Yellow Dog Linux 7 Support

TOPIC: Configuring X11 Driver

This guide details the settings for X11 for your system


First Boot Module
As part of the First Boot of a graphically installed system, you may select your X11 Driver. This is the driver used for your graphics card.

NVIDIA Driver:
Use the properitary NVIDIA X11 driver. Required to run CUDA applications.

  • This option only available if your system contains a Nvidia device.
X.org Driver:
Use the open source X.org X11 driver. This driver is all your need for running your graphics card, but it will cause system hangs when running CUDA applications.


Command Line
Swapping your X11 Driver after the initial installation is done from the comand line.

NVIDIA Driver:

yxc_cli.py --nvidia
X.org Driver:
yxc_cli.py --xorg


This HOWTO was prepared by Owen Stampflee and Matt Watson, Fixstars Solutions, Inc.



 
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