Re: Install Report --- Dell 8200
I have a Vaio GRT170 with a native 1400x1056(or something like that)
but have not found a modline that will work beyond 1280x1024. The
default X background, the little black and white dumbells, have a
moire effect at that resolution showing that it's not quite matching
the LCD pixels.
Does this sound like a difference between the nv and the nvidia
drivers?
I'm using the non-free nvidia kernel driver (that has to be compiled
by me but is thankfully supplied by Debian) in AGP mode and get a
fast full corner-to-corner screen at least.
I'd like to use the free nv driver, from an esthetic point of view. I
prefer "open" source, "free" as in freedom and all that, except I
bought their proprietary hardware so what's the problem using their
proprietary software for it? Oh well. It's not like all the buttons
and things work on this nastily proprietary Vaio.
Curt-
On Thursday 22 April 2004 10:43, Christopher De Vries was heard to
say:
> I tried using the free nv driver, but I always ended up with a
> large black unusable border around the edge of the screen and a
> small usable X windows setup within that. I didn't try pushing it
> to 1600x1280 with nv... I would love to see your XF86Config-4 file
> and see if I can get nv to work on my system with your settings.
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 04:21:46PM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote:
> > Is there some reason you didn't use the free nv driver rather
> > than the non-free nvidia driver? While not "accelerated" I find
> > it pleanty fast on my Inspiron 8200, even playing DVDs. (This
> > requires at least Xfree86 4.2, so either sarge or a backport to
> > woody.) I do like the 1600x1280 screen, one of the main reasons
> > I selected laptop.
>
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