Hello Raphael, I have do all the steps described in your blog post and i think that i have some issues (when using nvidia and try to start my skype camera gdm restarts ! ) In boot process i can see an err msg (init: switch-x ended...) Could you please tell me how can i debug and send you more informations?
Thanks in advance. -- Wayde. On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Raphael Gradenwitz < raph...@gradenwitz.ath.cx> wrote: > Hello Wayde, > > Am Sonntag, den 04.10.2009, 21:46 +0200 schrieb Wayde: > > In karmic, there is no more xorg.conf but we can create one and the > > options in it are used when X starts. > > In my Karmic still an xorg.conf exists, specially because of the uxa > acceleration: > Option "AccelMethod" "uxa" > Or do you know an other way without xorg.conf to use that acceleration? > > > You have missed a ".1" in the libgl name in the part between the marks > > (>> .. <<) > > libgl='/usr/lib/libGL.so.1' > > libglx='/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so' > > No, that is not forgotten, that is done extra! It does a readlink loop > until the last and real linktarget is found: > > while readlink $libgl; do > libgl=/usr/lib/$(basename `readlink $libgl`); > done > > after that loop, the variable "$libgl" bears the last and definitive > target, even if that is not libGL.so.1 but (like in my case) > libGL.so.1.2 (or maybe in future: libGL.so.2.xy) > > The system itself looks on LibGL.so (and reads the link), if that one > day gets a libGL.so.2 as target, my Script still works correct. > > The same with the nvidia lib-version. You can update your nvidia driver, > my scripts will use allways the highest installed version it can find. > > > And for the grub parameters in Karmic there is grub2, so we should add > > them to /etc/default/grub : > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2006\" acpi_backlight=vendor" > > Thank you for that Information, My Machine does still use grub(1) for > compatibility reasons but I will provide your Information on the linked > website. Thanks. > > > I'll continue the install and tell you what happens after. > > Thank you in advance. > Raphael > > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Raphael Gradenwitz > > <raph...@gradenwitz.ath.cx> wrote: > > Am Freitag, den 02.10.2009, 00:09 +0200 schrieb Raphael > > Gradenwitz: > > > .... > > > I saw that there are different outputs from lspci on > > different models, > > > > > so I had to change the init-scripts a little bit for > > autodiscovery. [1] > > > Finally i wrote a script called: > > > > > > > > /etc/X11/switch-x-to {intel|nvidia| > > load-nvidia-settings} [2] > > > > > > that must be invoked with one of the three arguments between > > the "{ }". > > > > > > the first two arguments are self explanatory, the last one I > > use to load > > > my nVidia Settings as I manage them in the settings-Manager > > from nVidia: > > > > > > sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings > > > > > > that makes a complicated xorg.conf file unnecessary but one > > have first > > > to run the nvidia-settings manager and setup a rc-file, save > > the > > > settings you want to restore on reboot and enter the path to > > that > > > rc-file in the top of the 'switch-x-to'-script. > > > > > > Now I invoke this scripts with the Upstart mechanism with > > the > > > > > file /etc/init/gdm.conf... > > > > I have changed this procedure again a little bit because after > > an > > upstart or gdm upgrade those changes could/(should) be > > overwritten. > > I now defined two upstart jobs. Those will not be overwritten. > > > > The exact changes I made and some other stuff is noted here: > > > > http://global-social.net/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=3 > > > > > > (Yes, I know, the server was down yesterday) > > > > regards, > > Raphael > > > > > > > > > [1] = wiki-page explaining everything for newbies > > > [2] = switch-x-to script > > > > > > [1] http://global-social.net/tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=3 > > > [2] http://global-social.net/files/switch-x-to > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > Post to : sony-vaio-z-series@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series<https://launchpad.net/%7Esony-vaio-z-series> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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