Xorg.conf vs. Xorg.config With BFG Nvidia G71 [GeForce 7300GS] & Hardy 64 Bit

[Dave Woyciesjes]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> --- On Mon, 10/20/08, Dave Woyciesjes <woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>>>
>>     Okay. Here's the quick n dirty. I let the install
>> use the default it 
>> wanted. Then I let the Hardware Drivers install whatever
>> proprietary 
>> driver it thought was best. Then I used nvidia-settings to
>> set it up. 
>> The setup did not seem to persist through reboots, so I
>> ended up editing 
>> the menu item for nvidia-settings, added "gksudo"
>> before the 
>> nvidia-settings command. Once I got it tweaked the way I
>> liked, I hit 
>> the Save To X Configuration file, and chose to not merge. I
>> assume it 
>> did a complete replace. To get the advanced effects, I then
>> had to 
>> install compizconfig-settings-manager.
>>
> So far, I'm with you except for having compizconfig-setings installed. It is now installed. I know see it one matter to activate compiz and totally another to configure it. Your post will help on this.  Thanks.
> 

	Yeah, not sure why it isn't included by default nowadays, or 
automagically installed when you turn on the advanced settings...

>>     That was all, no editing of xorg.conf from the
>> terminal. I just 
>> looked, and I only have xorg.conf, no xorg.config.
>>
> Well, I have manually edited xorg.conf several times some with succuess, some not. I guess I'm the only Ubutu Hardy user with xorg.confif file in my /etc/X11. I still wonder why I can run with xorg.conf deleted and X still works but no one has commented.
> 

	Have you tried adding gksudo to the nvidia-settings, and using that to 
configure? Once you get it the way you like, have it write to the 
xorg.conf file, and have a look. I have yet to edit it by hand.
	As for xorg.config, rename it out of the wya and see what happens?

>>     Now, currently I had to switch back to my nVidia Quadro
>> NVS 400 ( 
>> the powersupply couldn't keep up with the BFG), which
>> is using nvidia in 
>> the xorg.conf file (nvidia-glx).
>>
> Thanks to a new relatively upscale machine, I don't have that problem. Running 65C well below max. BTW, I couldn't get my card to work with nvidia-glx or nvidia-glx-new.

	Mayeb try removing both, reboot, and just take whatever the 
restrictedd/propreitary driver manager chooses?

>>     Let me know how you make out....
>>
> 
> well, I think I'm running at 1680x1050 native resolution but not sure how to verify that. I still have "nvidia" driver in xorg.conf and "nvidia-glx-new-envy in xorg.conf and if I remove xorg.conf I can't tell the difference in resolution. Wish I knew what I'm doing or better, what Hardy is doing.

	Don't know the details, but from what I gather reading here, X now 
dynamically detects hardware. IIRC, someone mentioned that xorg.conf 
isn't really needed anymore...

> Dave, thanks for the details I needed.  Much appreciated.
> 

	No problemo. Just for giggles, try it the way I did, and see what it 
gives you. Then compare that to your hand-edited xorg.conf...

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