Bob Sanders wrote: > On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:43:45 -0500 > fire-eyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hell, I am running into some very irritating problems when trying to use >>newer nvidia drivers. >> > > > The newer Nvidia drivers have a tighter spec on speeds. They also now need > mode lines for, as I recall, resolutions above 1280x1024. > > Also, as your monitor is one of those that has a flakey EDID (from reading > your log), > any edid setting will get ignored. > > The drivers do work, in most cases[1]. I'm running at 1920x1200 on 8174-r1. > But > that is with a mode line. I still get occasional system hangs on my 2P amd64 > system > while playing ut2004. But I think that may have to do with threads and audio. > > Bob > > [1] An SGI FP1600SW with an Nvidia 6xxx card at 1600x1024 is a case where none > of the drivers work, even with mode lines. > -
Okay, thanks for the information. It's been so long since I created modelines, I don't even remember how :) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
