Ben I tried opening a terminal with the nVidia drives and twin view active
sudo gnome-terminal got another terminal (white space) pinned to the right side of the first. Twinview seems to be the key. Brian Anyone checking out the Mandlebulb (3D rendering of a sphere using mandlebrot set type equation.) Very cool! As mentioned in wired.com On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 09:04 -0800, Ben Barrett wrote: > If this terminal (gnome-terminal) always renders incorrectly under > normal use, have you tried starting it via sudo or as root? I am > suspicious that the permissions are incorrect for only some portion of > your driver, somehow... have you launched into X *as* root, and tried > to reproduce the problems under different conditions? > > Oddly, my kitchen's cold water is still seized up, but the cold water > tap in the bathroom (further along my plumbing) works fine... and > thankfully, hot works on both. So I've been trying to keep the hot > pipes hot to give some ambient heat to the frozen pipes... gah. > > Regards, > > Ben > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:44 AM, BB <[email protected]> wrote: > That's right just a white rectangle, anchored to the upper > left of the > desktop for the terminal. I can see that the mouse cursor > changes to a > text cursor, over the input field, in password the window > associated > with the update manager; that window is center screen on the > desktop, > but I haven't played much with anything, and I'm ready to move > back to > FC 11. As I said, in another post, removing the nVidia driver > doesn't > fix the problem. > > ...a couple of days without running water and it's back to the > stone > age. Thankfully the electricity is still on. > > Brian > > > > On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 15:58 -0800, Ben Barrett wrote: > > And I suspect that you don't get any window-manager handle > cues around > > the edge of that blank area, either? > > (and furthermore, that mouse-selecting/highlighting any text > typed > > into the terminal does not make it visible?) > > > > Compared to the variety of X oddness I've seen, I am > surprised that > > the menu stays visible at the top of it... does that only > come above > > the blank region when you activate the screenshot? > > Do you have any window-relocation hotkeys setup? (some WM > configs > > allow a key combination with mouse drag to move a window > instead of > > giving it input) Does that have any effect? > > Interesting... but also fighting some iced-up water lines > here. =/ > > > > Ben > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:17 AM, BB <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I include a screenshot. > > > > I note that the window is always anchored to the > upper left > > location. I > > think I'll give up on this and go back to Fedora 11, > as I > > said. > > > > Brian > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 16:27 -0800, Michael Miller > wrote: > > > > > > > Press the print screen key and that should pop up > a window > > for you to > > > save the image. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:15 PM, BB > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > I might be able to...I'll admit I'm so lame, > with linux, I > > don't even > > > > know how...give me till the weekend to sort > things out. > > > > > > > > I'm changing jobs and I don't want to loose > focus on the > > big picture. > > > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 15:02 -0800, Michael > Miller wrote: > > > >> Can you take a screenshot? > > > >> > > > >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:07 PM, BB > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > It's not that bad...everything is working in > terms of > > the dual displays > > > >> > and OpenGL functionality BUT, like I said, > open a > > terminal and it's > > > >> > window is all white. It's working, because I > can type > > in a command and > > > >> > it'll execute; I just can't see what I'm > typing. > > > >> > > > > >> > There are other little anomalies in opening a > window. > > Such as the > > > >> > update window puts up a window to ask for > your > > password. That's blank > > > >> > also, but I can see the mouse cursor change > were the > > password field > > > >> > is. > > > >> > > > > >> > Like I said, I had this all working under > Fedora Core > > 11, I just ran > > > >> > into the problem of using suspend...that's > another > > issue entirely. I > > > >> > don't need to suspend the system, but I would > like to > > use dual monitors. > > > >> > > > > >> > I've got an another system with an EN8400GS > card > > waiting for this issue > > > >> > to be resolved. If FC 11 will do it, so be > it... > > > >> > > > > >> > Ubuntu has ease of use in a lot of areas. I > was hoping > > to use just one > > > >> > distro or the the other. > > > >> > > > > >> > Brian > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 12:49 -0800, Ben > Barrett wrote: > > > >> >> Is this related to your woes? "CANTFIX" :( > > > >> >> http://bugs.gentoo.org/111833 > > > >> >> > > > >> >> I wanted to make sure you've come across > > > >> >> > > > > http://lunapark6.com/dual-head-configuration-with-different-resolutions-per-screen-linux.html > > > >> >> or similar google results... > > > >> >> that is, > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-7938.html > > > >> >> or even > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-75149.html > > > >> >> (but the glawing .com site they mention does > not seem > > to have the > > > >> >> topic any more) > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:55 AM, BB > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> No, I like Ubuntu...I'm going to do > a fresh > > install and see if > > > >> >> it's only > > > >> >> the Twinview feature. maybe I'll > epoxy over > > the VGA so I'll > > > >> >> stop > > > >> >> playing with dual monitors. I don't > really > > need it...like the > > > >> >> mountain...it's just there. > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 11:42 -0800, > Ben Barrett > > wrote: > > > >> >> > No likey Ubuntu? Sorry, I don't > [yet] have > > access to any > > > >> >> recent > > > >> >> > nvidia dual-display hardware (but > actually, > > expect to soon, > > > >> >> under > > > >> >> > ubuntu studio, a 9500gt whee)... > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:36 AM, > BB > > <[email protected]> > > > >> >> wrote: > > > >> >> > I got a much more stable > nVidia > > driver experience on > > > >> >> Fedora > > > >> >> > 11, with the > > > >> >> > official nVidia driver. > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > I had it all working under > FC 11 > > then I blew-up my > > > >> >> system > > > >> >> > playing with > > > >> >> > suspend / hibernate. > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > I read that Tux on Ice > allows the > > user to suspend. > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > Brian > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> >> > EUGLUG mailing list > > > >> >> > [email protected] > > > >> >> > > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> >> EUGLUG mailing list > > > >> >> [email protected] > > > >> >> > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > > >> >> EUGLUG mailing list > > > >> >> [email protected] > > > >> >> > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > >> > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> > EUGLUG mailing list > > > >> > [email protected] > > > >> > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > >> > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> EUGLUG mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > EUGLUG mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > EUGLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
