Nvidia Drivers / Sound issues (F3jm Notebook)

[xephrey]

Okay, I tried that and logged out and in, and it worked flawlessly. But when I rebooted, the xorg.conf file (at least I'm assuming its that one) broke. I did make a back up of my old one... at least I think I did. I followed the ubuntu guide and typed in the command they told me to type in. So now how do I restore it? lol

=)

[j7uy5]

I don't knowhow it is getting changed, but I can tell you how to restore the backup. Using the super-user mode in Konqueror, delete the one you want to get rid of, or better yet, rename it to something. Then right click on the backup, copy, then try to paste it into the same directory. It will tell you there is already a file with that name, and ask you for a new file name. type xorg.conf and save it. The backup will still be there, and the restored copy will have the correct name. Of course you also can do it using the command line, but this is easier to remember.

[xephrey]

I need command line instructions... I have no GUI anymore. haha

thx!

[j7uy5]

Oh. No GUI. I should have thought of that. What I do in that situation is use Midnight Commander, a text-based "GUI." Like Norton Commander, if you are old enough to remember that. If mc is not installed, type "emerge mc" to get it, then "mc" to start. It is not as easy as Konqueror but you probably can muddle through it.

[xephrey]

Hey! Thanks! That really helped! I got my GUI back and everything. Only now I'm just about back to where I was in the beginning. Nvidia-settings now suddenly decided to give me options to adjust. So I am able to go to my max resolution. The problem is that it doesnt stick that way when I restart. Even when I say 'save to X'. I had this problem in Ubuntu as well once, but I just altered the xorg.conf then, only that time, it didnt break. I found this link through a friend http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Asus_F3JM

Basically telling me all the stuff I need to alter to get the most out of this model of laptop. The thing I'd like to alter the most is get sound working. And, well... I did as it said and it had no results.

Any ideas?

Also, as well as Acceleration Manager when I check the 'use AIGLX' or 'XGL' feature and then click 'configure desktop acceleration', it just closes the window and does noting.

Thats the latest!

Thanks again for all the help & good suggestions!

[wolfden]

for sound can u

# alsaconf <--config card
# alsamixer <-- adjust volumes

accel-manager than select the one u want and than restart X


You can't be using nvidia settings and accel-manager at same time - nvidia-settings overwrites the xorg.conf and kills the desktop acceleration. If you do do that, u must go back into the xorg.conf and re-enable the desktop acceleration settings.