Re: [Dorset] nvidia drivers
On 24/09/12 10:42, gladelands wrote: Hi all, Has anybody had experience of using nvidia graphics cards with widescreen (1920 x 1024) monitors under Linux? I have downloaded nvidias own driver file but it has to run with X window turned off. Before I try this is there anything that anybody knows that I should NOT do whilst trying this? Regards George PS this is a rescued windows machine that I got REALLY cheap Hi George, A few of questions: 1. What distro are you using? 2. What card have you got? 3. What monitor(s) are we talking about? With regard to (1), if you are using any of the Ubuntu variants installing nVidia drivers is a fairly trivial thing to do, as indeed is the configuration of most graphics cards and monitors. With regard to (2), if the machine was that cheap you might find the graphics card/chip lacks the necessary oomph in terms of GPU and memory to make this a viable proposition. As for things to avoid, I think the days are gone when you could drive a monitor too hard and damage it, unless of course you are using old CRTs, in which case you might want to wait for a bit more input from someone who knows what they are talking about before you proceed. Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] nvidia drivers
On 24/09/2012 10:42, gladelands wrote: Has anybody had experience of using nvidia graphics cards with widescreen (1920 x 1024) monitors under Linux? I have downloaded nvidias own driver file but it has to run with X window turned off. Before I try this is there anything that anybody knows that I should NOT do whilst trying this? I use these cards effectively on Ubuntu (now 12.04.1 ) - the *easiest* way on this distro is to use the built in additional drivers function to suggest the best and then install them with the utility. I have two screens one 1920x1024 the other 1680x1050 and it works a treat. Graphics card is GeForce 210. I have in the past messed things up by loading the wrong module or incompatible resolutions in xorg.conf - now i leave it to the OS and nvidias control panel. regards, Simon -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] nvidia drivers
Don't use the 295.40 version of the official nvidia drivers as they can cause serious graphical corruption and crashes due to a bug, especially on older cards ( reference: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTA4ODc ). I'm running on the beta drivers and those seem to work fine through on my dual 1080p monitors at work. On 24 September 2012 11:01, Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: On 24/09/12 10:42, gladelands wrote: Hi all, Has anybody had experience of using nvidia graphics cards with widescreen (1920 x 1024) monitors under Linux? I have downloaded nvidias own driver file but it has to run with X window turned off. Before I try this is there anything that anybody knows that I should NOT do whilst trying this? Regards George PS this is a rescued windows machine that I got REALLY cheap Hi George, A few of questions: 1. What distro are you using? 2. What card have you got? 3. What monitor(s) are we talking about? With regard to (1), if you are using any of the Ubuntu variants installing nVidia drivers is a fairly trivial thing to do, as indeed is the configuration of most graphics cards and monitors. With regard to (2), if the machine was that cheap you might find the graphics card/chip lacks the necessary oomph in terms of GPU and memory to make this a viable proposition. As for things to avoid, I think the days are gone when you could drive a monitor too hard and damage it, unless of course you are using old CRTs, in which case you might want to wait for a bit more input from someone who knows what they are talking about before you proceed. Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue -- Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell Professional Geek Blog: http://darkliquid.co.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkliquid Fiction: http://www.protagonize.com/author/darkliquid -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] nvidia drivers
On 24/09/12 11:01, Sean Gibbins wrote: On 24/09/12 10:42, gladelands wrote: Hi all, Has anybody had experience of using nvidia graphics cards with widescreen (1920 x 1024) monitors under Linux? I have downloaded nvidias own driver file but it has to run with X window turned off. Before I try this is there anything that anybody knows that I should NOT do whilst trying this? Regards George PS this is a rescued windows machine that I got REALLY cheap Hi George, A few of questions: 1. What distro are you using? 2. What card have you got? 3. What monitor(s) are we talking about? With regard to (1), if you are using any of the Ubuntu variants installing nVidia drivers is a fairly trivial thing to do, as indeed is the configuration of most graphics cards and monitors. With regard to (2), if the machine was that cheap you might find the graphics card/chip lacks the necessary oomph in terms of GPU and memory to make this a viable proposition. As for things to avoid, I think the days are gone when you could drive a monitor too hard and damage it, unless of course you are using old CRTs, in which case you might want to wait for a bit more input from someone who knows what they are talking about before you proceed. Sean Hi Sean, Distro - openSuse 12.2 Card - GeForce 8500 GT Monitor - S22B150N George -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] nvidia drivers
On 24/09/12 11:01, Sean Gibbins wrote: On 24/09/12 10:42, gladelands wrote: Hi all, Has anybody had experience of using nvidia graphics cards with widescreen (1920 x 1024) monitors under Linux? I have downloaded nvidias own driver file but it has to run with X window turned off. Before I try this is there anything that anybody knows that I should NOT do whilst trying this? Regards George PS this is a rescued windows machine that I got REALLY cheap Hi George, A few of questions: 1. What distro are you using? 2. What card have you got? 3. What monitor(s) are we talking about? With regard to (1), if you are using any of the Ubuntu variants installing nVidia drivers is a fairly trivial thing to do, as indeed is the configuration of most graphics cards and monitors. With regard to (2), if the machine was that cheap you might find the graphics card/chip lacks the necessary oomph in terms of GPU and memory to make this a viable proposition. As for things to avoid, I think the days are gone when you could drive a monitor too hard and damage it, unless of course you are using old CRTs, in which case you might want to wait for a bit more input from someone who knows what they are talking about before you proceed. Sean Ooops - Samsung monitor George -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] nvidia drivers
Card - GeForce 8500 GT This is fully compatible with the latest NVIDIA drivers Source: myself :) Dan Dart _ WEB DEVELOPER | SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR | BLOGGER | MUSICIAN http://dandart.co.uk -- Next meeting: 2012-10-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
