Solved Re: window displays with black/white blocks running a java program

2015-08-22 Thread dwoody5654

On 08/19/2015 08:41 PM, Fred Smith wrote:

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 03:37:12PM -0500, dwoody5654 wrote:

On 08/19/2015 03:01 PM, Fred Smith wrote:

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 02:37:56PM -0500, dwoody5654 wrote:

I have F21 but it also did the same thing on F20.
I use the java program thinkorswim from TDAmeritrade.

 From the desktop computer, the program works correctly.

The laptop computer has a problem.
The first screen displays correctly. The second screen that is for
logging in has a lot of vertical graphics with black/white blocks.
The screen is not readable but if you put the mouse at the correct
place I am able to login.

After the applications is loaded, the rest of the application runs
correctly.

This has only happened on laptops (2 laptops different brands, both F21).
Both laptops work correctly otherwise.

When I remote login from my desktop to the laptop and run the
application all screens display correctly on the desktop monitor.

I thought that I was missing a font on the laptop, but both laptop
and desktop have the same fonts.

Has anyone seen similar problems.

Any ideas for what to check next?


Wild guess here: these laptops have Nvidia chipsets and are using
the open-source Nouveau video driver...

your desktop(s) may or may not have nvidia and therefore may or may
not be using Nouveau, but even if both are true, it's almost cfertainly
a different Nvidia chipset, one with better support.

So, if my wild guess is true, you may wish to try installing the
correct nvidia driver on one of the laptops to see if it helps.
You can get Nvidia drivers for fedora from the elrepo repository.

Good luck!


Thanks for the quick reply.

The desktop is AMD CPU and video.

lshw shows that the  laptop has Intel chips and  the video is i915.
lsmod lists video as i915 and the xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 package is
installed as well as the devel package. So, to me that indicates
that the intel driver is the one being used.

If that conclusion is true, is the setup is as good as it gets and
there is an application problem or is there another driver that I
should try? If so how do I insure that this other driver loads in
place of what is currently being used?


Sorry, I'm fresh out of ideas. I know little about Intel video.
AFAIK, the drivers come with the kernel, which isn't to say it
may not be buggy,...

Or maybe there's something else wrong, but right now I have
no further ideas. Sorry!

I changed the minimum amount of memory for the program to use and that 
fixed the login screen but did not fix the next screen that show the 
progress of loading the program (not a big deal).


The line I changed is in the thinkorswim.vmoptions file and the line is:
-Xms32m
changed to:
-Xms64m

David
--
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org


Re: window displays with black/white blocks running a java program

2015-08-19 Thread Fred Smith
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 02:37:56PM -0500, dwoody5654 wrote:
 I have F21 but it also did the same thing on F20.
 I use the java program thinkorswim from TDAmeritrade.
 
 From the desktop computer, the program works correctly.
 
 The laptop computer has a problem.
 The first screen displays correctly. The second screen that is for
 logging in has a lot of vertical graphics with black/white blocks.
 The screen is not readable but if you put the mouse at the correct
 place I am able to login.
 
 After the applications is loaded, the rest of the application runs
 correctly.
 
 This has only happened on laptops (2 laptops different brands, both F21).
 Both laptops work correctly otherwise.
 
 When I remote login from my desktop to the laptop and run the
 application all screens display correctly on the desktop monitor.
 
 I thought that I was missing a font on the laptop, but both laptop
 and desktop have the same fonts.
 
 Has anyone seen similar problems.
 
 Any ideas for what to check next?
 

Wild guess here: these laptops have Nvidia chipsets and are using
the open-source Nouveau video driver...

your desktop(s) may or may not have nvidia and therefore may or may
not be using Nouveau, but even if both are true, it's almost cfertainly
a different Nvidia chipset, one with better support.

So, if my wild guess is true, you may wish to try installing the
correct nvidia driver on one of the laptops to see if it helps.
You can get Nvidia drivers for fedora from the elrepo repository.

Good luck!

-- 
---
 .Fred Smith   /  
( /__  ,__.   __   __ /  __   : / 
 //  /   /__) /  /  /__) .+'   Home: fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us 
//  (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 781-438-5471 
 Jude 1:24,25 -
-- 
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org


window displays with black/white blocks running a java program

2015-08-19 Thread dwoody5654

I have F21 but it also did the same thing on F20.
I use the java program thinkorswim from TDAmeritrade.

From the desktop computer, the program works correctly.

The laptop computer has a problem.
The first screen displays correctly. The second screen that is for 
logging in has a lot of vertical graphics with black/white blocks. The 
screen is not readable but if you put the mouse at the correct place I 
am able to login.


After the applications is loaded, the rest of the application runs 
correctly.


This has only happened on laptops (2 laptops different brands, both F21).
Both laptops work correctly otherwise.

When I remote login from my desktop to the laptop and run the 
application all screens display correctly on the desktop monitor.


I thought that I was missing a font on the laptop, but both laptop and 
desktop have the same fonts.


Has anyone seen similar problems.

Any ideas for what to check next?

