[olug] Configuring nvidia card in open SuSE 11.2

[dave at roweware.com]

I think in some later versions of X.org (at least with Arch) there isn't a xorg.conf file.  It builds it in the fly using HAL.  So, you may just need to create a barebones file that lists the nvidia driver and some basic settings.

-Dave
------Original Message------
From: Thomas D. Williamson
Sender: olug-bounces at olug.org
To: Omaha Linux User Group
ReplyTo: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: [olug] Configuring nvidia card in open SuSE 11.2
Sent: Nov 16, 2009 7:24 AM

I installed openSuSE 11.2 on my laptop. Everything went fine. I went  
back to get the driver and other files needed for the nvidia card. It  
told me those were installed. When I tried to adjust the  
configuration, there were no options. When I went back to the openSuSE  
site, it gave instructions on what needs to be done to get it working.  
I followed the instructions by entering:

nvidia-xconfig

These warnings are given:

Unable to locate/open x configuration file.

Unable to parse X.Org version string.

I remember doing something with sax, but I am not finding that utility  
as easily now, and that was a couple of versions ago. It looks like I  
need to start the Xserver for the nvidia card, but I am not sure how  
to do that with the responses I am getting.

Thanks,


Tom Williamson

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