Re: xserver-xorg under lenny

[steef <debian.linux@home.nl>]

hi paul,

.......thanks for your answer. must be dumb today. where do i find the 
*package* sgfxi?

nothing turned up when i did:  *apt-cache search sgfxi*

(i did find a lot of explanation/script, googling)

reg.,
steef


Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Thu December 18 2008, steef wrote:
>   
> > i never understood the necessity of this modernistic magical behavior of
> > xserver-xorg. i should love to have back the old days when
> > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg most times made screen-adaptions possible
> > without problems. maybe an advice for the highly respected developers??
> >     
>
> I have a Dell with NVIDIA card, and it has always driven me crazy when I had 
> to update the kernel, or re-do the driver. Until... 
> http://techpatterns.com/forums/about933.html
>
> sgfxi -c 
>
>
> cd /usr/local/bin
> sgfxi -c
>
>
> of course you need to install the package first.. this is without a doubt the 
> easiest way to get my nvidia setup working correctly..
>
>   


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steef van duin

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