I have the same problem. It seems that X will not use nvidia driver without any settings. So I simply run nvidia-xconfig to generate a new xorg.conf for nvidia....
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Patrick Bartek <bartek...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Just installed the proprietary nvidia driver on Wheezy 64-bit using the > dkms method as outlined in the Nvidia Debian wiki. No problems, except I > haven't got it working yet. But was wondering: Is it possible for the > nvidia driver to work without using an xorg.conf? Nouveau does. > > FYI: I'm not running a gui environment, just a window manager--Openbox. > System first boots to a terminal, login, startx. Very minimal. > > B > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/1364099315.97586.yahoomail...@web142304.mail.bf1.yahoo.com > > -- Jianjun Mao -- Blog <http://justmao.name>