Thursday 23 May 2013

Installed Linux Operating System PCLinuxOS 32bit KDE Desktop on a MSI GE70

Installed Linux Operating System PCLinuxOS 32bit KDE Desktop on a MSI GE70 laptop/computer hardware. The PCLinuxOS 32bit KDE Desktop after a normal install, will only display a command prompt but no X-Windows Manager/Linux Windows Manager, that is, no KDE, no GNOME, no LXDE, no GUI whatsoever. Just a command prompt. Maybe this is due to the NVIDIA drivers inside the MSI GE70 laptop. (the graphics chipset inside the MSI GE70 is NVIDIA Geforce GTX 660M with 2GB GDDR6) After tinkering with the OS for a while, I manage to install PCLinuxOS and managed to get a GUI by selecting VIDEO SAVE MODE FBDEV but the resolution I am getting on the MSI GE70 laptop is only 800x600. Anyway it is better than without having a GUI at all. I am looking forward for a new version of the PCLinuxOS, in the not too distant future, that will support the NVIDIA Geforce GTX 660M out of the box.