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Re: [LUG] nVidia card Drivers

 

Thomas Arrow wrote:
Hi,
Thanks everyone. It works. I guess it helps if when then readme file is
no help to start with you don't give up with it all together.
Thanks again
Hi tom, if you like, you can have my /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

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Section "Files"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
 FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
 FontPath     "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
 Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load         "freetype"
 Load         "type1"
 Load         "dbe"
 Load         "glx"
 Load         "extmod"
 Load         "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver       "kbd"
 Identifier   "Keyboard[1]"
 Option       "Protocol" "Standard"
 Option       "XkbLayout" "gb"
 Option       "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver       "mouse"
 Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
 Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option       "Name" "ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse"
 Option       "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
 Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
 Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
 DisplaySize  340 270
 HorizSync    31-81
 Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
 ModelName    "1280X1024@75HZ"
 VendorName   "--> LCD"
 VertRefresh  56-76
 UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
 Identifier   "Modes[0]"
 Modeline       "1280x1024" 134.72 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1068
 Modeline       "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -HSync -VSync
 Modeline       "1024x768" 67.48 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 797
 Modeline       "1024x768" 79.52 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 801
 Modeline       "640x480" 25.10 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 498
 Modeline       "640x480" 29.84 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 501
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
   Depth      15
Modes "640x480" EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
   Depth      16
Modes "640x480" EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
   Depth      24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480" EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
   Depth      32
Modes "640x480" EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
   Depth      8
Modes "640x480" EndSubSection
 Device       "Device[0]"
 Identifier   "Screen[0]"
 Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 BoardName    "GeForce FX 5500"
 BusID        "1:0:0"
 Driver       "nvidia"
 Identifier   "Device[0]"
 Option       "alwaysshared"
 Option       "IgnoreDevice" "TV"
 Option       "httpdir" "/usr/share/vnc/classes"
 Option       "RenderAccel" "True"
 Option       "rfbauth" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
 Option       "AllowGLXWithComposite" "1"
 Screen       0
 VendorName   "NVidia"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier   "Layout[all]"
 InputDevice  "Keyboard[1]" "CoreKeyboard"
 InputDevice  "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
 Option       "Clone" "off"
 Option       "Xinerama" "off"
 Screen       "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Group      "video"
   Mode       0660
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
 Option       "RENDER" "Enable"
 #Option       "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

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You may just want to take some of the relevant sections, such as Extensions, Device, Module, and possibly Files.
This works great for me.
Also, good to see that you're home now. Me too :).
Has the router arrived yet? And excetera...

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