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On Thursday 05 November 2009 22:11:49 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: |
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> Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 04 November 2009 02:55:55 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: |
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> >> NVidia updated their drivers at about the time you started having |
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> >> problems. Their latest driver update changed the permissions on |
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> >> /dev/nvidia0 nvidiactl ; resulting in VERY slow scrolling response on |
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> >> my box (amd64) using googleearth. Changing the permissions to crwxrw-rw- |
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> >> resulted in instant speed up; you may get by with r--r-- (?). |
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> > |
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> > I don't have that device on either of my systems using a GeForce 7300 GS. |
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> > Nor can I find an nvidiactl. |
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> That device appears when you use the NV proprietary driver. |
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I should have said that I'm using x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-190.42-r2, which |
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I thought was the proprietary driver. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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