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From: meino.cramer@×××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:16:03
Message-Id: 20110713173836.GC3026@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers by Grant
1 Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> [11-07-13 19:20]:
2 > >> >>> When I was using an Nvidia video card, I noticed a strange sort of
3 > >> >>> fuzzy edge effect if I used nvidia-drivers.  xf86-video-nouveau didn't
4 > >> >>> have the same problem.  Now I've switched to an ATI video card and
5 > >> >>> unfortunately I have the same problem with xf86-video-ati.  I tried to
6 > >> >>> enable the new modesetting radeon driver in the kernel to see if that
7 > >> >>> would help but it doesn't work with my HD4250 card yet.  Does anyone
8 > >> >>> know how to fix this?  Here's a photo of the effect around the mouse
9 > >> >>> cursor:
10 > >> >>>
11 > >> >>> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/cursor.jpg
12 > >> >>>
13 > >> >>> - Grant
14 >
15 > >> >> The image looks to me as thos would be an analog instead of
16 > >> >> an digital problem.
17 >
18 > >  Put all mains connectors of you PC rig into ONE wall connector
19 > >  with something like this (ok I miss some words here again and
20 > >  since a picture says more than even thousands of /missing/ words
21 > >  here comes an image of what I mean:):
22 > > 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
23 >
24 > Thank you for taking the time to explain. So I'm sure I understand
25 > what it is I should try, I should connect my computer's power cable
26 > and monitor's power cable to a power strip and plug that power strip
27 > into an outlet?
28 >
29 > - Grant
30 >
31
32 Yepp! 100% correct! :)
33
34 Good luck! :))
35
36 Best regards,
37 mcc

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>