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The NVIDIA linux driver cannot be installed when the system is using the nouveau driver. The nouveau driver has been installed on all of the systems I’ve set up so far. To use the nvidia driver, do the following:

1. Edit /etc/grub.conf and add rdblacklist=nouveau vga=791 to the end of the kernel line.

2. yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nouveau

3. Edit /etc/inittab to change the runlevel to boot to from 5 to 3.

4. Create the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf and in it, put the following line:
blacklist nouveau

5. Reboot

6. Install the Nvidia driver and make sure to run the nvidia config in the last step.

7. Test it out by either rebooting or running init 5.

Posted by Mary Heintz on October 19, 2012 at 10:14 am under Display, Installation, Software.
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In Mac OS X (and basically anywhere that uses xterms), to put the scrollbar on the RIGHT side of the terminal, instead of the default left side, add the following to ~/.Xresources.

xterm.vt100.RightScrollBar:  true
xterm.vt100.ScrollBar:         true

Posted by Mary Heintz on October 13, 2008 at 2:58 pm under Commands, Display, Installation, Mac.
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gtf 1440 900 60 -x

The numbers are the resolution of the montior. In this case, it’s for a Dell 1908WFP. I got the numbers by looking at the monitor info in the menu that pops up on the monitor.

Put the output in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add the resolution to the list of resolutions near the bottom of the file.

Posted by Mary Heintz on May 23, 2008 at 10:48 am under Display, Hardware.
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