Linux (SUSE 10.1) on V6J

I've installed suse 10.1 on my Asus V6J and I love the interface (KDE) and everything about it so far, I'm just having trouble configuring my internet connection, and graphics card/screen.

My questions (noob though they may be)

-How can I find out who makes the screen? I've googled and browsed within windows to no avail.

-I've downloaded drivers that I think may work for my realtek ethernet card and my NVIDIA graphics card, but I'm not sure about installing them. I downloaded them in windows (no internet yet in linux, once I do have that everything will be so much easier hopefully) and then copied them to my linux desktop. I love how linux can read NTFS. How exactly do I install them? I looked around a bit in YaST but the whole KDE interface is new to me and I didn't find anything.

Thanks,

Cyrus

 

http://mdessus.free.fr/Divers/Asus_v6j_linux.html
http://miguel.moquillon.free.fr/miguel/articles/asusV6J.html

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-70
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

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Apparently kernel 2.6.15 and up should give you wired networking support on the V6J. That guide suggests wireless as well, but I know that's not built into the kernel since it's partially closed source, so Ubuntu must be providing a module. I think Suse probably does too since it's just so common, and it's partially closed for good reason (FCC stuff). Once you get online you'd be best off finding a repository with non-free packages (there's an extra CD for Suse which contains these, I believe) and install the Nvidia drivers from there. You're less likely to run into problems that way.

Reliable NTFS writes are just around the corner, the code just needs to be cleaned up and tested from what I understand.

 

I had Ubuntu on my V6j for a while, how is that running for you - any advice?

 

You mention not having your internet working. If it's a problem installing the drivers for your WiFi, check out this thread;

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=436355

In terms of the Realtek ethernet driver, there is a long discussion at the SUSE forums discussing problems with it at;

http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=36365

This individual seems to have addressed it in his webpage on installing Ubuntu on his V6J;

http://www.fjellstad.org/projects/asuslaptop.html

and he mentions patching the 1.0.3 Realtek driver. Before I did anything like what was suggested in either place in terms of patching the driver, I would get the latest, 1.0.4 from Realtek;

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?sort=description&Keyword=8168

and try the install instructions that come with it. If that doesn't work, then I would look into patching the driver as suggested.

It's pretty important to get an internet connection up for things like installing drivers, etc. (If you download them in Windows then you have to figure out where to copy them so you can use them. I don't know where that would be in SUSE, maybe others would know.) Once you're "connected" and in terms of installing the nVidia drivers under SUSE, from;

http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html

the instructions are;

Once you have the nVidia drivers installed you don't need to input the monitor refresh rates anymore as the nVidia driver will query for them, (it's ok if you still want to do it, and Ethyriel's numbers are correct). So you can get away with the following for your monitor section of your xorg.conf;

Code:

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"

Good Luck..

 

Well, I downloaded the realtek drivers in windows, put them in /root/ in linux as su, and then I had to edit the make files and the source code a bit... one site said to turn MAKE_MODULES BLa bla into MAKE_MODULES_PARM on line 378 or so. But there wasn't anything even close on that line, and I did find something that said "MAKE_MODULES" on lines 51,52, and 53. of /root/R1000v1.04/src/somethingorother.n c, and it wouldn't compile normally, so I took the liberty of adding PARM to each of 'em, and then it compiled fine and my computer actually recognizes the network card. Problem is, it still won't connect to the internet! No ping, no KNetworkManager, no nothing.

Cyrus