Roger Young wrote: > 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. > current livecd, r1917 the nv driver is fixed, it isn't causing the issue at all. :)
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