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i manually downloaded , installed nvidia video driver it's website. however, after running nvidia-xconfig xorg doesn't start saying "no screen found"
here's xorg.conf:


# nvidia-xconfig: x configuration file generated nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 275.09.07 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-03.nvidia.com) wed jun 8 14:38:32 pdt 2011

section "serverlayout"
identifier "layout0"
screen 0 "screen0"
inputdevice "keyboard0" "corekeyboard"
inputdevice "mouse0" "corepointer"
endsection

section "files"
endsection

section "inputdevice"
# generated default
identifier "mouse0"
driver "mouse"
option "protocol" "auto"
option "device" "/dev/psaux"
option "emulate3buttons" "no"
option "zaxismapping" "4 5"
endsection

section "inputdevice"
# generated default
identifier "keyboard0"
driver "kbd"
endsection

section "monitor"
identifier "monitor0"
vendorname "unknown"
modelname "unknown"
horizsync 28.0 - 33.0
vertrefresh 43.0 - 72.0
option "dpms"
endsection

section "device"
identifier "device0"
driver "nvidia"
vendorname "nvidia corporation"
endsection

section "screen"
identifier "screen0"
device "device0"
monitor "monitor0"
defaultdepth 24
subsection "display"
depth 24
endsubsection
endsection

i'm having same problem thinkpad's nvidia geforce 3100m. gotta love proprietary drivers!

reason behind dual graphics card (integrated intel hd graphics + nvidia card) cause trouble. can either force dedicated graphics through bios or delete /etc/x11/xorg.conf file , forget nvidia altogether.


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