Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (487 mails)

[Dave Plater <davejplater@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/14/2010 06:08 AM, Donn Washburn wrote:
> On 05/13/2010 04:20 AM, Dave Plater wrote:
> > On 05/11/2010 08:36 PM, Donn Washburn wrote:
> >   
> > > On 05/11/2010 11:24 AM, Dean Hilkewich wrote:
> > >     
> > > > On 05/11/2010 09:04 AM, Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
> > > >
> > > >       
> > > > > the X-Server is smart enough to try the various nVidia drivers in
> > > > > order:
> > > > > nvidia (binary blob) ->   nouveau ->   nv
> > > > >
> > > > > The first one to work will be used... and all this logic without an
> > > > > xorg.conf file...
> > > > >
> > > > > Dominique
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >          
> > > > This maybe true but there are several settings that still require a
> > > > xorg.  Broken EDID's and multi-gpu's spring to mind as well as items
> > > > like compositing.
> > > >
> > > > Dean
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > I sure hope you are correct.  However, where is the NV bootsplash.
> > > This is a GeForce 7600 GS the last AGP version made
> > >
> > > hwinfo --gfxcard show this is lacking
> > >
> > > Driver Info #0:
> > >      Driver Status: nvidiafb is not active
> > >      Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nvidiafb"
> > >    Driver Info #1:
> > >      Driver Status: nouveau is not active
> > >      Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nouveau"
> > >    Driver Info #2:
> > >      Driver Status: nvidia is not active
> > >      Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nvidia"
> > >
> > > This implies another openSuSE guess/setup problem.
> > >
> > > I loaded all of them and will give this a try
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > Have you tried System - Configuration - Configure NVIDIA x server
> > settings yet?
> > Dave P
> >    
> I have it working now but where is (Yast2 or a /etc/sysconfig)
>
> " System - Configuration - Configure NVIDIA x server" 
That's in the application launcher menu, I don't know the gnome menu
equivalent. It's nvidia's own configuration gui.
Regards
Dave P
-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx