On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 08:24:32PM -0400, Bret wrote: > On 07/09/2009 10:13 PM, gil...@altern.org wrote: [...SNIP...] >> The Nouveau driver worked very well and, since I'm not too sure I'll >> install 3D, maybe I could have kept it. But my screen kept blanking once >> in a while for a few seconds. This happened with my previous computer too >> -- it had an old ATI card, the same monitor and a very standard open >> source driver for ATI -- but not so often and not for so long: it was just >> a quick blank. I thought this might fix the problem. >> >> Also, I intend to install a TV card and, it anything doesn't work, I'm sure >> the first suggestion from Nvidia will be to install their driver. As the >> material I buy is only on a one week money back guarantee, I prefer to >> make sure everything works in advance. >> >> Also, as it often happens when I download new packages, there was a socket >> error and a long (~ 1-2 min) halt before another server took over. (I >> forgot to save the console screen before I rebooted, but the name >> "liberty" was part of it.) >> >> After the installation finished, the rx/tx light of the modem began >> flashing very fast as if there was a download occuring... or maybe an >> upload if some information on the installation has to be sent back to >> rpmfusion or nvidia. >> >> No indication of what was going on appeared onscreen. Is this anything to >> be concerned about? Any idea What this transfer was about? >> >> > I also have the same problem with the screen blanking out for a few > seconds every few hours using a geforce 8400
I think this is a known problem; I filed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501601 -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
