Hardware:Installing nVidia drivers in Pardus 2007

Revision as of 04:46, 16 January 2008

Choosing and Installing Drivers

If your graphic card is listed on this site, you must install legacy drivers:

sudo pisi it nvidia-glx-old nvidia-kernel-old

Otherwise you should install normal drivers:

sudo pisi it nvidia-glx-new nvidia-kernel-new

Configuring xorg.conf

sudo kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Device"
    Screen 0
    Identifier "VideoCard0"
    Driver     "nv"  # change "nv" to "nvidia"
    VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName  "GeForce"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "VideoCard0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth    24
        # change this to "1024×768" or whatever resolution you want to use
        Modes    "800x600"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

reboot

or press CTRL+ALT+Backspace to restart X

Testing Direct Rendering

glxinfo | grep -i direct

If Direct Rendering says "Yes", driver was installed successfully.
Note: don't do this as root; you have to be a "normal user" for this command to work.

Enabling Compositing (Optional)

sudo kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Extensions"
    # uncomment following line (remove #)
    Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Screen 0
    Identifier "VideoCard0"
    Driver     "nvidia"
    VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName  "GeForce"
    # add following line
    Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
EndSection

reboot

or press CTRL+ALT+Backspace to restart X

Enabling Dual Screen (Optional)

First, as usual before any changes, you need backup current xorg.conf. Next open config in favourite editor, and add following lines under section Device:

Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP, CRT"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP, CRT"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "DFP LeftOf CRT"
Option "NoPowerConnectorCheck"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "1"
Option "Metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024, DFP-0: 1680x1050"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31-82"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56-76"

Next you need comment out option Virtual under SubSection 'Display '. That option respond for size of virtual desktop. Also you need add option “Viewport 0 0″ under same SubSection.

And a last change is under Section ServerLayout. Add following params:

Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
Option "Xinerama" "Off"

Thats all. Save modified config, press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart X server and enjoy your new desktop ;-)