On Thursday 18 July 2019 19:06:55 Richard Hobson wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > All video cards should respond to the vesa driver. Trolling > > thru /var/log/Xorg.0.log with 'less' will answer that question. But > > vesa has I believe a max resolution of 800x600 so while it will work > > it will not work to the cards or monitors real capabilities. There > > 2 schools of thought, one being to go get from Nvidia, the correct > > driver for your card. But that driver does not play nice with > > applications that need realtime or near realtime kernel performance > > as it can lock other processes away from the kernel by disabling IRQ > > responses, sometimes for hundreds of milliseconds in its efforts to > > give you fast graphics. Nvidia has been kind enough to throw some > > friendlier code over the legal wall which has allowed the linux > > folks to write drivers for these cards, and that driver is much > > nicer to apps that need realtime access to the kernels services. By > > not hogging the IRQ's. > > > > This driver, called "nouveau", is available from most all the > > distro's and can be installed directly from the repo's with the > > distros favorite package manager as soon as you get a working > > network connection going. > > Vesa, now there's a word I've not come across for a long time. I'm not > sure what the resolution is it's using but it's certainly better than > 800x600. However, clearly things are not quite right and I'm hoping > that now I'm online and can use the appropriate software management > tools it will be sorted out for me. The information above is > invaluable because now I know what I'm looking for and why. > > >> Thanks to Greg and Curt for the info about su - and Gene for the > >> correct syntax for checking a PATH. > > > > Thank you for the flowers, Richard. > > I couldn't get roses, I hope the daffodils will suffice. > > R Neither last worth a toot when cut and vased. :) The thought lasts longer. Thanks.
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