[SGVLUG] Xen and nVidia...

[Emerson, Tom (*IC)]

The problem isn't with the modules, but rather that I'll need an
entirely different xorg.conf file [or whatever it's called nowadays]
that specifies whether to use the nvidia module or the more-or-less
standard module; as X starts, it loads the module(s) it finds
 
I'm thinking scpm will do this, but it's been a while since I've dealt
with it (and then, only for reconfiguring my network based on the
selected configuration)

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You can pass modules information via your boot loader. Grub will at
least, I am not that learned on Lilo.


On 6/5/07, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <  <mailto:Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com>
Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote: 

...doesn't work (per nVidia)

My new laptop has an nVidia card, so naturally I want to use the 
vendor-supplied driver, but it seems it won't work with a "xen" enabled
kernel.  The (open)Suse wiki, however, has an article on how to patch
the binary driver so that it will work, but that seems a bit dicey to 
me...

So I'm looking for an alternative, and what comes to mind is to somehow
accomplish the following:

  1) when booting with the "default" kernel, us the accellerated nvidia
driver
  2) when booting with the "xen" kernel, revert to the standard VESA/fb
driver

Any thoughts on how I would go about this?






-- 
John Lowry



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