Luis Rodriguez wrote:
> Hello Jonathan,
> 
> I changed nvidia to nv and the desktop looks better now....  I wonder whats
> wrong!!
> 
> Luis
> 

The driver "nv" is the non-3d-accelerated nvidia display driver that 
comes with Xfree/Xorg.  The driver "nvidia" is what you use with the 
proprietary, binary-only drivers from NVIDIA.

If "nvidia" isn't working, it sounds like you haven't properly installed 
your drivers.  First, "emerge nvidia-glx" and then "emerge 
nvidia-kernel".  Next, "modprobe nvidia" should load the kernel module. 
  Finally, "opengl-update nvidia" should adjust lib paths such that the 
binary GL libs from NVIDIA are being used by X.

If you have done all of this and X still isn't working, something else 
is wrong it would seem.  Also, you might try to generate a config file 
by running "X -configure".  This typically does a pretty good job of 
autodetecting and creating a xorg.conf.

Steve


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