Livna nvidia driver keeps changing xorg.conf

[june3474]

Hi folks,
I installed Livna nvidia driver (kmod-nvidia-1.0.9755-2.2.6.20_1.2948) on my FC6 (Kernel2.6.20). It works fine. But seems like it keeps doing a kind of initialization such as checking vsync and modules everytime I boot up and changing my xorg.conf. Any idea to skip that part?

[Firewing1]

If you'd like to skip the autoedit, type:

su -
service nvidia stop
chkconfig nvidia off

But then your accelerated rendering may stop working.

What the driver does is check if the correct kernel module is installed. If it is, then it enables the nVidia driver by changing your Driver section and also adds options to allow Compiz (the so-called "Desktop Effects") to work properly. On shutdown, it undoes the changes in case the module isn't found. That way, you'll still have a GUI when you reboot without a proper module instead of a black screen with errors.
Firewing1

[june3474]

Thanks Firewing1!
didn't know there is a secret like that.

[lmo]

Originally Posted by Firewing1

If you'd like to skip the autoedit, type:

su -
service nvidia stop
chkconfig nvidia off

But then your accelerated rendering may stop working.

What the driver does is check if the correct kernel module is installed. If it is, then it enables the nVidia driver by changing your Driver section and also adds options to allow Compiz (the so-called "Desktop Effects") to work properly. On shutdown, it undoes the changes in case the module isn't found. That way, you'll still have a GUI when you reboot without a proper module instead of a black screen with errors.
Firewing1

chkconfig nvidia off
removes the entries /etc/rc[0-6].d/SXXnvidia
but it doesn't remove the corresponding entries /etc/rc[0-6].d/KXXnvidia
On shutdown, it undoes the changes because of the /etc/rc[0-6].d/KXXnvida things
which causes accelerated rendering may stop working.

In my case, I wanted it to skip the autoedit and also the (unknown) auto-unedit, so I deleted the /etc/rc[0-6].d/KXXnvidia things.

I had somehow expected "chkconfig off" to do that, but i guess it doesn't.
Anyway, this worked worked for me.