Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-17 Thread Christian Convey
Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: And for the framebuffer-restoration issue, do you think it's telling that I get this problem with the nv driver but not with the vesa driver? I.e., does that point to a possible problem in the nv driver's code that we should

install problem (was: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals)

2003-07-17 Thread David Dawes
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 11:16:46AM -0700, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: Problem 1: When I first ran make install, there was some hp keyboard config thing that was a file, where the installer wanted it to be a directory. I renamed that file from hp to

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Christian Convey
ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Vojkovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: Hi guys

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Andy Goth
On Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:05 am, Christian Convey wrote: Also, I stopped using xfs, based on a recommendation from Andy Goth, just to take one more potential problem out of the situation. I now explicitely use font paths, and I verified they work ok before I started installing the new

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Christian Convey
Andy Goth wrote: On Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:05 am, Christian Convey wrote: Also, I stopped using xfs, based on a recommendation from Andy Goth, just to take one more potential problem out of the situation. I now explicitely use font paths, and I verified they work ok before I started

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: Hi Mark, OK, I build XFree86 from CVS (pulled this morning). The build itself went cleanly, but I had several problems. Also, I stopped using xfs, based on a recommendation from Andy Goth, just to take one more potential problem out of the

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Christian Convey
Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: IIRC, however, the main reason you had me pull a new version of XF86 from CVS was to see if it fixed the problem where on my virtual consoles, the last half of the last line is below the bottom of the screen. Unfortunately, I do

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: IIRC, however, the main reason you had me pull a new version of XF86 from CVS was to see if it fixed the problem where on my virtual consoles, the last half of the last

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Christian Convey
Thanks for the info. Comments below... Mark Vojkovich wrote: [snip] I would normally suggest trying NVIDIA's binary Linux drivers, but it is my understanding that the last NVIDIA binary Linux driver release (4363) didn't support GeForceFX laptops but the next release will, though it has not

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-16 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: And for the framebuffer-restoration issue, do you think it's telling that I get this problem with the nv driver but not with the vesa driver? I.e., does that point to a possible problem in the nv driver's code that we should look at? I

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-15 Thread Andy Goth
On Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:30 am, Christian Convey wrote: What's the best way - just send you XFree86.0.log file resulting from a vesa run of XF86? That'll do. I don't care if it's a crash or not. I just want to see the mode list (plus the rest of the file, if it's convenient). -- Andy

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Christian Convey
with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Vojkovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Christian Convey

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Christian Convey
--ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Vojkovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 13

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Mark Vojkovich
understand why I got the error I got: (II) VESA(0): Not using mode 1440x900 (no mode of this name) because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor--ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Christian Convey
: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Vojkovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: Hi guys, I just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a new Toshiba P25 laptop (1440x900

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Mark Vojkovich
) because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor--ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Vojkovich [EMAIL

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-14 Thread Andy Goth
On Monday, July 14, 2003 6:31 pm, Christian Convey wrote: With files this time :/ ---//--- XFree86.0.log: (II) LoadModule: nv ---//--- XF86Config: Section Device Identifier device1 #Driver nv Driver vesa Option DPMS Option FlatPanel Option CrtcNumber 1 EndSection ---//---

[XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Christian Convey
Hi guys, I just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a new Toshiba P25 laptop (1440x900 screen resolution). With some generous help, I got the regular X server behaving perfectly: My real and virtual desktops are both 1440x900, and it looks great. However, when I hit ctrl+alt+F1, to go to the console

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Christian Convey wrote: Hi guys, I just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a new Toshiba P25 laptop (1440x900 screen resolution). With some generous help, I got the regular X server behaving perfectly: My real and virtual desktops are both 1440x900, and it looks great.

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Mark Vojkovich
1440x900 (no mode of this name) because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor--ModeLine defined with that name. Thanks for any ideas you have. I really appreciate it. - Christian Subject: Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:55:15 -0700 (PDT

Re: [XFree86] Odd problem with terminals

2003-07-13 Thread Andy Goth
On Sunday, July 13, 2003 8:34 pm, Christian Convey wrote: (II) VESA(0): Not using mode 1440x900 (no mode of this name) because in my config file I do seem to have a Monitor--ModeLine defined with that name. vesa works by calling your BIOS to set modes. ModeLines have no effect (right?).