Re: NVIDIA and VGA-out
Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 06:34:41 -0700, Hugo Wau wrote:
>
>> My Notebook running SID AMD64 actually with 2.6.27.4 vanilla kernel, is
>> equipped with a GeForce Go6100 graphic adapter.
>> I need to connect a beamer during lectures - preferably in dual screen
>> mode (Notebook screen + beamer being active).
>>
>
> I think the nv driver supports randr for some models, so you can try
> xrandr (from package x11-xserver-utils) or grandr (package grandr).
>
I never had thought of xrandr but reading the man page revealed, that it
probably will detect the beamer with the --auto option. I'll give it a
try asap.
>> Or is it possible to run the system depending on the kernel version with
>> the NVIDIA close software for the 2.6.27 kernel and with older kernels
>> and the open source drivers?
>>
>
> It might be possible if you do not specify a driver in your xorg.conf,
> but I don't know for sure.
>
>
>> Which files need to be restored from backup for either one or the other?
>>
>
> The file is /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It has a section called "Device" which
> lets you specify
>
> Driver "nvidia"
>
> or
>
> Driver "nv"
>
>
Thank you Florian, this is the file which I need to change and to backup
and restore.
This was a great help.
Hugo Wau
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