On Sonntag 11 Januar 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [09-01-11 15:35]: > > On Sonntag 11 Januar 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [09-01-11 15:15]: > > > > On Sonntag 11 Januar 2009, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > > are you using composite? if yes, don't. Or install the latest > > > > > > nvidia driver. > > > > > > > > > > In my initial posting I mentioned the driver, which is installed on > > > > > my PC > > > > > > > > > > > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.82 USE="acpi gtk -custom-cflags > > > > > > > (-multilib) > > > > > > > > > > This is -- according to "emerge -pv..." the newest available... > > > > > > > > no, it is not. The latest are 180something and they solved some 2d > > > > slowness issues with that driver. > > > > > > > > > Is it needed to switch off Composite with that version ? > > > > > > > > composite makes 2d very slow with drivers prior to 180. You don't > > > > have to disable composite in xorg.conf. Just don't use compiz and > > > > deactivate all effects in gnome/kde. > > > > btw, xorg.conf would be nice to see. > > > > > > ...eeeh...how can I get the newest driver in a gentoo-compatible way? > > > > look into bugzilla - I am pretty sure somebody posted an updated ebuild > > already. Download it, put it into your overlay, ebuild ...ebuild manifest > > and emerge it. > > > > > I set > > > > > > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~x86 > > > > > > in /etc/package/package-keywords. > > > > > > Emerge reports the previously mentioned (non-180) version of the nvidia > > > drivers. > > > > > > I attached Xorg.conf to this email. > > > > and I cleaned it up a bit: > > > > Section "Module" > > Load "glx" > > EndSection > > > > Section "ServerFlags" > > Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Keyboard1" > > Driver "kbd" > > Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" > > # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) > > Option "LeftAlt" "Meta" > > Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift" > > Option "ScrollLock" "Compose" > > Option "RightCtl" "Control" > > Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:win_switch,ctrl:nocaps,compose:rwin" > > # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > > Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > > Option "XkbLayout" "de" > > Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Mouse1" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > > # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > Option "Buttons" "5" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > # When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment > > Option "ChordMiddle" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "HM903DT" > > Option "DPMS" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > > > # Option "Overlay" "true" > > # Option "UBB" "true" > > # Option "CIOverlay" "true" > > # VideoRam 66560 > > Identifier "n7600GT" > > Driver "nvidia" > > Option "NvAGP" "3" > > Option "TripleBuffer" "true" > > Option "NoLogo" "1" > > Option "BackingStore" "True" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen 1" > > Device "n7600GT" > > Monitor "HM903DT" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 24 > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > > > you could try without bs and tb. > > This xorg.conf gaves me a flickery (to low refresh rate) highly > offseted screen with slim and after login the screen is somehow > scrambled blockwise. I am not using hal for X11 due to othe problems > (see previous problems reported here). > I switched back to my old xorg.conf. > > What do you mean with "ts" and "bs"?
strange. Your monitor and your card should set up a perfect picture just by using edid data. tb = triple buffering, bs = backingstore.
