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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New Install Problems with X
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:26:16
Message-Id: 4d268043.0297df0a.5980.fffff915@mx.google.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New Install Problems with X by KIM WHALEN
1 On Thursday 06 January 2011 23:51:38 KIM WHALEN wrote:
2
3 > I made the kernel with the nvidia driver as a module and the "emerge
4 > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" worked. However, running Xorg -configure
5 > still fails.
6
7 you don't even need that.
8
9 cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
10 Section "ServerLayout"
11 Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
12 Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
13 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
14 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
15 EndSection
16
17 Section "Module"
18 EndSection
19
20 Section "InputDevice"
21 Identifier "Mouse0"
22 Driver "evdev"
23 Option "CorePointer"
24 Option "Name" "Logitech, Inc. MX610 Laser Cordless Mouse"
25 EndSection
26
27 Section "InputDevice"
28 Identifier "Keyboard0"
29 Driver "evdev"
30 Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
31 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
32 Option "XkbModel" "evdev"
33 Option "XkbLayout" "de"
34 Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
35 EndSection
36
37 Section "Monitor"
38 Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
39 Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
40 Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
41 Option "DPMS" "true"
42 EndSection
43
44 Section "Device"
45 Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
46 Driver "fglrx"
47 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
48 EndSection
49
50 Section "Screen"
51 Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
52 Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
53 Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
54 DefaultDepth 24
55 SubSection "Display"
56 Viewport 0 0
57 Depth 24
58 EndSubSection
59 EndSection
60
61
62 this is for fglrx - just change fglrx to nvidia - and you have a working
63 nvidia xorg.conf.
64
65 Just stop doing stupid things with your kernel config. No framebuffer. Not even
66 as modules!

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