X.org stalls - problems with NVIDIA graphics driver?

[golfer]

On 7/22/06, Glenn Enright <elinar at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> On Saturday 22 July 2006 14:38, golfer wrote:
> > On 7/18/06, Glenn Enright <elinar at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> > > Sorry about the slow response. The glx update alters symlinks to point to
> > > the correct glx libraries, it should not touch the xorg.conf file. IMHO
> > > :).  That error just means that the file was not changed. However it
> > > should have done the other stuff for you anyway.
> >
> > take a look at /usr/sbin/nvidia-glx-config and it looks like a script
> > that just tests and changes xorg.conf.  There's nothing to change or
> > create links in it.  Is there some other command you're thinking
> > about?
> >
> > regards,
> line 80...
>
> do_debconf() {
>   case $1 in
>     enable)
>       db_set ${SERVER}/config/device/driver nvidia      <<<<<<<<<<<<
>     ;;
>     disable)
>       db_set ${SERVER}/config/device/driver nv
>     ;;
>     *)
>       echo "this should NEVER happen!"
>       exit 1
>     ;;
>   esac
> }

I was going to try to check to see if the link existed, but this
reference does not help.  Where can I check to see if it exists?