Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?
----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Alderwick <andrew@alderwick.co.uk>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Running Nvidia Driver Without an xorg.conf?
>
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 09:28:35PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
>> Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using the
> dkms method as outlined in the Nvidia Debian wiki. No problems, except I
> haven't got it working yet.
>
> Best of luck!
>
>> But was wondering: Is it possible for the nvidia driver to work without
> using an xorg.conf? Nouveau does.
>
> Yes, on one of my typical machines I install nvidia-glx (usually along with
> nvidia-kernel-...-amd64 rather than nvidia-kernel-dkms, but that shouldn't
> matter) and it works fine on reboot. (I too run startx from one of the VTs,
> except it's usually awesome instead.)
>
> An important thing to look out for is that the nvidia kernel module is loaded on
> boot. If you're usually used to a high-resolution framebuffer VT when you
> boot, you'll notice the difference when the nvidia module is loaded because
> you'll be stuck at a lower resolution.
Right now, both nouveau and nvidia load on boot even though nouveau is blacklisted in the nividia conf file in modprobe.d. startx fails. I'm thinking maybe my initrd might need to be redone, but I'm going to try a minimal xorg.conf first. One thing at a time and keep it simple.
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