Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-20 Thread Grant
... I was thinking about this.  The digital HDMI signal must be converted into an analog signal at some point if it's being represented as light on a TV screen.  Electrical interference generated by the computer and traveling up the HDMI wire should have its chance to affect things

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-19 Thread Grant
... I still think it's a driver problem.  Again: it's *physically* impossible to have these problems with the HDMI signal.  At most you get digital noise, which means some pixels get stuck or are missing.  But not what you get; that's just something that can't be explained. I was

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-19 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: ... I still think it's a driver problem.  Again: it's *physically* impossible to have these problems with the HDMI signal.  At most you get digital noise, which means some pixels get stuck or are missing.  But not what

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sunday 17 July 2011 09:54:33 Grant wrote: I gave it a try but there was no change. I tried plugging the TV and computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer. Any other ideas? I still think it's a driver problem. Again: it's *physically* impossible to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-17 Thread Grant
I gave it a try but there was no change.  I tried plugging the TV and computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer. Any other ideas? I still think it's a driver problem.  Again: it's *physically* impossible to have these problems with the HDMI signal.  At most you get

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/17/2011 07:22 PM, Grant wrote: I gave it a try but there was no change. I tried plugging the TV and computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer. Any other ideas? I still think it's a driver problem. Again: it's *physically* impossible to have these problems with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-17 Thread Grant
I gave it a try but there was no change.  I tried plugging the TV and computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer. Any other ideas? I still think it's a driver problem.  Again: it's *physically* impossible to have these problems with the HDMI signal.  At most you get

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-17 Thread Michael Mol
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I was thinking about this.  The digital HDMI signal must be converted into an analog signal at some point if it's being represented as light on a TV screen.  Electrical interference generated by the computer and traveling up

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-17 Thread Grant
I was thinking about this.  The digital HDMI signal must be converted into an analog signal at some point if it's being represented as light on a TV screen.  Electrical interference generated by the computer and traveling up the HDMI wire should have its chance to affect things (i.e. create

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-16 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 15:42:02 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 07/13/2011 03:25 PM, Mick wrote: [...] Is the [r600] gallium stable now? I found it was locking up a kde desktop with effects enabled and set it back to classic. It's been made the default driver in Mesa now. So I guess that

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-14 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/13/2011 08:23 PM, Grant wrote: [...] I've eselected to gallium but is there any benefit if I don't use 3D at all? You don't know what uses OpenGL and what not (OpenGL is uses for much more than just 3D). Also, you're not paying for it so why not use it? ;-)

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-14 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/14/2011 10:44 PM, Grant wrote: I gave it a try but there was no change. I tried plugging the TV and computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer. Any other ideas? I still think it's a driver problem. Again: it's *physically* impossible to have these problems

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-14 Thread Grant
I gave it a try but there was no change.  I tried plugging the TV and computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer. Any other ideas? I still think it's a driver problem.  Again: it's *physically* impossible to have these problems with the HDMI signal.  At most you get

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/10/2011 02:21 AM, Grant wrote: When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers. xf86-video-nouveau didn't have the same problem. Now I've switched to an ATI video card and unfortunately I have the same problem with

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/13/2011 01:33 AM, Grant wrote: When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers. xf86-video-nouveau didn't have the same problem. Now I've switched to an ATI video card and unfortunately I have the same problem with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 08:13:27 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 07/10/2011 02:21 AM, Grant wrote: When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers. xf86-video-nouveau didn't have the same problem. Now I've switched to an ATI video

[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/13/2011 03:25 PM, Mick wrote: [...] Is the [r600] gallium stable now? I found it was locking up a kde desktop with effects enabled and set it back to classic. It's been made the default driver in Mesa now. So I guess that means it's considered stable. But for me, both classic and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 13 Jul 2011 15:42:02 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 07/13/2011 03:25 PM, Mick wrote: [...] Is the [r600] gallium stable now? I found it was locking up a kde desktop with effects enabled and set it back to classic. It's been made the default driver in Mesa now. So I guess that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Grant
When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati.  I tried to enable the new

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati nvidia-drivers

2011-07-13 Thread Grant
When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati.  I tried to enable the new