Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 09:03:30 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> To: Nick Tonkin <nick@tonkinresolutions.com>, Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial graphics drivers for 5.x ?? Message-ID: <200401080903.30610.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> In-Reply-To: <opr1gopo2lkr0fnn@world.tonkinresolutions.com> References: <opr1fr9zykkr0fnn@world.tonkinresolutions.com> <3FFD1929.2010608@lineone.net> <opr1gopo2lkr0fnn@world.tonkinresolutions.com>
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On Thursday 08 January 2004 08:47 am, Nick Tonkin wrote: > On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 08:47:37 +0000, Robert Downes > > <nullentropy@lineone.net> wrote: > > Nick Tonkin wrote: > >> Andrew, thanks for the pointer. The XFree86 nv driver is what I have > >> been using. I'm going to try to install and use Nvidia's own one. > > > > Really? I'm using a GeForce 2 MX 400 (64Mb) RAM, and I get an excellent > > picture with a Philips 109P2 monitor, using the nv driver for X. > > Are you using KDE 3? I'm going to experiment with some other window > managers, but I have observed that there are weird problems with color and > focus too. > > > Specifically, when I switch between one application window and another, > the contents of other wwindows and the desktop (eg the task bar icons and > text) sometimes become blurred and the colors shift (white becomes grey, > eg). At first I thought this might be an issue with Opera but I have found > it to happen with Konsole, KWord, etc. I am running KDE 3 with XFree86 4.3.0 on a laptop with no troubles at all. I don't think it's a problem with KDE, but rather your settings in XFree86 or even a hardware problem. -- Eric F Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588
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