[Xpert]Sending SIGUSR1 to X-- is it safe?

2002-10-03 Thread James D Strandboge
I use the 'nv' (xfree86 4.2.1) driver and after a screen blank, the bottom half of the screen is on top and vice versa. I use gdm also. I found that if I do: kill -SIGUSR1 `pidof X` after unblanking, X fixes itself and displays properly. Is this what SIGUSR1 is supposed to do (ie

[Xpert]Can't turn dpms off with nv driver

2002-10-03 Thread James D Strandboge
I have been having screen locks since switching to ACPI. In trying to locate the problem, I am trying to disable DPMS when using the nv driver. However, no matter what I try, it always is enabled: ... (II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension

Re: [Xpert]nv driver and geforce2 go issues: 24 bit color depth,screen blanking, and shadowfb

2002-09-25 Thread James D Strandboge
First off, sorry if this is posted twice. I sent it last night, but it didn't show up yet. :-! On Tue, 2002-09-24 at 13:38, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On 24 Sep 2002, James D Strandboge wrote: I have a Dell Inspiron 8200. lspci -vv gives: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2

Re: [Xpert]nv driver and geforce2 go issues: 24 bit color depth,screen blanking, and shadowfb

2002-09-25 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 14:06, Mark Vojkovich wrote: I should also mention that simply left clicking on the title bar of a window and dragging to move it does not always work with ShadowFB off. It's like the mouse just didn't grab it or it takes a couple of seconds to grab (with a cpu

Re: [Xpert]nv driver and geforce2 go issues: 24 bit color depth,screen blanking, and shadowfb

2002-09-25 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 16:07, James D Strandboge wrote: On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 14:06, Mark Vojkovich wrote: I should also mention that simply left clicking on the title bar of a window and dragging to move it does not always work with ShadowFB off. It's like the mouse just didn't

Re: [Xpert]nv driver and geforce2 go issues: 24 bit color depth,screen blanking, and shadowfb

2002-09-25 Thread James D Strandboge
On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 16:24, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On 25 Sep 2002, James D Strandboge wrote: On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 14:06, Mark Vojkovich wrote: I should also mention that simply left clicking on the title bar of a window and dragging to move it does not always work

[Xpert]nv driver and geforce2 go issues: 24 bit color depth, screenblanking, and shadowfb

2002-09-23 Thread James D Strandboge
I have a Dell Inspiron 8200. lspci -vv gives: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 Go] (rev b2) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) I have been waiting to try the newest nv driver so I wouldn't have to use the binary only nvidia driver. I installed Branden Robinson's debian 4.2.1 pre release X packages and

[Xpert]Radeon Mobility M6 LY crashes

2002-02-05 Thread James D Strandboge
I have an Inspiron 4100, 1Ghz, 16MB Radeon Mobility M6 that I cannot keep running for any length of time. The machine is pingable and I can ssh into it, but the display is locked. I have compiled a 2.4.18-pre7 kernel since it has the agpgart fixes, and am using the latest radeon driver from