nvidia shellscript slackware 13 xorg.conf

icecubeflower · 08-29-2009, 11:25 AM

So after I install the new Slackware I suppose I need to get drivers like always so I got NVidia's 64 bit driver for my video card like always but when it was done it asks me if I want it to update xorg.conf to make it use the new nvidia driver next time I start X?

Well I picked yes but the new X doesn't need an xorg.conf. So should I just delete the xorg.conf NVIDIA generated? Will X still find the NVIDIA driver if I do that?

And why would the NVidia xorg.conf generator add settings for my mouse, keyboard, and font paths?

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Fri Aug 14 18:33:37 PDT 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/TTF/"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

manwichmakesameal · 08-29-2009, 12:37 PM

You still need an xorg.conf if you want to use binary drivers. You can get by with just having

Code:

 Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Luxr · 04-28-2010, 03:03 AM

I assume don't delete that script. if you do, you can't login with Xwindow.

GazL · 04-28-2010, 03:53 AM

Saying Xorg doesn't need a xorg.conf isn't the right way of looking at it. Better to think of it as xorg trying its best to guess at reasonable settings if one isn't present (And that guess isn't always the most appropriate).

There are many parameters in xorg.conf that you may want to change to fine tune your X server. IMO some of the distros that are trying to run without one at-all are being very short sighted.

Leave the nvidia generated xorg.conf in-place, but feel free to customise it to your own needs.

zordrak · 04-28-2010, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icecubeflower

So after I install the new Slackware I suppose I need to get drivers like always so I got NVidia's 64 bit driver for my video card like always but when it was done it asks me if I want it to update xorg.conf to make it use the new nvidia driver next time I start X?

Well I picked yes but the new X doesn't need an xorg.conf. So should I just delete the xorg.conf NVIDIA generated? Will X still find the NVIDIA driver if I do that?

And why would the NVidia xorg.conf generator add settings for my mouse, keyboard, and font paths?

Configuring NVidia Cards on Slackware