[TriLUG] Re: LUG: problems whith X

[Elliot Badham Peele]

i am currently using the nvidia drivers from nvidia compiled from the
source rpms. i know there not great but it is the only way i have gotten
the lcd on my laptop to work with x. originaly i had the nvidia driver
that was included with x but it wouldn't work on my lcd, it only worked
when my laptop was pluged into a docking station and a monitor.

elliot

On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Ed Hill wrote:

>
> Hi Elliot,
>
> Are you using the sh*tty, unstable, nVidia-provided binary-only X
> driver?  Or are you using the stable, open-source, but not-3D-
> accelerated driver provided as part of the XFree86 project?
>
> You don't specify and it makes a *big* difference.
>
> If you're using the nVidia-provided binary-only driver then Jeremy
> is spot-on.  Its crap and has been so for many versions over many
> months (or has it been years?).
>
> hth,
> Ed
>
>
> Jeremy Katz wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday, November 27 2001, elliot peele said:
> >
> >>i have had some problems with X lately. it has been randomly login me out.
> >>i am running redhat linux 7.2 and xfree86 4.0. i have a dell latitude
> >>810c with a nvidia 32MB gforce2go. has anyone else seen this problem.
> >>
> >
> > Thank NVidia.  Their drivers weren't overly stable in my experience on a
> > test box or in many others.  There are some people who say they work
> > fine for them without problemm, but it seems to be random as to whether
> > or not they work for people.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
>
>
>
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