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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20120119/006288.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20120119/006288.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6087e021f --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20120119/006288.html @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Glitch with nvidia FX 5500 card driver + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Glitch%20with%20nvidia%20FX%205500%20card%20driver&In-Reply-To=%3Cjf8016%244ba%241%40dough.gmane.org%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="006287.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="006289.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Glitch with nvidia FX 5500 card driver</H1> + <B>TJ</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Glitch%20with%20nvidia%20FX%205500%20card%20driver&In-Reply-To=%3Cjf8016%244ba%241%40dough.gmane.org%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Glitch with nvidia FX 5500 card driver">andrewsfarm at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Thu Jan 19 03:43:49 CET 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006287.html">[Mageia-discuss] Appearance of the Mageia-installer +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006289.html">[Mageia-discuss] Glitch with nvidia FX 5500 card driver +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6288">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6288">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6288">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6288">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>I recently installed Mageia 1 on an older desktop with an Athlon XP +2200+ processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 128MB BFG nvidia FX5500 AGP card +with VGA-only output running a new Samsung 1600x900 LCD monitor. I +instructed Mageia to install the proprietary nvidia driver from the +repositories, as I always have done with Mandriva in the past. +Previously, this setup had been running Mandriva 2010.2 with a 1024x768 +CRT monitor with no problems. + +At first things seemed to be OK, a little slow maybe, but OK. But then I +noticed that when I went to bring up a menu or a dialog box, the +contents of the box would be scrambled for a second, then straighten out. + +At first I thought there might be insufficient RAM to handle the higher +resolution. After checking into things I saw swap was being used far +more than it should, which only seemed to confirm it. So I bought 2GB of +RAM, the maximum this motherboard would handle, and installed it. The +swap usage problem was cured and things sped up a bit, but the scrambled +menus were still there. + +After that, I tried turning off the desktop effects, but that was even +worse in its own way because while the menu scrambling wasn't as +prominent, when I went to shut things down the background went away and +something from out of an old cache was displayed. + +So then it seemed like it had to be the card. Maybe the card didn't have +enough memory, was too slow, or I needed a DVI output. I bought a 256MB +BFG Geforce 6200OC card, and installed it, switching to the DVI port it +had. MCC detected the card, but I still had to instruct it that I wanted +to use the proprietary driver. Three packages were installed, and I was +instructed that I had to reboot before they'd take effect. + +So I rebooted, taking note as I did so that the scrambling problem was +still there with the new car when it used the old driver. After +rebooting with the correct driver, the problem disappeared completely. +All is now well. + +All the above verbiage leads me to now believe that there's something +wrong with the nvidia FX driver currently in use by Mageia 1. If you've +stuck with me this far I hope you agree. I thought somebody should know. + +Since the problem has been circumvented, I have no desire to pursue a +different solution. Disrupting my brother's computing experience by +removing a card that's working, putting in a card that didn't to test +some new patch or other, then replacing the new card again doesn't sound +like the best way to family harmony to me, so I'm not going to even +entertain the idea of doing so. + +But perhaps someone else can benefit from my experience. I hope so. + +TJ + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006287.html">[Mageia-discuss] Appearance of the Mageia-installer +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006289.html">[Mageia-discuss] Glitch with nvidia FX 5500 card driver +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6288">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6288">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6288">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6288">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |