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Well, now it works :-) |
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I don't know what fixed it, but my guess is, as Duncan suggested, I |
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didn't reboot after recompiling the kernel, and before emerging |
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nvidia. After that sequence, the module loads fine. |
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Thank you all very much for the tips and taking the time to help. Best regards |
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On 7/27/05, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Michal Zeravik posted <42E7328A.9030002@×××××××.com>, excerpted below, |
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> on Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:06:50 +0200: |
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> > Anyone got work X transparency (composite) with xcompmgr working with |
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> > 2.6.12 and nvidia drivers? For me it is not working even with generic nv |
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> > driver. |
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> I don't do unfreedomware, and have an issue with NVidia not providing |
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> even programming interface information to the community, so I refuse to |
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> buy NVidia video. |
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> However, I got it working with an ATI Radeon 9200 SE and the xorg native |
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> drivers the other day. It's /nice/ in KDE. That was running the |
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> xorg-x11-6.8.99.15 6.9/7.0 snapshot build, with unified framebuffer on a |
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> dual 2048x1736 monitor layout. |
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> Composite crashes with Xinerama enabled and dual framebuffers instead of |
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> the single unified framebuffer, thru 6.8.99.13. The .14 and .15 |
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> snapshots won't xinerama correctly even without composite, and I decided I |
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> liked the separate framebuffers with xinerama (I like being able to |
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> switch the resolution on one monitor without having to worry about the |
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> other one as well), so I switched back to .13, without composite, of |
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> course, since it crashes in xinerama mode. |
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> Still, I was able to play with it enough to get a feel for why everybody |
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> is going so crazy over composite, and what it can do. Once it goes fully |
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> stable, it'll definitely support some really nice eye candy. It's really |
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> cool when it works. |
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> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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Mark |
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