moving window maxes out processor...

[dandaman96]

I just installed the nVidia drivers for my computer. Quick run down of my system.

Soyo KT400 mb
XFX nVidia GeForce 4 MX420 64MB DDR
Mandrake9.0 running on Gnome

Before driver install, no problems.

After, everytime I move a window, processor gets maxed, and the window moves very jerky. It's a real pain in the butt.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dan

[bwkaz]

That would be a known problem with driver 4191. Moving back to 3123, or making your background be just a solid color fill (rather than a pixmap) both work for some.

With that KT400, which kernel are you using?

[dandaman96]

You'll have to forgive me, I've been on Linux for 2 wks now.

What would the process be to move back to the drive you specified? Any disadvantages?

Are you speaking of the MDK kernel or the vid card kernel? [In either case, I'm away from my Linux box right now, so I can't say]

Thanks,
Dan

[bwkaz]

To move to 3123, just install Mandrake's kernel-source package (the version of the package has to match what uname -r tells you), though you might want to consider restarting the installer and selecting the entire development "group".

Then go to the archive page (it's here (http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_archive)) and from there, go to the 3123 driver page.

Then download the kernel and GLX drivers, but get the .tar.gz version.

Then open a terminal, go to the directory you saved them in, and tar xzf NVIDIA_k and hit tab and return. Tab will autocomplete the filename for you, it's nice. Then do a tar xzf NVIDIA_G and hit tab and return.

Then, cd into the new kernel directory and do a make, followed by a su - (to become root) and a make install. cd back up one, and then cd into the GLX directory, and do a make as root to install them (you don't actually compile anything with the GLX driver).

Then make sure your XF86Config-4 is still set up right (it should be), but delete the /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o file. And change /etc/modules.conf to have an alias like alias /dev/nvidia* NVdriver if it's not there (and get rid of the alias referencing nvidia, if it is).

Then, a reboot should be all you need.

When I was talking about the KT400, I meant which Linux kernel version. You find out with a uname -r.

[dandaman96]

FYI, I'm running kernel 2.4.19-16mdk.