[ATrpms-devel] nvidia FC6

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:29:22AM -0300, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> Hi, Axel
> 
> I have to create an rpm for nvidia drivers series 9.x beta
> because they restore some missed capabilities since
> nvidia 8178.
> 
> Looking at the spec file, I did not see where the ModulePaths
> are writen to xorg.conf. Is this being done by nvidia installer?

It is usually done by a python script which is part of the
src.rpm. But I think this doesn't properly work with FC6's xorg.conf
and pyx86free packages. If you fix it, please resubmit it :)

> Also, to fix it for FC6, I will have to understand what is different
> in xorg 7.1. I think xorg site is the best place to learn, right?

Mostly that the xorg.conf has everything as a default and is therefore
a minimal stub now.

> Do you now of any howto available elsewhere?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /Paulo Roma.
> 
> On 10/25/06, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> >
> >On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 10:47:06AM -0300, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> >> Hi, Axel
> >>
> >> I installed FC6 yesterday morning, and although it s up and running
> >there
> >> are
> >> some differences. xorg.conf is almost "empty". I know they changed that.
> >> The idea is having everything recognized by default,
> >> but when I installed nvdia drivers form ATrpms, the rpm did not write
> >> anything
> >> in xorg.conf.
> >
> >That's because it needs a section to start with. It is a known problem
> >of the script, the ModulePath parts may have to be added in another
> >way now. I just haven't had the time to find a new solution, but
> >please beat me to it :)
> >
> >> Therefore, to load the module, I had to change nv for nvidia and also
> >add
> >>
> >> Section "Files"
> >> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> >> # By default, a font server independent of the X server is
> >> # used to render fonts.
> >>        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> >>        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
> >>        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> >>        FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >> Doing that, nvidia driver was loaded and appears to be fine.
> >>
> >> Are these ModulePath still necessary, or everything works out-of-the-box
> >> by a "miracle"?
> >>
> >> Now I think it is just to wait for the packages to appear.
> >>
> >> I realized that mplayer is not available. Any special reason?
> >>
> >> By the way, your yum kmdl module is trying to install both spca5xx and
> >> gspcav1
> >> (I have still have spca5xx from older kernels).
> >
> >Hm, even though the one obsoltes the other? Hm, not nice.
> >
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> /Paulo Roma.
> >

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