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avatar n00b
Joined: 23 Jul 2002 Posts: 44 Location: London
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Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2002 11:44 pm Post subject: nvidia driver question - need to edit XF86Config ? |
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I've installed nvidia drivers from portage. I get the splash screen just before fluxbox and it works fine. Now, how do I put on the nice effects like put a shadow around the mouse etc? I looked in XF86Config and see that it was not updated.
The reason I'm asking this question is that I've installed the nvidia drivers directly from the nvidia site when I was using Slackware, and looked into the XF86Config, and a whole bunch of extra options were added there. |
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maystorm Apprentice
Joined: 02 Jun 2002 Posts: 222 Location: Germany, not far away
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 1:14 am Post subject: |
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You'll need to edit your XF86Config file manually. Please note that you can find a sample config file here after having emerged the nvidia drivers: /usr/doc/nvidia-glx-xxxxx/XF86Config.sample.gz
I've tweaked my XF86Config in the meantime to contain following additional lines (to disable the splash screen and get mouse shadow):
Code: | Section "Device"
Identifier "GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
[...snip...]
Option "NoLogo" "1" # Turn off logo display
Option "CursorShadow" "true" # Shadowed mouse cursor
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "60"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "2"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
[...snip...]
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 8:55 am Post subject: Does X takes a long time to load? |
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I recently bought a GeForce 4 mx 440 based video card
(upgraded from GF2MX) and X takes forever to load after installing Nvidia drivers I wanted to ask if you had similar problems (if it's a problem at all) |
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maystorm Apprentice
Joined: 02 Jun 2002 Posts: 222 Location: Germany, not far away
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Was the loading time faster before you upgraded to your GF4 card?
I remember having seen some threads in these forums dealing with slowly starting X servers, perhaps you can try a search https://forums.gentoo.org/search.php.
My X starts with what I would call normal speed, however, I've not got a GF4 but a GF2 card. _________________ Linux user #216018 |
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 10:41 am Post subject: Yes it was |
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With GF2 X used to load in 1-2 seconds. now it takes almost half a minute
to load. (same with win98 actually) when I use the non-accelerated nv driver it loads quickly but the pointer is invisible. I also tried to use XDirectFB but
I really don't know how to make the rivaFB kernel driver work. |
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maystorm Apprentice
Joined: 02 Jun 2002 Posts: 222 Location: Germany, not far away
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Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2002 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry, wouldn't have any idea straight away what could cause the slow-down.
However, you may want to have a look at the nVidia Linux Driver Troubleshooting Guide; worth could be to try the tweak regarding BIOS Repost mentioned in that document. _________________ Linux user #216018 |
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