On Thursday 18 December 2003 16:31, John Richard Smith wrote: > >Here is the relevant section in mine: > > > >Section "Device" > > Identifier "device1" > > VendorName "nVidia Corporation" > > BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)" > > Driver "nvidia" > > Option "DPMS" > >EndSection > > > >you mean I should change Driver "nvidia" to Driver "nv"??? > >What's the difference? > > That's right
Actually it's not right (but not wrong, either) "nv" is the generic nvidia- driver that comes with XFree86. "nvidia" is the proprietary driver delivered by Nvidia themselves and uses the kernel module. "nv" works quite well but doesn't offer hardware acceleration. If the existing XFRee86Config-4 says "nvidia" and you've got X going, means you installed the kernel-drivers and are using them. If it doesn't work you can always use "nv" which doesn't require extra drivers. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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