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Re: [Wlug] nvidia with X

by Charles R. Anderson

Did you recompile the NVIDIA_kernel package for your own kernel? On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 07:31:09PM -0500, Brad Noyes wrote: maitre> Thanks for the idea. I think that my monitor settings are okay. I should have mentioned this before, but X starts fine with the 'nv' driver loaded, but when i try to start X with the 'nvidia' driver loaded i get nothing. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

March 8, 2002

Re: [Wlug] nvidia with X

by Brad Noyes

Thanks for the idea. I think that my monitor settings are okay. I should have mentioned this before, but X starts fine with the 'nv' driver loaded, but when i try to start X with the 'nvidia' driver loaded i get nothing. On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 06:34:13PM -0500, Adam @ Oak wrote: > You might be driving your screen incorrectly. If you have the manual to > your monitor set the Horizontal and Vertical refresh rates to those listed > in the monitor manual. Here is a snippet of the relevent section of > XF86Config-4: > > # ********************************************************************** > # Monitor section > # ********************************************************************** > > # Any number of monitor sections may be present > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "My Monitor" > > # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. > # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a > # comma separated list of ranges of values. > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. > > HorizSync 31-96 > > # HorizSync 30-64 # multisync > # HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies > # HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies > > # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. > # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a > # comma separated list of ranges of values. > # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S > # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. > > VertRefresh 50-160 > > EndSection > > If I don't have the specs I usually set the ranges low and then widen them > bit by bit. Note the low end of the ranges are standard for almost all > monitors so you shouldn't need to change them. This works because XFree86 > 4 is aware of standard VESA modes and can figure out what's best for the > monitor. > > > -Adam > > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Brad Noyes wrote: > > > Hi all i've been struggling with trying to get nvidia's drivers to > > work for my TNT PCI card. The install goes fine, but when i startx, i > > only get a blank screen. Looking at the Log, i don't see any fatal > > errors. When i kill X (from a remote machine using ssh) my screen > > displays a few dozen vertical lines, and no console. I'm not very > > fluent in X, perhaps someone can spot an error in the config, or log > > file. > > > > Thanks, --brad _______________________________________________ Wlug > > mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > A> > end > > end > > ___________________________________________________ > Adam S. Keck | > | > | "Got BSD?" > Waltham | > Ma, 02452 | > --------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 8, 2002

Re: [Wlug] nvidia with X

by Adam ＠ Oak

You might be driving your screen incorrectly. If you have the manual to your monitor set the Horizontal and Vertical refresh rates to those listed in the monitor manual. Here is a snippet of the relevent section of XF86Config-4: # ********************************************************************** # Monitor section # ********************************************************************** # Any number of monitor sections may be present Section "Monitor" Identifier "My Monitor" # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. HorizSync 31-96 # HorizSync 30-64 # multisync # HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies # HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. VertRefresh 50-160 EndSection If I don't have the specs I usually set the ranges low and then widen them bit by bit. Note the low end of the ranges are standard for almost all monitors so you shouldn't need to change them. This works because XFree86 4 is aware of standard VESA modes and can figure out what's best for the monitor. -Adam On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Brad Noyes wrote: > Hi all i've been struggling with trying to get nvidia's drivers to > work for my TNT PCI card. The install goes fine, but when i startx, i > only get a blank screen. Looking at the Log, i don't see any fatal > errors. When i kill X (from a remote machine using ssh) my screen > displays a few dozen vertical lines, and no console. I'm not very > fluent in X, perhaps someone can spot an error in the config, or log > file. > > Thanks, --brad _______________________________________________ Wlug > mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug A> end end ___________________________________________________ Adam S. Keck | | | "Got BSD?" Waltham | Ma, 02452 | ---------------------------------------------------

March 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] nvidia with X

by Brad Noyes

i meant to attach my config, and log, but forgot. oh well here they are. On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 04:19:31PM -0500, Brad Noyes wrote: > Hi all > i've been struggling with trying to get nvidia's drivers to work for my TNT PCI card. The install goes fine, but when i startx, i only get a blank screen. Looking at the Log, i don't see any fatal errors. When i kill X (from a remote machine using ssh) my screen displays a few dozen vertical lines, and no console. I'm not very fluent in X, perhaps someone can spot an error in the config, or log file. > > Thanks, > --brad > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 7, 2002

Possible swap meet?

by Clint Moyer

As there is currently (AFAIK) no topic for the next Wednesday's WLUG meeting, I'd like to propose the possibility of a kinda sorta swap meet. I'm probably not the only person with an assortment of PC parts of dubious value. However one man's trash is another's treasure. Perhaps interested parties could bring their old parts to the meeting for possible exchange for someone else's. Is this practical, feasible, desireable or not a good idea at all?

March 7, 2002

nvidia with X

by Brad Noyes

Hi all i've been struggling with trying to get nvidia's drivers to work for my TNT PCI card. The install goes fine, but when i startx, i only get a blank screen. Looking at the Log, i don't see any fatal errors. When i kill X (from a remote machine using ssh) my screen displays a few dozen vertical lines, and no console. I'm not very fluent in X, perhaps someone can spot an error in the config, or log file. Thanks, --brad

March 7, 2002

Re: [Wlug] coredump file

by luke macneil

March 6, 2002

coredump file

by Leon Do

Hello, Can somebody show me any techniques to look into a JVM core dump file? thanks for any help! -- Leon Do

March 6, 2002

OpenOffice Macros

by Wesley Allen

Hi everyone, I'm just sitting here doing some work and realized something. I should be able to reduce my keystrokes a LOT by writing some macros that would allow me to "quick change" my fonts in OpenOffice. I'm doing some research right now, but I never learned VB (which, I assume, OpenOfficeBasic is a derrivitave of) so I'm starting cold. Has anyone out there written some macros for OpenOffice? All I need is the ability to switch quickly between: English, Greek, and Hebrew. I'm not sure how to start. Like I said, I'm doing the research, but any hints and/or examples you all could share would be WONDERFUL. Thanks everyone, Wes

March 5, 2002

Re: [Wlug] pc anywhere

by Bill Smith

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:05:02 -0500 "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > Doh... > > Its rdestkop, not rnetwork.... > > www.rdesktop.org > that's odd... i couldn't resolve www.rdesktop.org, but fortunately, Google knows about it. (the site you mentioned and the SourceForge site are there. SourceForge has it listed at http://sourceforge.net/projects/rdesktop ...) thanks for the lead... +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | William Smith wsmith at chezsmith dot com | | Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Things are more like they are today than they ever were | | before. -- Dwight Eisenhower | | * TAG! v2.2 * | +--------------------------------------------------------------+

Feb. 27, 2002