On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:47:45AM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > Variation is a strength, but mixing an xorg.conf file and files in > > xorg.conf.d/ seems messy to me. Maybe I'm just out on my own again > > ;-) > > Not really. We all get comfortable with different layouts. I install > Xorg in /opt, but the config is in /etc/X11. My xorg.conf is a bit more > than the default because I use the proprietary Nvidia driver and have > two monitors. For me, I have /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d as a link pointing to > /opt/xorg/share/X11/xorg.conf.d. The only thing there is an evdev > entry. I suppose I could put the xorg.conf file in xorg.conf.d or > conversely import the evdev entries into xorg.conf, however it is hard > to rationalize changing a working system. > I finally decided to boot my ppc64 and see if I could boot a current kernel. This has an NV34 - it had already been running nouveau with a 3.0 kernel (the build was similar to LFS from June 2010, with 32-bit userspace). I've at last got Xorg running again (rebuilt to current versions) - so much for going to bed early :-(
Anyway, with nouveau I _have_to_ put a minimal Device section into /etc/X11/xorg.conf and specify "nouveau" as the driver. I tried putting something similar in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ along with the evdev and keyboard conf files but it was ignored. So, my assumption that xorg.conf is no longer necessary appears to be wrong for those with the misfortune to use nvidia graphics cards. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
