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

Wed Oct 1 19:07:48 UTC 2008
MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com>

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:01 PM, John <jses27 at gmail.com> 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 similar issues.
>
> Ralph
>
> JohnStanley Writes:
>
> That is a good question for him, maybe better to post his xorg config file.
> The standard driver will at times want to kind of like lag behind. Guess im
> gonna do a DKMS only machine to see how it works out with video drivers.
>

Well, when the nVIDIA screen pops up (before login and between
logins), it says "BETA DRIVER" right below the nVIDIA logo.

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.

I'm all for not stressing the monitor - it's stressing me!

mhr