Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-20 Thread meino . cramer
Walter Dnes [14-04-14 17:23]: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote > > > was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled > > the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really annoying > > thing happened: > > > > When a program uses the s

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 15 Apr 2014 18:39:09 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Tom Wijsman [14-04-15 19:36]: > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 > > > > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > > > To exegrate the whole discussion: > > > > > > "Help! I have a problem with Linux!" > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:39:09 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Tom Wijsman [14-04-15 19:36]: > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 > > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > > > To exegrate the whole discussion: > > > > > > "Help! I have a problem with Linux!"

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread meino . cramer
Tom Wijsman [14-04-15 19:36]: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > > To exegrate the whole discussion: > > > > "Help! I have a problem with Linux!" > > > > "...I have some heard of Linux...bad things...use windows instead!" >

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:59:19 +0200 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > To exegrate the whole discussion: > > "Help! I have a problem with Linux!" > > "...I have some heard of Linux...bad things...use windows instead!" > > So: Due to the already mentioned reasons I ca

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Dale
Alan McKinnon wrote: > Would you be better off with a Toyota or a Nissan? Same answer: I > don't see much difference. Both work, both have free and blob drivers, > both are better at some things and worse at others. I really don't see > any clear cut reason to choose one over the other for the gene

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon [14-04-15 17:33]: > On 15/04/2014 09:14, Mick wrote: > > On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > >> The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were > >> intended to be used. > >> > >> The way they were intended to be used is the same way Win

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 15/04/2014 09:14, Mick wrote: > On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were >> intended to be used. >> >> The way they were intended to be used is the same way Windows uses them, >> the Linux and Windows driver

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-15 Thread Mick
On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: > The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were > intended to be used. > > The way they were intended to be used is the same way Windows uses them, > the Linux and Windows drivers share the bulk of the internal code and

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-14 Thread meino . cramer
Alan McKinnon [14-04-14 17:23]: > On 14/04/2014 15:50, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote > > > >> was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled > >> the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really annoying > >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 14/04/2014 15:50, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote > >> was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled >> the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really annoying >> thing happened: >> >> When a program uses th

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-14 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 05:20:12AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote > was updated and I installed Linux 3.12.17 (vanilla) and recompiled > the nvidia-drivers and finally the X11-modules, a really annoying > thing happened: > > When a program uses the screen overlay technique (right word???) to >

[gentoo-user] Weird Screen-Overlay problems after update

2014-04-13 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, after the mesa-compile failure could be fixed and this: > * > * The following 7 packages have failed to build or install: > * > * (media-libs/mesa-10.0.4::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge), Log file: > * '/var/tmp/portage/media-libs/mesa-10.0.4/temp/build.log' > * (virtual/glu-