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xorg-server package

  1. Bug #326344
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 326344

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :

The effect of deleting /dev/nvidiactl is just to force compiz to use indirect binding. You can accomplish this less destructively by running
  export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1
  compiz &
or by putting this line in your ~/.gnomerc:
  export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1

Also, I assume the XFIX workaround just switches to the nv driver instead of the nvidia driver. That isn’t very helpful, since then you lose 3D entirely.