[Slackbuilds-users] nvidia-kernel

[King Beowulf]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 3:55 AM, emmel <the_emmel at gmx.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:48:06AM -0700, King Beowulf wrote:
> > Emmel, see LQ thread I stgarted to get more exposure on this topic.  On
> my
> > system /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d has priority.
> >
> > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 02:35:30PM -0700, King Beowulf wrote:
> > > > Hmmm.  From your and Robby's email to this list, my interpretation
> was
> > > that
> > > > anything in /etc/X11/ will override /usr/share/X11, but maybe I
> > > understood
> > > > that wrong?  Or is it just that /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d overrides
> > > > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d?  What I observe is that anything in
> > > > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d has priority.
> > > >
> > > > There seems to be conflicting information after googling about this.
>  The
> > > > X.org docs seem to imply that /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d is searched
> LAST
> > > so
> > > > that word give it priority? Others say that
> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d is
> > > > search first and so has lower priority?  Acccording to
> > > > http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-April/006852.html
> > > >
> > > > In addition to the conf files found in /etc/X11 or $sysconfdir/X11
> used
> > > > for local administration, we also reserve a system directory for
> vendor
> > > > and package usage. The simple search path is:
> > > >
> > > >     /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
> > > >     $datadir/X11/xorg.conf.d
> > > >
> > > > Files from these directories will have the lowest config priority.
> > > >
> > > > So you can understand my confusion.
> > >
> > > Well, the way I understand it and the way it seems to work for me is
> > > that any files in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d will get overridden by
> > > files of the same name in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d.
> > >
> > > > BTW, emmel, check the driver readme for a bunch of coolbits settings,
> > > > depending on the card.  The fan one is nice as I can drop the
> decibels
> > > > unless I am playing a game.
> > >
> > > I checked it out. Though I have to have a look at the maximum allowed
> > > die temperature for my card, before I toy with that. Melting my
> graphics
> > > card is not in the plan for me.
>
> Well, I had a look. After some searching. I have no idea where the part
> with xorg.conf overrides everything comes from. I've never actually
> tried to put any static configuration in the config dirs. But, and let
> me say that very clearly:
>
> The xorg.conf doesn't matter to your package.
>
> Although it would be nice to know if xorg.conf settings do override.
> From my (hard learned) hot plugging lessons, I can however attast to the
> following: Hot plugged stuff completely ignores the xorg.conf, unless
> you disable hotplugging entirely in the xorg.cong. I wouldn't be too
> surprised if you see something similar, even though graphics cards
> usually aren't hot plugged in the traditional sense.
>
> Anyway, after copying the settings file in question from
> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, any the letter would
> take precedece. And this *is* the preferred way to deal with those
> configurations. Have a look at the comments in 90-keyboard-layout.conf.
>
> Oh, just had a look. It actually seems that not the whole file gets
> overridden, but the sections therein. My custom keymap file is just
> called keymap.conf...
>
> Long story made short: In our specific case, putting the Coolbits
> setting in a copied settings file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d should work
> and be the way to go. You jsut supply the /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
> file. Users should not adjust their xorg.conf, but the copy in
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d.
>
> Huh. Lots of typing, not so much content. Hope this helps matters,
> though.
>
> On a different note, activating the Coolbits option gives me the option
> to change the fan settings, but not the clock. Odd.
>
> Oh, and please refrain from top posting and cut the signatures when
> replying.
>
> HTH/HANDA
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Sorry for the top post.  That's what get for using gmail web client...

I sent in a diff to fix nvidia-kernel up a bit.  I did see the comments in
90-keyboard-layout.conf and was hoping 10-nvidia.conf would behave the same
way. No such luck here.  Its a small niggle, but I do want a simple default
that can be tweaked in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d as needed.  I can't seem to get
it to work.

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