Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1986 mails)

[Verner Kjærsgaard <vk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David C. Rankin skrev:
> dwain wrote:
> > i just installed the nvidia driver for my graphics card and rebooted.
> > when i did, i was brought to the command line instead of the desktop.

...lots of cutaway...

Hi David and list...

- thanks a lot for your rather long and elaborated answer on this 
matter. I've taken the liberty to copy it to my personal knowledge base, 
it's a lifesaver, really.

- One question though...one that reveals my endless lack of basic 
knowledge, sigh...

In my present xorg.conf (and I've got Nvidia just fine) on my SuSE10.3 
(DELL 17" laptop), I haven't got any modelines, the core section looks 
like this:

-----------------------------------------
Section "Modes"
  Identifier   "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth 24
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      15
    Modes      "1920x1200" "1024x768" "800x600"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      16
    Modes      "1920x1200" "1024x768" "800x600"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      24
    Modes      "1920x1200" "1024x768" "800x600"
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth      8
    Modes      "1920x1200" "1024x768" "800x600"
  EndSubSection
  Device       "Device[0]"
  Identifier   "Screen[0]"
  Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
  BoardName    "Quadro FX 1500M"
  Driver       "nvidia"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Screen       0
  VendorName   "NVidia"
EndSection
----------------------------------------------

The original *install backup of my xorg.conf DOES have mode-lines, 
albeit only for 800x600 pixels.

How come my system is at all working without these lines?




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Verner Kjærsgaard
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