X Server

General Information

Be sure so recompile input/video drivers like nvidia-drivers and xf86-input-evdev against the new server ABI when upgrading.

When there are no available nvidia-drivers which support the recent X.Org Server release are out you can try to pass the -ignoreABI switch to X, for example the configuration for KDE.

File: /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc

ServerCmd=/usr/bin/X -br -novtswitch -quiet -ignoreABI

X.Org Server 1.8 and greater

This release features udev input device management (HAL will be deprecated in future releases), it also adds xorg.conf.d directory support to simplify configuration. You no longer need a /etc/X11/xorg.conf or the previous HAL .fdi files.

X.Org Server 1.8 is supported by nvidia drivers >=195.36.24.

File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf

# Catch-all evdev loader for udev-based systems
# We don't simply match on any device since that also adds accelerometers
# and other devices that we don't really want to use. The list below
# matches everything but joysticks.

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev keyboard catchall"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev touchpad catchall"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev tablet catchall"
        MatchIsTablet "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "evdev touchscreen catchall"
        MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "evdev"
EndSection

File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "nvidia"
        Driver      "nouveau"
EndSection

File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-nvidia.conf

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "nvidia"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        Option      "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
        Option      "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
        Option      "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection

File: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/97-evdev.conf

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "keyboard-all"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Driver "evdev"
        Option "XkbLayout" "de"
        Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
        Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,compose:rwin,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection