[arch-general] Nvidia Driver Installed But Not Running
I recently installed the nvidia driver from 'Pacman' and rebooted. I have not since updated / upgraded the kernel. I notice that when I try and open my 'nVidia X Server Config' window and it tells me: You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file. I looked in /etc/X11/ directory and don't see xorg.conf file. Does anyone know how I can get my nVidia drivers working on Arch Linux? It installed fine however it's not running for some reason. -Carlos
On 04/28/10 20:15, Carlos Mennens wrote:
I recently installed the nvidia driver from 'Pacman' and rebooted. I have not since updated / upgraded the kernel. I notice that when I try and open my 'nVidia X Server Config' window and it tells me:
You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file.
I looked in /etc/X11/ directory and don't see xorg.conf file. Does anyone know how I can get my nVidia drivers working on Arch Linux? It installed fine however it's not running for some reason.
-Carlos
You need to configure it, create your Xorg configuration file by logging in as root in runlevel 3 and typing this command: Xorg -configure It will create xorg.conf.new or whatever. Copy it to /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Administrator www.itech7.com मेरा भारत महान ! मम भारत: महत्तम भवतु !
On 29/04/10 00:45, Carlos Mennens wrote:
I recently installed the nvidia driver from 'Pacman' and rebooted. I have not since updated / upgraded the kernel. I notice that when I try and open my 'nVidia X Server Config' window and it tells me:
You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file.
I looked in /etc/X11/ directory and don't see xorg.conf file. Does anyone know how I can get my nVidia drivers working on Arch Linux? It installed fine however it's not running for some reason.
Have a look at the NVIDIA page in the wiki. It gives detailed information on setting this up (hint: nvidia-xconfig)
Am 28.04.2010 16:48, schrieb Allan McRae:
On 29/04/10 00:45, Carlos Mennens wrote:
I recently installed the nvidia driver from 'Pacman' and rebooted. I have not since updated / upgraded the kernel. I notice that when I try and open my 'nVidia X Server Config' window and it tells me:
You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file.
I looked in /etc/X11/ directory and don't see xorg.conf file. Does anyone know how I can get my nVidia drivers working on Arch Linux? It installed fine however it's not running for some reason.
Have a look at the NVIDIA page in the wiki. It gives detailed information on setting this up (hint: nvidia-xconfig)
I particularly like that it suffices to use the following minimal xorg.conf file, the rest is automatically generated: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nvidia#Minimal_configuration Without it, Xorg will NOT try to use the nvidia driver and fall back to nv, nouveau or vesa.
Thanks all! It's working on my system looks amazing!
participants (4)
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Allan McRae
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Carlos Mennens
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Nilesh Govindarajan
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Thomas Bächler