Haha, that's pretty hardcore. I'm constantly amazed with how easy you can get graphical instance of anything running these days. I need to send those developers a thank you email... -> Jake On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:41 AM, David Wagle <david.wagle at gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Heck I remember hand coding vsync and hsync timings back in the 1.2 > days. All so we could experience the glory that is twm :) > > On 04/29/2014 10:32 AM, Jake Vath wrote: > > Yeah, It's funny that I really have not experienced too many of > > the visual artifacts when using the Nouveau drivers. Mostly It's > > been performance and heat related issues. I've definitely had > > issues with with extending and duplicating my desktop workspace > > too. > > > > I think you're right about the laptops, I have not had any issues > > with my desktop, but that has a much newer graphics card. > > > > Opensource drivers are so much better than they used to be though. > > I'm just glad I don't have to spend days trying to figure out my X > > config... > > > > I remember trying to get the X server running on Slackware v12 or > > Slackware v11. I want to say that it was Slackware v12 because I > > remember running a 2.6.x kernel, which was released around then. It > > might have been running Slackware v11 after compiling the 2.6 > > kernel. At any rate, Nouveau drivers are so much better than what > > we used to have. > > > > -> Jake > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org > > <mailto:jmore at starmind.org>> wrote: > > > > I will say, to get in front of a likely future post ... the open > > source drivers have issues. The pink line is one. The one I > > often run into is failure to support the external VGA port while in > > 3D acceleration mode. > > > > The fix is to use the Nvidia Proprietary drivers. However, on > > *some* systems, this introduces new issues. The one I keep seeing > > is that the driver isn't always recognized by X on boot. This > > mostly happens after kernel updates, but can happen if my laptop > > has been off too long or not off long enough. It's weird and > > immensely frustrating. The fix is to use the poweroff command, let > > it sit for 60 seconds and turn it on again. Then all the kernel > > modules register in the right order. > > > > You can sometimes force it by uninstalling and re-installing the > > drivers with apt-get or dpkg, but sometimes that doesn't work > > either. This problem seems particular to laptops that have both > > Intel and NVidia cards and are using the NVidia proprietary > > drivers. > > > > -Josh > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:58 AM, David Wagle > > <david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I was using the provided drivers. Switching to the proprietary > > drivers solved the problem. > > > > On 04/29/2014 09:45 AM, Josh More wrote: > >> Are you using the provided drivers or the binary drivers from > >> Nvidia? > > > > > >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:20 AM, David Wagle > >> <david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com> > > <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com>>> > > wrote: > > > >> Nvidia 7600 4G > > > >> On 04/29/2014 09:12 AM, Jake Vath wrote: > >>> What kind of graphics is you computer running? AMD, NVidia, or > >>> Intel? > > > >>> -> Jake > > > > > >>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:08 AM, David Wagle > >>> <david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com> > > <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com>> > >> <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com> > > <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com <mailto:david.wagle at gmail.com>>>> > >> wrote: > > > >>> So I decided to install Mint Cinnamon LMDE for yucks. > > > >>> It works great and I could see even sticking with this over > >>> XMonad on Arch, I'm kind of done with tweaking for tweaking's > >>> sake :) > > > >>> But I have an issue that I can't quite figure out. > > > >>> On my left monitor I have a bright pink line on the left most > >>> side of the monitor. > > > >>> What's really weird is that if I do a screen capture, it > >>> doesn't show up, so I can't give a picture of it. It does > >>> appear to be outside the display area because when I move my > >>> mouse over there, the mouse stops before going over the pink > >>> line. > > > >>> Any ideas? _______________________________________________ > >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>> > >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>>> > >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing > >>> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>> > >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > >> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing > >> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >> <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org>> > >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing > >> List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List > > - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List > > - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List > > - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTX8gSAAoJELWzpBXk2k3wn8kIAIMKtHDG50Wk5vClSBO5eFTw > 4rykUqkSuPY3+7hjQIBVUiSDOWfBdiKf/gO26xluanjqwUNnOnYCzDCso7VcegS3 > lCDlJ60xxBM+1nonkAAC+E0ZnHTUxsi74Xfmt5QDYxQjiwvbXfXvgZdUPIPXUnsx > p/ykIuHCyg6BF4P3/DlRTXBYdQlQ6wILyqYvBazs0/9+LLVxxyLbswz52dRmr8Bn > kO3BJIAFry7YF+Ip7gnlRVBYm0gfRoWHBRbwu3pd9U0FwOg/CW5TranrkUfZYOft > 020v4Z0ugRc2TtN3efRi1YLL96XFpGzKHluwCOpxRpai1MjJ0431ilokiDTlG5I= > =UN2O > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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