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   Message 15,797 of 17,684   
   Wim Cossement to AZ Nomad   
   Re: nvidia-drivers versus xorg.server   
   11 Sep 07 16:03:11   
   
   From: a@b.c   
      
   AZ Nomad wrote:   
   > On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:37:49 +0200, J.O. Aho  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> AZ Nomad wrote:   
   >>> nvidia-drivers now blocks xorg-server-1.4   
   >>> What gives?  Has nvidia-drivers been pulled into xorg-server?   
   >>> Do I have to quit using a portage package to install the nvidia drivers and   
   >>> instead should get the nvidia .run installer from nvidia directly?   
   >   
   >> Xorg 7.3 has changed ABI, which makes that the current nVidia driver won't   
   >> work with the new Xorg.   
   >   
   >> You can of course force the install and then you need to disable composite   
   in   
   >> your xorg.conf and then use "startx -- -ignoreABI" to start Xorg, but be   
   >> warned, this won't work for all.   
   >   
   > I'd prefer being able to use KDE.  Anybody know where the fuck the startx   
   > script for kde has been burried?  I killed an hour last night trying to   
   > find where I could stick '-ignoreABI'.   
      
   /usr/kde/3.5/share/config/kdm/kdmrc, probably the ServerArgsLocal option?   
      
   You should have been able to find it a looooot faster with locate or   
   just plain old find...   
      
   Wimmy   
      
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