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On 01/10/2017 11:01 AM, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 170109 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> On 01/09/2017 10:09 AM, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>>> I had a previous thread re Kernel 4.9.0 + Nvidia 375.26 (now stable). |
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>>> I tried recompiling that kernel with DRM disabled, |
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>>> & remerged Nvidia 375.26 , but X won't start. |
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>> The nvidia driver isn't "automatic". It's not used by X.Org by default. |
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>> X.Org only uses its own drivers by default. |
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>> For the nvidia driver, you need a conf file. |
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>> Something like this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia.conf: |
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>> http://pastebin.com/raw/0y3NMndp |
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> I didn't need this with earlier versions of Nvidia-drivers, |
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> but I've copied your template & am willing to give it a try. |
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> It looks as if there are several lines which wouldn't fit my machine. |
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The file is generic. The only thing specific to me is "G2770PF", which |
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my monitor's model name. Which is not parsed anyway. |
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