Switching "nv" to "nvidia" = screen shifted to the left?
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Switching "nv" to "nvidia" = screen shifted to the left?
So I think I hav installed my nvidia driver properly....I think. Anyway, Once I edit the xorg.conf and change the driver from nv to nvidia and reload the x server, it appears that the screen is not filling up my entire laptop screen. The whole thing is shifted to the left and there is about 3 inches of black space to the right of my kde desktop. I'm sure that its using the nvidia driver at this point because I saw the nvidia splash screen come up. Once I switch back to nv in Xorg.conf, everything returns to normal, but I am assuming that I am no longer using my nvidia driver because the splash screen doesnt come up anymore. If anyone can help, please reply. I am posting a copy of my xorg.conf file. Thanks.
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Let me ask a question: which distribution are you running on? On OpenSuSE I used SaX2 (a graphical user interface which give a fine control on the display settings) to manually adjust the screen layout after installing Nvidia driver. Maybe there is something similar on other Linux distros.
Set driver to nvidia and just adjust your display accordingly. The display difference between those different drivers is normal. This is what those controls on your screen are made for
Btw you can diable that nvidia logo upon starting X by adding the inverted line
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