[YLUG] Dual xorg.conf

[Liam Wilson]

Hi again,
Stupid thing split the lines, it should have read:
#!/bin/bash
rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
lspci | grep i915
if [ "$?" = "0" ];then
  ln -s /etc/X11/xorg.conf.i915 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
else
  ln -s /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi

Liam

--- Liam Wilson <liam.wilson at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I thinks this works:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> lspci | grep i915
> if [ "$?" = "0" ];then
>         ln -s /etc/X11/xorg.conf.i915
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> else
>         ln -s /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> fi
> 
> Couldn't you just put it at the beginng of the init
> script that starts X so it automatically uses the
> right graphics card?
> 
> Liam
> --- Nicholas Thomas <lupine at yorkshire-pagans.org.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the super fast responses! A quick
> lspci
> > showed that when
> > > using my i915 there's no trace of the 6600. So I
> > take it then (with a
> > > bit of scripting prowess lol) I could make a
> > script that runs before X
> > > starts and changes xorg.conf to either.
> > xorg.conf.i915 or
> > > xorg.conf.6600? Or do I still need to run the
> > script myself by changing
> > > the run level?
> > >
> > > Cheers dudes :-D you know your stuff!
> > >
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Well, some of us do ;). All but the n00bist of the
> > n00b know that in Ubuntu, 
> > the default runlevel is '2' ;). 3-5 are identical
> to
> > 2, by default.
> > 
> > The best thing to do would be to have that script
> -
> > something like 
> > 
> > #!/bin/bash
> > if [`lspci |grep i915` == "i915"]
> > 	rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > 	ln -s /etc/X11/xorg.conf.915 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > 	(run x server here) &
> > 	exit
> > fi
> > 
> > rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > ln -s /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> > (run x server here) &
> > exit
> > 
> > Or... something like that, anyway. Bash scripting
> > isn't my strong point. If 
> > the if statement doesn't work like that, no doubt
> > you can check the return 
> > value of grep ($?)
> > 
> > As to what to do with it - no need to modify your
> > runlevels, etc. Simply 
> > follow the instructions you'd use for making
> gdm/kdm
> > boot Xgl (e.g. the 
> > method of running the startxgl.sh script
> referenced
> > at 
> > http://wiki.beryl-project.org/ ), but pointing to
> > your script instead. 
> > 
> > As for beryl or compiz... beryl has more flashy
> > effects :). IMO it's also 
> > coded better (although the writer of compiz
> > disagrees). It's also a fork of a 
> > Novell project, rather than directly supporting
> > Novell (as compiz does). We 
> > All Hate Novell(tm)
> > 
> > Of course, /some/ people here prefer Ion to Beryl
> ;)
> > 
> > You /will/ want to use the nVidia 9xxx series
> > drivers though, whichever one 
> > you choose - makes your startup script easier, if
> > nothing else. Ubotu 
> > quote....
> > [17:06] <ubotu> For Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft), you
> can
> > obtain the (unsupported!) 
> > Beta version of the binary NVidia drivers by using
> > one of these 
> > repositories: "deb http://amaranth.selfip.com/
> edgy
> > lrm" (for x86) or "deb 
> > http://ubuntu.lupine.me.uk/ edgy lrm-amd64" (for
> > AMD64)
> > 
> > the version in there right now is 9629 and not
> beta
> > anymore, but never mind.
> > 
> > HTH...
> > 
> > xF,
> > 
> > ...Nick
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
> 
>  
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