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so i got slackware 10.1 with the default kernel up and running. i'm trying to install nivida latest drivers and i can't get them to work properly. the installer says that the drivers are installed and that i should edit my xorg.conf file. the xorg.conf file has not changed in any way. there is no nvidia listed under the graphics device module section and dri isn't even an option to # out of the file. i know this can't be right, am i doing something wrong?
Take a look at Section "Device" you should see a line that says Driver "something" change it to Driver "nvidia"
If you don't see a DRI line, then DRI is not configured and that's ok (you don't need to comment with a # something that isn't even there)
Edit: Maybe you can see a line that says Load "dri" under Section "module" that's where you've to put a #, but only if it's on the config file.
well the problem is i think i did a poor job wording what the problem really is, xorg.conf is never updated from the drivers.
under the device section where it is supposed to say "nv" and you change it to "nvidia", it's still listed as a "vesa.... something" hopefully this makes more sense now, i'll try and get a quick snippet of the xorg.conf file so you can see what i mean. neways thanks for the help so far guys but i already knew that i just need to know why the xorg.conf file appears to not be prepared for the rest of the nvidia install.
changed the driver to nvidia and a fatal error occured, after i noticed that my identifer didn't match what i changed it to and changed it to that, it worked like a charm, thanks a lot guys.
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