i wanted to change from the proprietary Nvidia (or ATI) driver to the open source ones - how do i do it?
You just need the part of the configuration file with the change, leave the rest on automatic. I have a "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.nv" file which I copy to "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" or delete if I want the nv driver or the default, nvidia driver. No need to remove drivers.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.nv:
Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "nv" EndSection
thats all it has. Simple :-)
Ah cool. Thanks for the tip Carlos.... I'd forgotten that you could do that (I rarely ever use anything but the proprietary drivers). The fact that your xorg.conf need only contain the customizations on top of the autodetect bit is an important one to note for those with the odd hardware combos that do require some manual intervention.. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org