Yes, I observed the same artifact after shutting down X. It is not too much of a iritation. What would you suggest as an alternative to "nv" (apart from the proprietary nvidia drivers)?
Roger ................................................................ On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:26:29 -0700 lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > > All chipset-specific video drivers, except "nv", contain a full list of > > supported PCI IDs. The "nv" driver contains only a partial list, and in > > fact > > supports more than it advertises. In this case, the words "Unknown NVIDIA > > chip" appear in the log. Does this apply to your card? > > > The nv driver for x leaves artifacts if you shut the xserver down, with > my nvidia chipset card. > The nvidia proprietary driver resolves the issue. > The card is actually branded Asus, it uses the nvidia tc 6800 chipset. > > I know that including the proprietary drivers is not going to happen, I > just figure that getting it known that the nv driver may not be the best > option for an nvidia chipset is a good idea. > > The artifact is the mouse cursor in the lower right quadrant of the > display. This persists in both a no x environment after shutting x down, > as well as coming back from power save screen blanking or screensaver. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
