Nvidia + Livna nvidia drivers+ compiz= compiz not working???

[Deltanoob]

would i use it like gedit? nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

[glennzo]

would i use it like gedit? nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

Yep. nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[Deltanoob]

it worked! i changed nvidia to nv, alot of stuff in the section wasn't there so i am going to re-write it again if it goes wrong now i know 2 ways to fix it!!!!

THANKS!!!

[glennzo]

it worked! i changed nvidia to nv, alot of stuff in the section wasn't there so i am going to re-write it again if it goes wrong now i know 2 ways to fix it!!!!THANKS!!!

Nice! And look at it this way, you're learning a lot about Linux at the same time.

[Deltanoob]

hmm...

 

i copied everything into the section "device"

 

restarded and it failed :(

 

i tried to reinstall the nvidia drivers because i thought that maybe the drivers didn't install right..that didn't help.

so i am lost :(

 

this is my current corg.conf:

 

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Wed Sep 12 14:29:35 PDT 2007

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier     "Default Layout"
Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option         "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier     "Mouse0"
Driver         "mouse"
Option         "Protocol" "auto"
Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier     "Keyboard0"
Driver         "kbd"
Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option         "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier     "Monitor0"
VendorName     "Unknown"
ModelName      "Unknown"
HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier     "Videocard0"
Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier     "Screen0"
Device         "Videocard0"
Monitor        "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth    24
Option         "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option         "Composite" "Enable"
Option         "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
SubSection     "Display"
    Viewport    0 0
    Depth       24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

[glennzo]

hmm... 

i copied everything into the section "device"

 

restarded and it failed :(

 

i tried to reinstall the nvidia drivers because i thought that maybe the drivers didn't install right..that didn't help.

so i am lost :(

 

this is my current corg.conf:

 

Code:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Wed Sep 12 14:29:35 PDT 2007

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier     "Default Layout"
Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option         "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier     "Mouse0"
Driver         "mouse"
Option         "Protocol" "auto"
Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier     "Keyboard0"
Driver         "kbd"
Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option         "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier     "Monitor0"
VendorName     "Unknown"
ModelName      "Unknown"
HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier     "Videocard0"
Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier     "Screen0"
Device         "Videocard0"
Monitor        "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth    24
Option         "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option         "Composite" "Enable"
Option         "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
SubSection     "Display"
    Viewport    0 0
    Depth       24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

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Go back to the last xorg.conf that worked. Once you prove that it works back it up as something like xorg.conf.works (cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.works). Now you can play with the nvidia drivers and see f you can get them working, all the while confident that when you get frustrated with nvidia you can revert to a working xorg.conf easily. I wouls suggest re-installing the NVidia drivers and I would try kmod-nvidia, (yum install kmod-nvidia). You may have to figure out how to remove the old NVidia drivers first if there are any reported conflicts when you try to install kmod.

[Deltanoob]

How would i remove the drivers?

[glennzo]

How would i remove the drivers?

Depends on what you installed in the first place.

[Deltanoob]

i installed boht the livna and the drivers from nvidia.com....at the same time.

 

so....

[glennzo]

i installed boht the livna and the drivers from nvidia.com....at the same time.  

so....

If the drivers from NVidia were an .rpm file you can do rpm -e name of file. If not, I'm not sure. I don't want to mis-inform you and cause you to break your system.