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DeletedUser210705

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Registered: 2020-10-01

Posts: 5

xinit/startx stops working after running nvidia-xconfig

Hey guys, I've been trying to get Nvidia drivers to get working on my laptop, I installed the nvidia and nvidia-utils packages and It DOES work I think (can't control brightness tho, I know It says to add a certain line under "devices", but I need to run nvidia-xconfig to generate the file, cause I'm scared to do it manually and even If I could I feel like it won't work just like usual ), until I run nvidia-xconfig, then typing xinit or startx shows me bunch of errors

any ideas what's going on?

Last edited by DeletedUser210705 (2020-10-13 22:21:51)

GaKu999

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From: US/Eastern

Registered: 2020-06-21

Posts: 696

Re: xinit/startx stops working after running nvidia-xconfig

We are not oracles, can you post logs, configs, output, any detail that might be used to help you?

Also post your .xinitrc

Last edited by GaKu999 (2020-10-14 00:33:20)

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2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,648

Re: xinit/startx stops working after running nvidia-xconfig

Moving to Newbie Corner.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,364

Re: xinit/startx stops working after running nvidia-xconfig

Stop using nvidia-xconfig, remove the configuration it generated and then read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus for your available options and decide for one approach.

Last edited by V1del (2020-10-14 01:43:07)