Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (287 mails)

[Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday 02 August 2004 08:39, Sylvanus A. Currie wrote:
> A new X server starts (I see the NVidia logo and then the standard X mouse
> pointer) but then fails immediately, returning me to my original KDE
> session
>
> I have enclosed my log files and /etc/X11/Xservers
>
...
> nvidia-settings reports the following:
>         Graphics Processor:     Geforce FX 5600
>         Bus Type:                       AGP
>         VBIOS Version:  04.31.20.40.00
>         NVIDIA-driver-version:  1.0-6106
...
> Section "Screen"
...
>   Device       "Device[0]"
...
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "Device"
>   BoardName    "0x0312"
>   BusID        "1:0:0"
>   Driver       "nvidia"
>   Identifier   "Device[0]"
>   Option        "usevnc" "yes"
>   Option        "httpport" "5800"
>   Option        "httpdir" "/usr/share/vnc/classes"
>   Screen       0
>   Option       "Rotate" "off"
>   VendorName   "NVidia"
> EndSection
...

The bug is in the nVidia driver. See the nVidia Linux mailinglists for more 
info.

If you really want to open more sessions, you have to use the built-in driver 
'nv'.

Put a section like the next in your /etc/X11/XF86config:

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "0x0312"
  BusID        "1:0:0"
  Driver       "nv"
  Identifier   "Device[nv]"
  Screen       0
EndSection

In the section 'Screen', change the Device accordingly:

For the (broken) nVidia driver:

  Device       "Device[0]"

For the built-in nv driver:

  Device       "Device[nv]"

Match the device name in the 'Screen'-section has to the identifiername in the 
appropriate 'Driver'-section.

This is the way I have set it up. I don't need nVidia's driver frequently, but 
with a few keystrokes and logging out of X I can change the driver.

Cheers,

Leen