Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:
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
How come my system is at all working without these lines?
Verner Felix is right, you don't need the modelines anymore. However since I don't know what hardware this xorg.conf might me run on, I intentionally put them in there setting the Vertical refresh to 60Hz to make sure it doesn't try to drive an older monitor beyond it limits in case the monitor doesn't report its correct EDD information (what it's capable of) back to the driver. Don't worry in your case, you don't need it! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 510 Ochiltree Street | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 | Telephone: (936) 715-9333 | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 | http://www.opensuse.org/ www.rankinlawfirm.com | -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org