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Bob Sanders wrote: |
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> On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:43:45 -0500 |
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> fire-eyes <sgtphou@×××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>Hell, I am running into some very irritating problems when trying to use |
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>>newer nvidia drivers. |
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> The newer Nvidia drivers have a tighter spec on speeds. They also now need |
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> mode lines for, as I recall, resolutions above 1280x1024. |
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> Also, as your monitor is one of those that has a flakey EDID (from reading your log), |
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> any edid setting will get ignored. |
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> The drivers do work, in most cases[1]. I'm running at 1920x1200 on 8174-r1. But |
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> that is with a mode line. I still get occasional system hangs on my 2P amd64 system |
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> while playing ut2004. But I think that may have to do with threads and audio. |
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> Bob |
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> [1] An SGI FP1600SW with an Nvidia 6xxx card at 1600x1024 is a case where none |
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> of the drivers work, even with mode lines. |
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Okay, thanks for the information. It's been so long since I created |
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modelines, I don't even remember how :) |
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