Thanks,

David
--
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org


Re: window displays with black/white blocks running a java program

2015-08-19 Thread Joe Zeff

On 08/19/2015 01:01 PM, Fred Smith wrote:

You can get Nvidia drivers for fedora from the elrepo repository.


Shouldn't that be the rpmfusion repository?
--
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org


Re: window displays with black/white blocks running a java program

2015-08-19 Thread dwoody5654

On 08/19/2015 03:01 PM, Fred Smith wrote:

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 02:37:56PM -0500, dwoody5654 wrote:

I have F21 but it also did the same thing on F20.
I use the java program thinkorswim from TDAmeritrade.

 From the desktop computer, the program works correctly.

The laptop computer has a problem.
The first screen displays correctly. The second screen that is for
logging in has a lot of vertical graphics with black/white blocks.
The screen is not readable but if you put the mouse at the correct
place I am able to login.

After the applications is loaded, the rest of the application runs
correctly.

This has only happened on laptops (2 laptops different brands, both F21).
Both laptops work correctly otherwise.

When I remote login from my desktop to the laptop and run the
application all screens display correctly on the desktop monitor.

I thought that I was missing a font on the laptop, but both laptop
and desktop have the same fonts.

Has anyone seen similar problems.

Any ideas for what to check next?


Wild guess here: these laptops have Nvidia chipsets and are using
the open-source Nouveau video driver...

your desktop(s) may or may not have nvidia and therefore may or may
not be using Nouveau, but even if both are true, it's almost cfertainly
a different Nvidia chipset, one with better support.

So, if my wild guess is true, you may wish to try installing the
correct nvidia driver on one of the laptops to see if it helps.
You can get Nvidia drivers for fedora from the elrepo repository.

Good luck!


Thanks for the quick reply.

The desktop is AMD CPU and video.

lshw shows that the  laptop has Intel chips and  the video is i915. 
lsmod lists video as i915 and the xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 package is 
installed as well as the devel package. So, to me that indicates that 
the intel driver is the one being used.


If that conclusion is true, is the setup is as good as it gets and there 
is an application problem or is there another driver that I should try? 
If so how do I insure that this other driver loads in place of what is 
currently being used?


Thanks,

David


--
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org


Re: window displays with black/white blocks running a java program

2015-08-19 Thread Fred Smith
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 01:03:02PM -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
 On 08/19/2015 01:01 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
 You can get Nvidia drivers for fedora from the elrepo repository.
 
 Shouldn't that be the rpmfusion repository?

Both, I believe.

I'm not certain that rpmfusion includes the nvidia-detect
package, though. haven't looked there lately.

-- 
 Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us -
   But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: 
 While we were still sinners, 
  Christ died for us.
--- Romans 5:8 (niv) --
-- 
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org


Re: window displays with black/white blocks running a java program

2015-08-19 Thread Fred Smith
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 03:37:12PM -0500, dwoody5654 wrote:
 On 08/19/2015 03:01 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
 On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 02:37:56PM -0500, dwoody5654 wrote:
 I have F21 but it also did the same thing on F20.
 I use the java program thinkorswim from TDAmeritrade.
 
  From the desktop computer, the program works correctly.
 
 The laptop computer has a problem.
 The first screen displays correctly. The second screen that is for
 logging in has a lot of vertical graphics with black/white blocks.
 The screen is not readable but if you put the mouse at the correct
 place I am able to login.
 
 After the applications is loaded, the rest of the application runs
 correctly.
 
 This has only happened on laptops (2 laptops different brands, both F21).
 Both laptops work correctly otherwise.
 
 When I remote login from my desktop to the laptop and run the
 application all screens display correctly on the desktop monitor.
 
 I thought that I was missing a font on the laptop, but both laptop
 and desktop have the same fonts.
 
 Has anyone seen similar problems.
 
 Any ideas for what to check next?
 
 Wild guess here: these laptops have Nvidia chipsets and are using
 the open-source Nouveau video driver...
 
 your desktop(s) may or may not have nvidia and therefore may or may
 not be using Nouveau, but even if both are true, it's almost cfertainly
 a different Nvidia chipset, one with better support.
 
 So, if my wild guess is true, you may wish to try installing the
 correct nvidia driver on one of the laptops to see if it helps.
 You can get Nvidia drivers for fedora from the elrepo repository.
 
 Good luck!
 
 Thanks for the quick reply.
 
 The desktop is AMD CPU and video.
 
 lshw shows that the  laptop has Intel chips and  the video is i915.
 lsmod lists video as i915 and the xorg-x11-drv-intel.i686 package is
 installed as well as the devel package. So, to me that indicates
 that the intel driver is the one being used.
 
 If that conclusion is true, is the setup is as good as it gets and
 there is an application problem or is there another driver that I
 should try? If so how do I insure that this other driver loads in
 place of what is currently being used?
 

Sorry, I'm fresh out of ideas. I know little about Intel video.
AFAIK, the drivers come with the kernel, which isn't to say it
may not be buggy,...

Or maybe there's something else wrong, but right now I have
no further ideas. Sorry!

-- 
 Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us -
 God made him who had no sin
  to be sin for us, so that in him
 we might become the righteousness of God.
--- Corinthians 5:21 -
-- 
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org