Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:57:11 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@ppp-207-193-2-169.kscymo.swbell.net> To: marcw@lanfear.com (Marc Wandschneider) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does KDE care what graphics card I use? Message-ID: <200002191957.NAA59944@ppp-207-193-2-169.kscymo.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <000001bf7ab0$9fcb0b20$0300000a@katana>
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In reply: > moo! > so, I used to run KDE 1.1.2 under XFree86 3.3.5 on a FreeBSD 3.3 system. I > recently switched the graphics card from an ATI XPERT@WORK graphics card to > a Creative Labs 3D Graphics Blaster TNT2. I also upgraded the CPU to a > 750MHz athlon. > > Now, XFree86 runs fine, and twm and xterms are kinky happy, but KDE is just > cranky as hell -- buttons don't paint at all, clipping is pretty much a > wreck -- menus leave turds all over the place. Upgrading to XFree86 3.3.6 > didn't help at all ... > > Does anybody have any idea why this would all suddenly be screwed up? I'd > really rather not have to recompile and reinstall KDE (and I'm not even sure > that would work ....) > > Any thoughts would be appreciated!!! > > > thanks, > marc i suggest getting the linux drivers package for the card from nvidia. i forget exactly where to go, but i was able to get it off the main page, and as i recall, some patches were involved too. you must run under linux emulation. i got my card early-mid last year, and using the TNT2 driver makes a big diff. on a side note, please tell me if you get a displayed cursor in emacs when you do. when i did this, my cursor in emacs somehow disappeared, and i have to type blind in emacs on the console. of course, the cursor only disappeared under X. i might go through all that bs again if it's fixed. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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