Binary, non-free drivers for: Nvidia / ATI
There are 3 methods to install 3d drivers into your system
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sgfxi / smxi
Use the sidux community contributed multi-function administration tool, smxi/sgfxi, which is short for sidux-maintenance. To read more refer to smxi and sgfxi Syntax Command Sets.
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Use Nvidia/ATI binary installer
Download the binary driver installers directly from Nvidia Download the binary driver installers directly from ATI
Open Source Xorg drivers for nVidia, ATI, Radeon, Intel
Open Source Xorg drivers for nVidia, ATI, Radeon, Intel are pre-installed with sidux. If you have overwitten them with closed source drivers you can revert or roll back to them with sgfxi
The drivers for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description) provides support in 2d for NVIDIA Riva, TNT, GeForce, and Quadro cards and the ATI Mach, Rage, Radeon, and FireGLcards along with atimisc', 'r128' and 'radeon' sub-drivers. It also provides for the Intel free series in 3d
To install it:
Log out of KDE by Going into Textmode by doing Ctrl+Alt+F1 logon as root user and then in type init 3 (this should state that X no longer is running apt-get update apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nv OR apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-ati OR xserver-xorg-video-intel init 5 && exit
For some cards it may add 3D support, however it is usually 2D.
Next you need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, HOWEVER YOU MUST MAKE A BACKUP COPY FIRST, as editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf incorrectly will result in many tears by you.
To edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf right click it, open it with root permissions. Find the section that reads SECTION DEVICE and change the display driver to read nv OR ati
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!! EDITING XORG.CONF IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK!!
Hints for hardware with non-free requirements
Due to the complexity of law, sidux live-cd will only provide dfsg-free software.
Sources List
As the sidux iso contains only dfsg free software, you will probably want to add contrib/ non-free to your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.list and ensure internet access:
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especially # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. # The /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory provides a way to add sources.list # entries in separate files that end with sources.list file. # Unstable deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free # deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free # sidux deb http://sidux.com/debian/ sid main contrib non-free firmware fix.main fix.contrib fix.non-free #deb-src http://sidux.com/debian/ sid main contrib non-free firmware fix.main fix.contrib fix.non-free
Video Cards
- ATi Radeon graphics: 3d acceleration for older cards up to r35x should work, newer Radeon X1xxx cards need non-free drivers for accelerated performance which are not yet compatible with X.org 7.2. Depending on the particular chipset "xmodule=vesa" or "xmodule=fbdev" as cheatcode might be in order for later Radeon X1xxx models.
Firmware
- To help detect what firmware you need to install, run, as user:
$ fw-detect
This will give you a list of recommendations and what commands to run. It will return 'null' if you do not need anything, or firmware is already installed.
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Atheros/ "madwifi" wlan:
m-a a-i madwifi
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Atmel AT76c50x 11 MBit/s wlan:
apt-get install atmel-firmware
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Broadcom, bcm43xx/ b43/ b43 legacy wlan:
apt-get install bcm43xx-fwcutter b43-fwcutter
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Broadcom Blutonium Bluetooth chipset (BCM2033):
apt-get install bluez-firmware
- Eagle USB ADSL modem: fetch the firmware from http://eagle-usb.org/ueagle-atm/non-free/ and place it under /lib/firmware/.
- DVB firmwares for various full featured DVB TV cards (most budget cards won't need this): fetch the needed firmeware (check dmesg) from http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/ and place it under /lib/firmware/.
- IVTV firmware:fetch the firmware from http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/firmware/ and place it under/lib/firmware/.
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Intel ipw2100, 11 MBit/s wlan:
apt-get install ipw2100-firmware
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Intel ipw2200, 54 MBit/s wlan:
apt-get install ipw2200-firmware
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Intel ipw3945 (54 Mbit/s wlan)/ ipw 4965 (draft-n) iwlwifi, 54 Mbit/s wlan Please remove iwlwifi-ucode, iwlwifi-3945, firmware-iwl3945 and firmware-iwl4965, if already installed:.:
apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi
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Intel ipw4965/ iwlwifi, draft-n wlan:
apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi
- Intersil prism54, 54 MBit/s wlan: fetch the firmware from http://prism54.org/firmware/ and place it under /lib/firmware/.
- nVidia graphics: 3d acceleration isn't possible with free drivers yet, please use get-sidux-binary-gfx or sgfxi to fetch install scripts for these cards.
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RaLink rt61 and rt73 54 MBit/s wlan,:
apt-get install firmware-ralink
Please remove rt61-fwcutter, rt73-fwcutter, firmware-rt61 and firmware-rt73, if already installed
- Ricoh R5U870 OEM webcams:fetch the firmware from http://mediati.org/r5u870/r5u870-0.11.0.tar.gz and copy the r5u870_*.fw files to /lib/firmware/.
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Texas Instruments ACX100 (22 Mbit/s)/ ACX111 (54 MBit/s) wlan:
m-a a-i acx100
and fetch the firmware from http://www.kazer.org/acx-firmware-20060207.tar.bz2 and place it under /lib/firmware/. - ZyDAS zd1201 11 MBit/s wlan: Fetch the firmware from http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/linux-lc100020/zd1201-0.14-fw.tar.gz and place it under /lib/firmware/.
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ZyDAS zd1211 54 MBit/s wlan:
apt-get install zd1211-firmware
We try to provide packages for legally redistributable firmware from our non-free repositories, but not all vendors allow this.
Writing to NTFS-partitions with ntfs-3g
Be warned: Whilst the ntfs-3g is stated to be 'stable', never use it without external backup, and of course not on production systems! If you do, it's your fault if your data gets lost, so use at your own risk!
Open a shell and enter the following commands:See Partitioning your HD - Disk Naming
sux apt-get update && apt-get install ntfs-3g umount /media/xdxx mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/disk/by-uuid/xxyyzz[etc] /media/xdxx To get out of the konsole type: exit
Now your NTFS-Volume should be mounted rw and you should be able to store data on it. But again, be warned! Use it in emergency situations, it is not recommended for use on a daily basis.

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