Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Jared Lindsay <cinder.sub@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] xorg Dual-Head Layout with nv-Driver?
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:43:34
Message-Id: e16d914c050711144122e62966@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] xorg Dual-Head Layout with nv-Driver? by Kyle Liddell
1 I just had a thought on the problem...if you have one of the newer
2 cards (like a 6800), what size power supply do you have? Is it
3 sufficient to handle your video card, processor, and various drives?
4
5 On 7/11/05, Kyle Liddell <kyle@××××××××××××××××.net> wrote:
6 > What kernel/video card/nvidia driver version/motherboard/etc are you
7 > using? Anything special in your X config file? Do you have sideband
8 > addressing or fastwrites enabled? If it happens while emerging, prehaps
9 > your CPU is getting hot enough that your video card gets too much heat
10 > going on and locks up? Does it only happen with TwinView, or with a
11 > single monitor with the nvidia driver? Do you have a power hungry video
12 > card and a small power supply?
13 > I'm using the nvidia driver with my geforce 6800gt and I've had no
14 > problems at all. I haven't used TwinView since I got back home from
15 > school (no desk space for an extra monitor) but it worked fine for me.
16 > The only time I have any problems is when I enable the "EXPERIMENTAL!
17 > USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!" XRender hardware acceleration.
18 >
19 > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 12:27 +0200, Marcel Treis wrote:
20 >
21 > > b) any information concerning the above mentioned problem wich id didnt
22 > > find?
23 > >
24 > > Thanks alot!
25 >
26 >
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] xorg Dual-Head Layout with nv-Driver? Kyle Liddell <kyle@××××××××××××××××.net>