<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Haha, that's pretty hardcore.<br></div><div><br></div>I'm constantly amazed with how easy you can get graphical instance of anything running these days.<br></div><div>I need to send those developers a thank you email...<br>
</div><div><br></div>-> Jake<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:41 AM, David Wagle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com" target="_blank">david.wagle@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div>Heck I remember hand coding vsync and hsync timings back in the 1.2<br>
days. All so we could experience the glory that is twm :)<br>
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On 04/29/2014 10:32 AM, Jake Vath wrote:<br>
> Yeah, It's funny that I really have not experienced too many of<br>
> the visual artifacts when using the Nouveau drivers. Mostly It's<br>
> been performance and heat related issues. I've definitely had<br>
> issues with with extending and duplicating my desktop workspace<br>
> too.<br>
><br>
> I think you're right about the laptops, I have not had any issues<br>
> with my desktop, but that has a much newer graphics card.<br>
><br>
> Opensource drivers are so much better than they used to be though.<br>
> I'm just glad I don't have to spend days trying to figure out my X<br>
> config...<br>
><br>
> I remember trying to get the X server running on Slackware v12 or<br>
> Slackware v11. I want to say that it was Slackware v12 because I<br>
> remember running a 2.6.x kernel, which was released around then. It<br>
> might have been running Slackware v11 after compiling the 2.6<br>
> kernel. At any rate, Nouveau drivers are so much better than what<br>
> we used to have.<br>
><br>
> -> Jake<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Josh More <<a href="mailto:jmore@starmind.org">jmore@starmind.org</a><br>
</div><div class="">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jmore@starmind.org">jmore@starmind.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I will say, to get in front of a likely future post ... the open<br>
> source drivers have issues. The pink line is one. The one I<br>
> often run into is failure to support the external VGA port while in<br>
> 3D acceleration mode.<br>
><br>
> The fix is to use the Nvidia Proprietary drivers. However, on<br>
> *some* systems, this introduces new issues. The one I keep seeing<br>
> is that the driver isn't always recognized by X on boot. This<br>
> mostly happens after kernel updates, but can happen if my laptop<br>
> has been off too long or not off long enough. It's weird and<br>
> immensely frustrating. The fix is to use the poweroff command, let<br>
> it sit for 60 seconds and turn it on again. Then all the kernel<br>
> modules register in the right order.<br>
><br>
> You can sometimes force it by uninstalling and re-installing the<br>
> drivers with apt-get or dpkg, but sometimes that doesn't work<br>
> either. This problem seems particular to laptops that have both<br>
> Intel and NVidia cards and are using the NVidia proprietary<br>
> drivers.<br>
><br>
> -Josh<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:58 AM, David Wagle<br>
</div><div class="">> <<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I was using the provided drivers. Switching to the proprietary<br>
> drivers solved the problem.<br>
><br>
> On 04/29/2014 09:45 AM, Josh More wrote:<br>
>> Are you using the provided drivers or the binary drivers from<br>
>> Nvidia?<br>
><br>
><br>
>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:20 AM, David Wagle<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a>><br>
</div><div><div class="h5">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a>>>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Nvidia 7600 4G<br>
><br>
>> On 04/29/2014 09:12 AM, Jake Vath wrote:<br>
>>> What kind of graphics is you computer running? AMD, NVidia, or<br>
>>> Intel?<br>
><br>
>>> -> Jake<br>
><br>
><br>
>>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:08 AM, David Wagle<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a>><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a>>><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a>><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:david.wagle@gmail.com">david.wagle@gmail.com</a>>>>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>>> So I decided to install Mint Cinnamon LMDE for yucks.<br>
><br>
>>> It works great and I could see even sticking with this over<br>
>>> XMonad on Arch, I'm kind of done with tweaking for tweaking's<br>
>>> sake :)<br>
><br>
>>> But I have an issue that I can't quite figure out.<br>
><br>
>>> On my left monitor I have a bright pink line on the left most<br>
>>> side of the monitor.<br>
><br>
>>> What's really weird is that if I do a screen capture, it<br>
>>> doesn't show up, so I can't give a picture of it. It does<br>
>>> appear to be outside the display area because when I move my<br>
>>> mouse over there, the mouse stops before going over the pink<br>
>>> line.<br>
><br>
>>> Any ideas? _______________________________________________<br>
>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>>><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
>>> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing<br>
>>> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>
> <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>>><br>
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><br>
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>> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a>>><br>
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><br>
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><br>
><br>
>> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing<br>
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><br>
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