NVIDIA 3D acceleration

[Ric Moore]

On 11/01/2011 08:15 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Jeff G.<connyank at cox.net>  wrote:
>> On 11/01/2011 04:21 PM, ssc1478 wrote:
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>> install nvidia-settings and use it to set up xorg.conf.
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>
> Thanks for the suggestion Jeff.
>
> It's already installed.  I went into it and it looks correct.
The trick is to get what's correct written out to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Click on the tab "X Server Display Configuration".
Click on "Save to X configuration file".
Save it as /etc/X11/xorg.conf
enter your password
Tah Dah!
Logout and log back in again.
This time you will see a LOT more info in your xorg.conf file than you 
had before. Most notably you'll see:
Section "Device"
     Identifier     "Device0"
     Driver         "nvidia"
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
     BoardName      "D9M-20"  <-----whatever your's is
.
Run something like glxgears to test. Now OWL will sit up and do tricks 
for you. Also use this to set up multiple monitors with nVidia hardware. 
Enjoy! Ric

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