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