Bug#612093: nvidia-glx: Install minimal configuration file

[Geoff Simmons]

Package: nvidia-glx
Version: 195.36.31-6
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

As the nvidia X driver is not autodetected, please consider installing a
minimal Xorg configuration file to /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/ during the
installation of the nvidia-glx package.

For example, the following snippet (as featured in README.Debian) could
be installed as /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/examples/20-nvidia.conf, then
copied to /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/ during package post-installation:

    Section "Device"
            Identifier "My GPU"
            Driver "nvidia"
    EndSection

This would assist in initial use of the driver and possibly eliminate
the need for a helper tool such as nvidia-xconfig.

Geoff

-- Package-specific info:
uname -a:
Linux p67 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 03:40:32 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

/proc/version:
Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-30) (ben at decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 03:40:32 UTC 2011

/proc/driver/nvidia/version: 
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  195.36.31  Thu Jun  3 08:19:50 PDT 2010
GCC version:  gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) 

lspci 'VGA compatible controller [0300]':
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS] [10de:0193] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc. Device [107d:20bd]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Region 1: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 3: Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	Region 5: I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at fb000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages nvidia-glx depends on:
ii  dpkg                         1.15.8.10   Debian package management system
ii  libc6                        2.11.2-10   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx [libgl1-nv 195.36.31-6 NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries
ii  libglx-nvidia-alternatives   195.36.31-6 simplifies replacing Xorg module l
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-k 195.36.31-6 NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xorg-vide 2:1.7.7-11  Xorg X server - core server

Versions of packages nvidia-glx recommends:
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver          195.36.31-6 NVIDIA vdpau driver

Versions of packages nvidia-glx suggests:
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-k 195.36.31-6 NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
pn  nvidia-settings              <none>      (no description available)

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms                          2.1.1.2-5  Dynamic Kernel Module Support Fram
ii  nvidia-kernel-common          20100522+1 NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor

Versions of packages nvidia-glx is related to:
ii  binutils                     2.20.1-16   The GNU assembler, linker and bina
pn  binutils-gold                <none>      (no description available)
ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64 [lin 2.6.32+29   Header files for Linux 2.6-amd64 (
ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64 2.6.32-30   Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-am
ii  nvidia-glx [nvidia-glx]      195.36.31-6 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii  nvidia-kernel-common         20100522+1  NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-k 195.36.31-6 NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
pn  nvidia-kernel-source         <none>      (no description available)
ii  xserver-xorg                 1:7.5+8     the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core            2:1.7.7-11  Xorg X server - core server

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