Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
SOLVED: Thanks to all who piled in with their good advice. I hooked up my old (50lb) CRT and it showed the same display problems, so I figured it was the video card. Got lucky, found a replacement (the 7200GS) cheap at our local Micro Center and all is now well again. BTW, the beta driver I'm using is the one from rpmforge, and it is now obsolete compared to the latest and greatest from nvidia (173.08-1 beta vs. 173.14.12), so I may put in a request over there to update Salut! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from rpmforge (under dkms). JohnStanley Writes: Get rid of the BETA Driver. Period! The beta driver is what is called a hot driver (excerts to much stress on the vidieo card). DKMS is Nice but down grade the driver. Im not much of a DKMS fan so I build my own nvidia drivers as modules. Hopefully the card is still good. JohnStanley ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
MHR wrote: The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from rpmforge (under dkms). Are you sure that you are using that driver and *not* the nv driver which comes with XOrg? With that one I've seen similar issues. Ralph pgpqQIRqawMVd.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:01 PM, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MHR wrote: The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from rpmforge (under dkms). Are you sure that you are using that driver and *not* the nv driver which comes with XOrg? With that one I've seen similar issues. Ralph JohnStanley Writes: That is a good question for him, maybe better to post his xorg config file. The standard driver will at times want to kind of like lag behind. Guess im gonna do a DKMS only machine to see how it works out with video drivers. Well, when the nVIDIA screen pops up (before login and between logins), it says BETA DRIVER right below the nVIDIA logo. If I do downgrade (which I may well do), where do I get the right driver? I pulled these from rpmforge after my old driver didn't seem to like the new monitor. I'm all for not stressing the monitor - it's stressing me! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
MHR wrote: The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from rpmforge (under dkms). Are you sure that you are using that driver and *not* the nv driver which comes with XOrg? With that one I've seen similar issues. Ralph JohnStanley Writes: That is a good question for him, maybe better to post his xorg config file. The standard driver will at times want to kind of like lag behind. Guess im gonna do a DKMS only machine to see how it works out with video drivers. John ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
If I do downgrade (which I may well do), where do I get the right driver? I pulled these from rpmforge after my old driver didn't seem to like the new monitor. DKMS: http://linux.dell.com/dkms/manpage.html You should use dkms remove module_name first. Reconfigure the standard graphics. What is advisable to you is that you use the newest non beta dkms driver for your card. You may have to hand fetch it. The reason I say this because I do not your Unix/Linux skill level. It will be a lot easier on you doing this because you will not have to hand build the driver module every kernel upgrade. Or copy over to the new kernel modules dir. http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/Nvidia_Graphics This is a tutorial by me and Akemi Yagi.This method will work confirmed on all centos/rhel versions 4.6 - 5.2. Be warned it is not finished but it will give you a general idea of how to go about doing it. http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us JohnStanley ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM, MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This morning I noticed that my (new in July) monitor was behaving strangely. At first, it was odd parts of web page graphics that didn't show up unless I scrolled up and down in the window, and then they weren't displayed with any consistency. snip Mark: Hook up another monitor and see if it has the same behavior. If so, get an RMA for the video card. If not, change the video card and see what happens. Since this was working properly and you do not seem to have changed any software, my impression is that you have a HW problem. The monitor or the video card or possibly even a cable. There are great diagnostics for video that run on MS Windows (Yuk), called DisplayMate, put out by Displaymate Technologies Corp. Hopefully, you can Download a Trial version and you will know whether or not your monitor and video are working and set up correctly. I don't know if there is something like that that will run on Linux. The manufacturer of the monitor and video card might have Diagnostics on their web sites that you can Download an run. HTH, Lanny ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Lanny Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM, MHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This morning I noticed that my (new in July) monitor was behaving strangely. At first, it was odd parts of web page graphics that didn't show up unless I scrolled up and down in the window, and then they weren't displayed with any consistency. snip Mark: Hook up another monitor and see if it has the same behavior. If so, get an RMA for the video card. If not, change the video card and see what happens. Since this was working properly and you do not seem to have changed any software, my impression is that you have a HW problem. The monitor or the video card or possibly even a cable. There are great diagnostics for video that run on MS Windows (Yuk), called DisplayMate, put out by Displaymate Technologies Corp. Hopefully, you can Download a Trial version and you will know whether or not your monitor and video are working and set up correctly. I don't know if there is something like that that will run on Linux. The manufacturer of the monitor and video card might have Diagnostics on their web sites that you can Download an run. HTH, Lanny Follow on to my first reply. DisplayMate is not only Diagnostics. It helps you set up your monitor and video card correctly. This is professional quality stuff, but if your box isn't dual boot with Windows, it won't run. Maybe they have a version that will run on Linux now. I bought it, years ago. If you can run it, they are *the* experts. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
