Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause

2008-10-02 Thread MHR
SOLVED: Thanks to all who piled in with their good advice. I hooked up my old (50lb) CRT and it showed the same display problems, so I figured it was the video card. Got lucky, found a replacement (the 7200GS) cheap at our local Micro Center and all is now well again. BTW, the "beta" driver I'm

Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause

2008-10-01 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This morning I noticed that my (new in July) monitor was behaving >> strangely. At first, it was odd parts of web page graphics that >> didn't show up unless

Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause

2008-10-01 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This morning I noticed that my (new in July) monitor was behaving > strangely. At first, it was odd parts of web page graphics that > didn't show up unless I scrolled up and down in the window, and then > they weren't displayed with

RE: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause

2008-10-01 Thread John
""If I do downgrade (which I may well do), where do I get the right driver? I pulled these from rpmforge after my old driver didn't seem to like the new monitor."" DKMS: http://linux.dell.com/dkms/manpage.html You should use "dkms remove " first. Reconfigure the standard graphics. What is advisab

RE: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause

2008-10-01 Thread John
MHR wrote: > The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from > rpmforge (under dkms). Are you sure that you are using that driver and *not* the "nv" driver which comes with XOrg? With that one I've seen similar issues. Ralph JohnStanley Writes: That is a good question for h

Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause

2008-10-01 Thread MHR
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:01 PM, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MHR wrote: >> The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from >> rpmforge (under dkms). > > Are you sure that you are using that driver and *not* the "nv" driver which > comes with XOrg? With that one I've seen

Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause

2008-10-01 Thread Ralph Angenendt
MHR wrote: > The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from > rpmforge (under dkms). Are you sure that you are using that driver and *not* the "nv" driver which comes with XOrg? With that one I've seen similar issues. Ralph pgpqQIRqawMVd.pgp Description: PGP signature __

RE: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause

2008-10-01 Thread John
The video card is an nvidia ge7100gs and I have the beta driver from rpmforge (under dkms). JohnStanley Writes: Get rid of the BETA Driver. Period! The beta driver is what is called a hot driver (excerts to much stress on the vidieo card). DKMS is Nice but down grade the driver. Im not much of a