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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:46:14
Message-Id: CAN0CFw3tp0U3rniJFX4-y5od2eK6zQb0F2vJT2M+Dv4PTZzZ_Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 >> >> >>> When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of
2 >> >> >>> fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't
3 >> >> >>> have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and
4 >> >> >>> unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati.  I tried to
5 >> >> >>> enable the new modesetting radeon driver in the kernel to see if that
6 >> >> >>> would help but it doesn't work with my HD4250 card yet.  Does anyone
7 >> >> >>> know how to fix this?  Here's a photo of the effect around the mouse
8 >> >> >>> cursor:
9 >> >> >>>
10 >> >> >>> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/cursor.jpg
11 >> >> >>>
12 >> >> >>> - Grant
13 >>
14 >> >> >> The image looks to me as thos would be an analog instead of
15 >> >> >> an digital problem.
16 >>
17 >> >  Put all mains connectors of you PC rig into ONE wall connector
18 >> >  with something like this (ok I miss some words here again and
19 >> >  since a picture says more than even thousands of /missing/ words
20 >> >  here comes an image of what I mean:):
21 >> > http://www.reichelt.de/Steckdosenleisten-ohne-Schalter/6-FACH-DOSE-WS-5/index.html?;ACTION=3;LA=2;ARTICLE=108651;GROUPID=4281;SID=11Thz@On8AAAIAABaBBrE9f5418078c2ea9fe6608e9765d978595
22 >>
23 >> Thank you for taking the time to explain.  So I'm sure I understand
24 >> what it is I should try, I should connect my computer's power cable
25 >> and monitor's power cable to a power strip and plug that power strip
26 >> into an outlet?
27 >>
28 >> - Grant
29 >>
30 >
31 > Yepp! 100% correct! :)
32 >
33 > Good luck! :))
34 >
35 > Best regards,
36 > mcc
37
38 I gave it a try but there was no change. I tried plugging the TV and
39 computer into a power strip and also into an isolation transformer.
40 Any other ideas?
41
42 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>