• From: Anchorage, AK
  • Registered: 2010-07-24
  • Posts: 5

Topic: Nvidia Performance Level

I have noticed in Linux that in order to get my Nvidia card to run full speed I have to change the Power Mizer settings in the nvidia-settings application. The power setting defaults to "Adaptive" which means that the card runs slow. There is a fix that works in Ubuntu to set the card permanently to "Prefer Maximum Performance" but in this Debian-based Crunchbang the fix breaks the X server. Here's the page at the Ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? … amp;page=2

See post 13 for the fix. It works great in Linux Mint but adding that line to xorg.conf in Crunchbang broke X. I had to use another computer to look up the commands to change file permissions and delete files so I could delete xorg.conf and get back into the GUI.

Yeah, I'm still new enough to Linux that it is a constant learning experience. smile But I really like it!

Anyway.. is there a way to make this fix work in Crunchbang? My card is an Nvidia GTX260.

http://www.amazon.com/BFG-GeForce-MAXCO … B0029D8D32

Thanks in advance for any help! smile

  • Awebb
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Re: Nvidia Performance Level

Erm... this one maybe? http://owened.net/2008/04/23/how-to-for … e-in-linux

Don't forget to think about wether you use xorg.conf, hal policies or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf. Depends on your setup.

Last edited by Awebb (2010-07-24 19:47:47)

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Re: Nvidia Performance Level

Yo could try this to make it run at max performance:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=828369

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  • From: Anchorage, AK
  • Registered: 2010-07-24
  • Posts: 5

Re: Nvidia Performance Level

Awebb wrote:

Erm... this one maybe? http://owened.net/2008/04/23/how-to-for … e-in-linux

Don't forget to think about wether you use xorg.conf, hal policies or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf. Depends on your setup.

I don't know which setup I'm using, but I apparently don't have an xorg.conf file and I don't have the xorg.conf.d directory. So I guess that leaves hal policies. Maybe I'm still more of a noob than I thought. I'm sure this is simple to fix, but I'm lost. I really appreciate the links from everybody, but they assume some knowledge that I don't have. I stay with GUI tools and don't mess with the command line or configuration files unless I absolutely have to. It's WAY too easy to bork an install. If nothing else, I can run nvidia-settings at every boot and change the power settings, but that's a pain to have to do.

I'm using Crunchbang Alpha 2 (obviously) and the latest Nvidia drivers from Synaptic, if that info helps any.