<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 1 September 2005), see www.w3.org"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= "text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <title>Chapter 6. Configuring X for the NVIDIA Driver</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title= "NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver README and Installation Guide"> <link rel="up" href="part-01.html" title= "Part I. Installation and Configuration Instructions"> <link rel="prev" href="chapter-05.html" title= "Chapter 5. Listing of Installed Components"> <link rel="next" href="chapter-06-section-02.html" title= "Manually Editing the Configuration File"> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 6. Configuring X for the NVIDIA Driver</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href= "chapter-05.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">Part I. Installation and Configuration Instructions</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href= "chapter-06-section-02.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr></div> <div class="chapter" lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title"><a name="editxconfig" id= "editxconfig"></a>Chapter 6. Configuring X for the NVIDIA Driver</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="toc"> <p><b>Table of Contents</b></p> <dl> <dt><span class="section"><a href="chapter-06.html#id300933">Using nvidia-xconfig to configure the X server</a></span></dt> <dt><span class="section"><a href= "chapter-06-section-02.html">Manually Editing the Configuration File</a></span></dt> </dl> </div> <p>The X configuration file provides a means to configure the X server. This section describes the settings necessary to enable the NVIDIA driver. A comprehensive list of parameters is provided in <a href="appendix-b.html" title= "Appendix B. X Config Options">Appendix B, <i>X Config Options</i></a>.</p> <p>The NVIDIA Driver includes a utility called nvidia-xconfig, which is designed to make editing the X configuration file easy. You can also edit it by hand.</p> <div class="section" lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id300933" id= "id300933"></a>Using nvidia-xconfig to configure the X server</h2> </div> </div> </div> <p>nvidia-xconfig will find the X configuration file and modify it to use the NVIDIA X driver. In most cases, you can simply answer "Yes" when the installer asks if it should run it. If you need to reconfigure your X server later, you can run nvidia-xconfig again from a terminal. nvidia-xconfig will make a backup copy of your configuration file before modifying it.</p> <p>Note that the X server must be restarted for any changes to its configuration file to take effect.</p> <p>More information about nvidia-xconfig can be found in the nvidia-xconfig manual page by running.</p> <pre class="screen"> % man nvidia-xconfig </pre> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href= "chapter-05.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href= "part-01.html">Up</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href= "chapter-06-section-02.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> Chapter 5. Listing of Installed Components </td> <td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href= "index.html">Home</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Manually Editing the Configuration File</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>