9 days to goit's...just...too...far...away
I'm very impatient with launch/release dates, guess I have Telkom and gubbament to blame for that :/
Just install 7.10 and then update to 8.3 when it is out and you have the time?
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Linux/Beryl white-screen problem, need help
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Just install 7.10 and then update to 8.3 when it is out and you have the time?
Jonny Two Shoes
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7.10 has an update feature?
Was thinking if this is a daft question as well
Yip
On the ubuntu site they already give the howto on how to upgrade to the 8.04 beta version
The funniest thing is, when you read of a new windows OS comming out or an upgrade available (not service packs), there are usually a number of posts wanting to know the cost, with linux there is nada, zip, nothing, zigalo!!
Jonny Two Shoes
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Just my Internet cap
Then again Vista has taken so much of my cap and eventually screwed itself in the eye with SP1 I feel DX10 is not worth the fuss anymore. I hardly game that much nowadays anyway.
Linux ftw!!
The_Unbeliever
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Bah - your Internet cap's cheaper than buying a new copy of Vista or Winders 
Just my Internet cap
Then again Vista has taken so much of my cap and eventually screwed itself in the eye with SP1 I feel DX10 is not worth the fuss anymore. I hardly game that much nowadays anyway.
Linux ftw!!
In case you are with Telkom on ADSL - you've got plenty of local Gigs to use on Ubuntu (at least 10 on promotion right now) after being capped.
Jonny Two Shoes
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Thanks for the heads up.
I'm not with Telkom though (with WebAfrica) but I do have a local account which will be far cheaper than International.BTW I got Beryl to work on Kanotix and I'm slowly learning this debian stuff.
Not sure exactly what fixed it as yet but my steps were as follows:
1. Edited the boot file (boot/grup/menu.lst) where it says VGA=xxx(think xxx was 791), changed it to VGA=normal. Before it was throwing my monitor out of sync and crashing x-server with control-alt-f1 but with VGA=normal it works fine and allows me to install nvidia drivers in the terminal without bombing out.
2. Updated linux. apt-get update in terminal as poweruser
3. Ran install-nvidia-debian.sh as root in cntr+alt+f1 terminal
My guess is the nvidia update solved the white screen problem. The apt-get update however was a massive update and I had to do something else to fix some errors on that as well. <see kanotix forums - xserver crashing thread>
I also ran update-scripts-kanotix.sh.
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Jonny Two Shoes
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Now just to figure out how the hell to add programs like beryl to autostart when linux boots.