Re: [Cooker] new xorg / beryl / nvidia issues...

[scott chevalley]

Kjel Oslund wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 15:51 -0500, scott chevalley wrote:
>   
> > Olivier Blin wrote:
> >     
> > > Kjel Oslund <koslund@sympatico.ca> writes:
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > This path does not look ok
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > has anyone tried temporarily copying the nvidia libglx.so file to the 
> > /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/ folder and seeing if it works?  I'm 
> > at work and can't try it.  of course, back up the xorg libglx.so file 
> > first... :)
> >
> > Scott
> >     
>
> I modified my xorg.conf file to specify searching the nvidia extension
> directory before the regular directories. This works, the proper nvidia
> glx is loaded glx programs work. It seems that loading a module by
> giving a full path name is broken or no longer supported. My xorg.conf
> now looks like this:
>
> Section "Files"
>     # font server independent of the X server to render fonts.
>     FontPath "unix/:-1"
>     
>     # minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs
>     FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
>
>     ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
>     ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Extensions"
>     Option "Composite" "Enable"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>     #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
>     #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
>     AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse
> does not work
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>     Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
>     Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
>     Load "extmod"
>     Load "type1"
>     Load "freetype"
>     Load "glx"
> EndSection
>
> <snip>
>
>   
wicked... I'll try that when i get home tonight.

Now I've got problems with my Dell using an i810 driver.  corrupted 
shadows.  I'm using the new mesa and the new xorg server files