Re: Slow and ugly X startup with NVidia drivers
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 09:10:30PM -0600, ray p wrote: The newest drivers work fine here and fix the problem you are having. thanks. I will then have to try those new drivers anyway :) -- Alex Suzuki ..:.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..:.. http://www.cynox.ch GEEK code: GCS d+(-) s a--- C+++ UL P+ L+++ !E W++ N++ o? K? w-- !O !M V- PS+ !PE Y+ PGP- t+++ 5+ X@ R- tv--@ b+ DI D++ G-- e* h-- r++ y+
Re: Slow and ugly X startup with NVidia drivers
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 06:55:23PM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: Hello friends, This is already bothering me for a while, but I never really cared. But now I just want it fixed. The problem: I use X 4.0.3 as in testing, and the Nvidia kernel and GLX drivers, I'm _not_ using the newest ones, because I heard that there are problems with them. When I start X with startx, it takes rather long until the screen is filled with something useful. It flickers a couple of times, there is a green horizontal line at the top of the screen, then, as soon as I move the mouse around, or just after having waited 5 seconds or so, the windowmanager and the GNOME panel appear. I remember when I was using a PII-400 with the same graphics card (Nvidia Geforce DDR) but not with the nvidia drivers, this problem did not occur, and X started alot faster. so I guess it has something to do with those nvidia drivers. Could it be some configuration issue I missed? Has anybody seen this on his/her machine? I'm using nvidias AGP implementation, not the kernel one (agpgart). Thanks for any info Alex -- Alex Suzuki | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cynox.ch To send me an email, remove NOSPAM from the above address G'day Alex, I'm using XFree 4.03, Nvdriver + GLX 0.9.769-1, kernel 2.4.4's AGP support, on a celeron 700 + 196 Mg RAM and have the same issues with X startup, I think it's a driver issue not a configuration problem It's never caused any problems so I'm happy anyway Cheers Joel -- Anagrams reveal the mysteries. Windows Two Thousand Professional = Stoned Sonata: Worship Windows foul.
Re: Slow and ugly X startup with NVidia drivers
The newest drivers work fine here and fix the problem you are having. On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 11:11:04PM +1000, Joel Mayes wrote: On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 06:55:23PM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: Hello friends, This is already bothering me for a while, but I never really cared. But now I just want it fixed. The problem: I use X 4.0.3 as in testing, and the Nvidia kernel and GLX drivers, I'm _not_ using the newest ones, because I heard that there are problems with them. When I start X with startx, it takes rather long until the screen is filled with something useful. It flickers a couple of times, there is a green horizontal line at the top of the screen, then, as soon as I move the mouse around, or just after having waited 5 seconds or so, the windowmanager and the GNOME panel appear. I remember when I was using a PII-400 with the same graphics card (Nvidia Geforce DDR) but not with the nvidia drivers, this problem did not occur, and X started alot faster. so I guess it has something to do with those nvidia drivers. Could it be some configuration issue I missed? Has anybody seen this on his/her machine? I'm using nvidias AGP implementation, not the kernel one (agpgart). Thanks for any info Alex -- Alex Suzuki | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cynox.ch To send me an email, remove NOSPAM from the above address G'day Alex, I'm using XFree 4.03, Nvdriver + GLX 0.9.769-1, kernel 2.4.4's AGP support, on a celeron 700 + 196 Mg RAM and have the same issues with X startup, I think it's a driver issue not a configuration problem It's never caused any problems so I'm happy anyway Cheers Joel -- Anagrams reveal the mysteries. Windows Two Thousand Professional = Stoned Sonata: Worship Windows foul. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- BOFH excuse #380: Operators killed when huge stack of backup tapes fell over. pgpZO9z9w0cxb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Slow and ugly X startup with NVidia drivers
Hello friends, This is already bothering me for a while, but I never really cared. But now I just want it fixed. The problem: I use X 4.0.3 as in testing, and the Nvidia kernel and GLX drivers, I'm _not_ using the newest ones, because I heard that there are problems with them. When I start X with startx, it takes rather long until the screen is filled with something useful. It flickers a couple of times, there is a green horizontal line at the top of the screen, then, as soon as I move the mouse around, or just after having waited 5 seconds or so, the windowmanager and the GNOME panel appear. I remember when I was using a PII-400 with the same graphics card (Nvidia Geforce DDR) but not with the nvidia drivers, this problem did not occur, and X started alot faster. so I guess it has something to do with those nvidia drivers. Could it be some configuration issue I missed? Has anybody seen this on his/her machine? I'm using nvidias AGP implementation, not the kernel one (agpgart). Thanks for any info Alex -- Alex Suzuki | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cynox.ch To send me an email, remove NOSPAM from the above address
