Re: Getting Xorg to use nvidia driver now that "devices" section gone in Sid

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On Friday 27 June 2008, debian-user-digest-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
was heard to say:
I have installed both nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel-source(using
module-assistant for the latter to build and install the driver).
 In the past, at this point I would just use "dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xorg" to select "nvidia" instead of "nv".  Now, it appears
that the driver is supposed to be autodetected.  There is no longer
a "devices" section in my Xorg.conf.

Yes. I had opened a ticket on that, thinking that it was an error in
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, but was told that this is the new and
improved behavior.

I also use the nvidia driver, and am frustrated by the lack of
autodetection while being told that "everything is autodetected now".
But the ticket was closed, regardless. Such is life.

How can I be sure the "nvidia" driver is really installed, and how
can I get Xorg to use it?

Edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file like this:

=====
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
=====

Yep, we're back to hand editing configuration files.

Curt-

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