[arch-general] Nvidia Driver Installed But Not Running

[Thomas Bächler]

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.

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