alternate xf86config

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:24:58 -0500, Wade Barocsi <w.barocsi at cox.net> wrote:
> Hi, and Happy New Year,
> 
> I just jumped to the modern era with a 2.6 series kernel.
> Libranet is a bit slow releasing, so I upgraded to
> a mix of libranet and debian"unstable".
> 
> The Nvidia driver (for 3d acceleration) locks up.
> I used the newest version and nvidia's installer, but can't seem
> to get it to work.
> 

I don't have an nvidia card any more, but here are some things to try:

1. Upgrade to a later kernel (2.6.9) and reinstall your nvidia modules?
2. Downgrade a level or two on your nvidia modules?
3. If you're using framebuffer, very few modes will work with nvidia
and 2.6.x. Google for info.> I've given up (for now) on 3d with
2.6.7-1,

> How can I have 2 different configurations for xf86config-4 ?
> I'm using grub, perhaps some boot time voodo? or some other way
> to swich between "nv" and "nvidia" drivers between 2 kernels.
> 

The simplest way would be to disable the gui login (don't remember the
runlevels on debian; on the old standard, use runlevel 3 rather than 4
or 5. Then you can login and use startx to bring up your X system
(swap out the config files manually, or do some automated crap).

> My son is a big tuxracer fan, so 3D becomes important.
> 

<rant>
It would be a really good thing (tm) if nvidia knew what they were
doing in constructing kernel modules.
</rant>

Good luck,

-- 
 Collins