-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Heck I remember hand coding vsync and hsync timings back in the 1.2 days. All so we could experience the glory that is twm :) On 04/29/2014 10:32 AM, Jake Vath wrote: > Yeah, It's funny that I really have not experienced too many of > the visual artifacts when using the Nouveau drivers. Mostly It's > been performance and heat related issues. I've definitely had > issues with with extending and duplicating my desktop workspace > too. > > I think you're right about the laptops, I have not had any issues > with my desktop, but that has a much newer graphics card. > > Opensource drivers are so much better than they used to be though. > I'm just glad I don't have to spend days trying to figure out my X > config... > > I remember trying to get the X server running on Slackware v12 or > Slackware v11. I want to say that it was Slackware v12 because I > remember running a 2.6.x kernel, which was released around then. It > might have been running Slackware v11 after compiling the 2.6 > kernel. At any rate, Nouveau drivers are so much better than what > we used to have. > > -> Jake > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org > <mailto:jmore at starmind.org>> wrote: > > I will say, to get in front of a likely future post ... the open > source drivers have issues. The pink line is one. The one I > often run into is failure to support the external VGA port while in > 3D acceleration mode. > > The fix is to use the Nvidia Proprietary drivers. However, on > *some* systems, this introduces new issues. The one I keep seeing > is that the driver isn't always recognized by X on boot. This > mostly happens after kernel updates, but can happen if my laptop > has been off too long or not off long enough. It's weird and > immensely frustrating. The fix is to use the poweroff command, let > it sit for 60 seconds and turn it on again. Then all the kernel > modules register in the right order. > > You can sometimes force it by uninstalling and re-installing the > drivers with apt-get or dpkg, but sometimes that doesn't work > either. This problem seems particular to laptops that have both > Intel and NVidia cards and are using the NVidia proprietary > drivers. > > -Josh > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:58 AM, David Wagle > <david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com>> wrote: > > I was using the provided drivers. Switching to the proprietary > drivers solved the problem. > > On 04/29/2014 09:45 AM, Josh More wrote: >> Are you using the provided drivers or the binary drivers from >> Nvidia? > > >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:20 AM, David Wagle >> <david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com> > <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com>>> > wrote: > >> Nvidia 7600 4G > >> On 04/29/2014 09:12 AM, Jake Vath wrote: >>> What kind of graphics is you computer running? AMD, NVidia, or >>> Intel? > >>> -> Jake > > >>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:08 AM, David Wagle >>> <david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com> > <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com>> >> <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com> > <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com>>>> >> wrote: > >>> So I decided to install Mint Cinnamon LMDE for yucks. > >>> It works great and I could see even sticking with this over >>> XMonad on Arch, I'm kind of done with tweaking for tweaking's >>> sake :) > >>> But I have an issue that I can't quite figure out. > >>> On my left monitor I have a bright pink line on the left most >>> side of the monitor. > >>> What's really weird is that if I do a screen capture, it >>> doesn't show up, so I can't give a picture of it. It does >>> appear to be outside the display area because when I move my >>> mouse over there, the mouse stops before going over the pink >>> line. > >>> Any ideas? _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>> >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>>> >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing >>> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>> >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing >> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>> >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > >> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing >> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List > - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List > - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List > - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTX8gSAAoJELWzpBXk2k3wn8kIAIMKtHDG50Wk5vClSBO5eFTw 4rykUqkSuPY3+7hjQIBVUiSDOWfBdiKf/gO26xluanjqwUNnOnYCzDCso7VcegS3 lCDlJ60xxBM+1nonkAAC+E0ZnHTUxsi74Xfmt5QDYxQjiwvbXfXvgZdUPIPXUnsx p/ykIuHCyg6BF4P3/DlRTXBYdQlQ6wILyqYvBazs0/9+LLVxxyLbswz52dRmr8Bn kO3BJIAFry7YF+Ip7gnlRVBYm0gfRoWHBRbwu3pd9U0FwOg/CW5TranrkUfZYOft 020v4Z0ugRc2TtN3efRi1YLL96XFpGzKHluwCOpxRpai1MjJ0431ilokiDTlG5I= =UN2O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----