Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-18 Thread Jonathan Schultz
An update, for anyone who may be following this thread, or stumbling on it down the track. I found that fiddling with the screen orientation using KDE's 'System Settings'->'Display and Monitor'->'Size and Orientation' made the problem go away, even if I changed the settings back to what they we

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-07 Thread NoOp
On 12/04/2011 05:04 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: > Thank you for the attention. > > On 05/12/11 08:09, NoOp wrote: >> sudo lshw -C video > > $ sudo lshw -C video >*-display > description: VGA compatible controller > product: NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] > vendor: nVidia Corpo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-04 Thread Jonathan Schultz
That is a different package/driver than the 173 and doesn't support the upgrade xserver: http://packages.debian.org/sid/nvidia-glx-legacy-71xx and is the wrong driver for your card. Sorry I don't know what I was thinking. I was obviously using the nouveau driver. Previously I'd been using the p

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-04 Thread NoOp
On 12/04/2011 08:14 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 12/04/2011 07:37 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: >>> And here I thought you had an old nVida clunker like mine (NV25GL >>> [Quadro4 900 XGL]) :-) >> >> Ah, Ok. I don't usually pay much attention to video cards, I'm not a >> gamer, I hardly even watch videos, I

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-04 Thread NoOp
On 12/04/2011 07:37 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: >> And here I thought you had an old nVida clunker like mine (NV25GL >> [Quadro4 900 XGL]) :-) > > Ah, Ok. I don't usually pay much attention to video cards, I'm not a > gamer, I hardly even watch videos, I just want my screens to work! > >> Perhap

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-04 Thread Jonathan Schultz
And here I thought you had an old nVida clunker like mine (NV25GL [Quadro4 900 XGL]) :-) Ah, Ok. I don't usually pay much attention to video cards, I'm not a gamer, I hardly even watch videos, I just want my screens to work! Perhaps giving the 173 drivers a try will resolve your issue - wort

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-04 Thread NoOp
On 12/04/2011 05:04 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: > Thank you for the attention. > > On 05/12/11 08:09, NoOp wrote: >> sudo lshw -C video > > $ sudo lshw -C video >*-display > description: VGA compatible controller > product: NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] > vendor: nVidia Corpo

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-04 Thread Jonathan Schultz
Thank you for the attention. On 05/12/11 08:09, NoOp wrote: sudo lshw -C video $ sudo lshw -C video *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@:01:00.0

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-04 Thread NoOp
On 12/01/2011 08:48 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: >> It always helps if you: 1) tell others what version of LO you are having >> issues with (and also if it is from LO or some other source; linux >> distribution repository or PPA, etc), > > Here are the details. > > I'm currently running LO version

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
eau driver. - from twohot@device.mobile :) -Original Message- From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:55:12 To: Reply-To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver [root@pitonyak ~]# lsmod | grep

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-03 Thread Onyeibo Oku
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Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
wohot@device.mobile :) -Original Message- From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:57:16 To: Reply-To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver I was not aware of Leigh's advice until I saw your res

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-02 Thread Onyeibo Oku
at forums.fedoraforum.org? > > - > from twohot@device.mobile :) > > -Original Message- > From: Jay Lozier > Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:11:58 > To: > Reply-To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Pr

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-02 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
Original Message- From: Jay Lozier Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:11:58 To: Reply-To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver On 12/01/2011 10:16 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 12/01/2011 10:05 PM, NoOp wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-02 Thread Onyeibo Oku
ed. Did U follow leigh's instructions at forums.fedoraforum.org? - from twohot@device.mobile :) -Original Message- From: Jay Lozier Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:11:58 To: Reply-To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-use

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-01 Thread Jay Lozier
On 12/01/2011 10:16 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 12/01/2011 10:05 PM, NoOp wrote: On 11/30/2011 05:04 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: Hello, For some time I've found that libreoffice (and openoffice before it) had trouble rendering text with the Linux open 'nouveau' (as opposed to the p

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-01 Thread Jonathan Schultz
It always helps if you: 1) tell others what version of LO you are having issues with (and also if it is from LO or some other source; linux distribution repository or PPA, etc), Here are the details. I'm currently running LO version 3.4.4 OOO340m1 from the Debian sid (unstable) repository. The

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-01 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 12/01/2011 10:05 PM, NoOp wrote: On 11/30/2011 05:04 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: Hello, For some time I've found that libreoffice (and openoffice before it) had trouble rendering text with the Linux open 'nouveau' (as opposed to the proprietary NVIDIA) driver. What appears to happen is that

[libreoffice-users] Re: Problem with Linux open nouveau video driver

2011-12-01 Thread NoOp
On 11/30/2011 05:04 PM, Jonathan Schultz wrote: > Hello, > > For some time I've found that libreoffice (and openoffice before it) had > trouble rendering text with the Linux open 'nouveau' (as opposed to the > proprietary NVIDIA) driver. What appears to happen is that everything > above a certa