> > When I inserted a new nVidia graphics card (and even after after > > replacing it with the old card of the same type), users could no > > longer start X because the configuration looked for decprecated > > libraries (pex5 and xie). Root had no such trouble. > > The NVidia driver i use does not has pex5 or xie, just what driver did you > try.??
The problem was that apparently I was using the wrong driver, and that killed X server, and so I backed out. I'm currently using the nv driver that comes with my RH distribution. > man XF86Config states > " > XFree86 uses a configuration file called XF86Config for its initial setup. > This configuration file is searched for in the following places when the > server is started as a normal user: > > /etc/X11/<cmdline> > /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/<cmdline> > /etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG > /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /etc/X11/XF86Config > /etc/XF86Config > /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config.<hostname> > /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.<hostname> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config-4 > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config > " > > So you see that XF86Config-4 will get "ignored" IF a file called XF86Config > is found. Yes, I see that now that you point it out. This is why I'm using XF86Config-4. So it seems the problem is not that I'm using the wrong configuration file, but that it tries to load depcrecated libraries. > > So my question is, how do I get XF86 to use XFConfig rather than > > XFConfig-4? Is there a utility to set this value? > > Looks like you have "named" your files incorrectly, you keep making > referancies to, "XFConfig" and "XFConfig-4" they are; > XF86Config > XF86Config-4 Sorry. Typos. My head begins to swim. Also, because I'm running emacs to write, and doing so from a user xterm with root logged in, I don't have some of my configurations, and as a result, the type is microsopic. I can barely see it. I'm going to try simply to edit the XF86Config-4 to remove the statement that load the deprecated libraries and see what happens. Haines - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
