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<DIV><SPAN class=784491423-05062007><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>The
problem isn't with the modules, but rather that I'll need an entirely different
xorg.conf file [or whatever it's called nowadays] that specifies whether to use
the nvidia module or the more-or-less standard module; as X starts, it loads the
module(s) it finds</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=784491423-05062007><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff>I'm
thinking scpm will do this, but it's been a while since I've dealt with it (and
then, only for reconfiguring my network based on the selected
configuration)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>John Jefferson Lowry IV<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:47
PM<BR><B>To:</B> SGVLUG Discussion List.<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SGVLUG] Xen
and nVidia...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>You can pass modules information via your
boot loader. Grub will at least, I am not that learned on Lilo.<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 6/5/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Emerson, Tom
(*IC)</B> <<A href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com">
Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">...doesn't
work (per nVidia)<BR><BR>My new laptop has an nVidia card, so naturally I
want to use the <BR>vendor-supplied driver, but it seems it won't work with
a "xen" enabled<BR>kernel. The (open)Suse wiki, however, has an
article on how to patch<BR>the binary driver so that it will work, but that
seems a bit dicey to <BR>me...<BR><BR>So I'm looking for an alternative, and
what comes to mind is to somehow<BR>accomplish the
following:<BR><BR> 1) when booting with the "default" kernel, us
the accellerated nvidia<BR>driver<BR> 2) when booting with the
"xen" kernel, revert to the standard VESA/fb<BR>driver<BR><BR>Any thoughts
on how I would go about this?<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR
clear=all><BR>-- <BR>John Lowry<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>