[Lvlug] Another RH invention?

[Tom Walsh]

dann s washko wrote:
> 
> I have been trying to get my TNT2 working properly again in Linux.  The
> nvidia drivers do not work well with Mesa as OpenGL programs run at a
> snails pace.  Nvidia has their own glx and glcore libraries which are
> incompatible with Mesa.  Well, in RH 6.2 it was a snap to get working.
> Since my update I have not had the same success.  I noticed today while
> picking through /etc/X11/XF86Config, that there is another file called
> XF86Config-4 in this directory.  Examining this file more closely and
> checking out /var/log/XF86Free.0.log, I notice that XF86Config is not
> being used.  It is XF86Config-4!  I have been editing the wrong file all
> along!
> 
> What gives here?  I had X 4.0.1.a running great under 6.2 and it was
> using XF86Config.  Anyone know if XF86Config-4 is another RH invention?
> 

I have just noticed the same files while working on a notebook machine
today.  When I run setup and choose "X configuration" it creates the
XF86Config-4 file,  looks like you are correct, this is some RH
extension.

TomW

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