Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-20 Thread meino . cramer
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org [14-04-14 17:23]: On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really annoying thing happened: When a program

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Mick
On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were intended to be used. The way they were intended to be used is the same way Windows uses them, the Linux and Windows drivers share the bulk of the internal code and

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 15/04/2014 09:14, Mick wrote: On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were intended to be used. The way they were intended to be used is the same way Windows uses them, the Linux and Windows drivers share the

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-15 17:33]: On 15/04/2014 09:14, Mick wrote: On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were intended to be used. The way they were intended to be used is the same

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: Would you be better off with a Toyota or a Nissan? Same answer: I don't see much difference. Both work, both have free and blob drivers, both are better at some things and worse at others. I really don't see any clear cut reason to choose one over the other for the general

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-15 17:33]: To exegrate the whole discussion: Help! I have a problem with Linux! ...I have some heard of Linux...bad things...use windows instead! So: Due to the already mentioned

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread meino . cramer
Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org [14-04-15 19:36]: On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-15 17:33]: To exegrate the whole discussion: Help! I have a problem with Linux! ...I have some heard of Linux...bad

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:39:09 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org [14-04-15 19:36]: On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-15 17:33]: To exegrate the whole discussion: Help! I have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 15 Apr 2014 18:39:09 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Tom Wijsman tom...@gentoo.org [14-04-15 19:36]: On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-15 17:33]: To exegrate the whole discussion: Help! I have a

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-14 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really annoying thing happened: When a program uses the screen overlay technique (right word???) to

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 14/04/2014 15:50, Walter Dnes wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really annoying thing happened: When a program uses the screen

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-14 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [14-04-14 17:23]: On 14/04/2014 15:50, Walter Dnes wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really

[gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-13 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, after the mesa-compile failure could be fixed and this: * * The following 7 packages have failed to build or install: * * (media-libs/mesa-10.0.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge), Log file: * '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/mesa-10.0.4/temp/build.log' *