can kind of see > through them to read what I am typing, but not very easily. I have a > (mostly) working low-latency-modified Libranet install on another > partition. Maybe I could copy my XF86Config from there? Also I need > the nVidia drivers, however, which would require my network card to be > functional. I also need network card drivers to get my network card > functional, which would require my network card to be functional. :-) > > It is a non-fun adventure! > > Any advice? For the Libranet install, I got the nVidia working with > the Libranet installer here: http://libranet.com/support/2.8/0365 and > got the network card working with the Libranet installer here: > http://libranet.com/support/2.8/0316 (downloaded in windows and then > opened in linux). > > More info about my installation here: > http://mysite.verizon.net/negatron/linux/libranet8600.html > > Perhaps a suggestion for another distro / distro modification? (Feel > free to point me to instructions instead of writing them out.) A 2.6 > kernel would be nice, so I can have the integrated ALSA and > low-latency, and so I can write to NTFS partitions, but none of the > debian music distros seem to use it. Why is that? I like the idea of > debian handling dependencies for me, but it hasn't really handled them > that well in practice. I am not apt enough to fully get apt-get, I > guess. So I would consider another package system, although I fear > the alternatives are even scarier. > > Hmmmm... I could use LIbranet (or mepis or something?) to install a > minimal system, dist upgrade to debian unstable, and then upgrade to > demudi, right? That might be my best option... >
