On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:27:23PM +0000, Adam Spragg wrote: > Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: > > Short of adding a "Driver nvidia" line in my xorg.conf, how can I get > > the xserver to use that driver in preference to "nv"? > > I hope this isn't too intrusive, but the very nature of your question has > itself sparked my curiosity. > > Why would you want to be able to configure X to act in a certain way (use > nvidia instead of nv) without using X's existing configuration mechanism > (xorg.conf). Is there something wrong with xorg.conf? Is there some other > problem you're trying to solve/avoid? > > Did you have any idea as to the kind of method you thought might exist? > Something involving dpkg-divert, the "alternatives" system, of some other > symlink-fu maybe?
I noticed debian's auto-generated xorg.conf no longer contains (or needs) a "Driver" line for the video card. So I simply want to avoid hard-coding any specific driver to let the automatic selection mechanism do its thing. I might want to use "nv" in certain situation when "nvidia" is not available (trying new kernel for which nvidia-kernel-source doesn't compile). -- http://www.critikart.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
