where is the /usr/sbin/nvidia-config-xfree86 BUG

François Patte Francois.Patte at math-info.univ-paris5.fr
Sun Aug 22 07:09:28 UTC 2004


Selon François Patte <Francois.Patte at math-info.univ-paris5.fr>:

> Bonjour,
>
> I can see on the page: http://rpm.livna.org/livna-switcher.html
>
> <cite>
> You can also use this tool manually if you want to temporarily switch back to
> the XFree86 driver without uninstalling the Nvidia driver. Just run
> "/usr/sbin/nvidia-config-xfree86 disable" to revert back to the XFree86
> driver.
> The effects of running with the "enable" argument is left as an exercise to
> the
> reader. :-)
> </cite>
>
> I can read in the script  /etc/rc.d/init.d/nvidia from package
> nvidia-glx-1.0.6106-0.lvn.4.1:
>
> <cite>
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # nvidia:       Enable/Disable nvidia driver in XF86Config
> #
> # chkconfig:    2345 98 02
> # description:  This script will check if the nvidia kernel module is present
> \
> #       for the running kernel modify the XF86Config to the 'best' config
> # processname:  nvidia
>
> # Source function library.
> . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
>
> exec="/usr/sbin/nvidia-config-xfree86"
> </cite>
>
> But where is this /usr/sbin/nvidia-config-xfree86 program? I can't find it
> nowhere in my machine...

I guess that this a bug of the package nvidia-glx-1.0.6106-0.lvn.4.1: The
program is now: nvidia-config-display

Am I right? is it still nvidia-config-xfree86? What should I change: the script
/etc/rc.d/init.d/nvidia or the name of program nvidia-config-display
 into nvidia-config-xfree86

--
François Patte

Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient - Pune - Inde
Université René Descartes - Paris 5
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte





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