Scrolling desktop!! HELP

urquhartia · 09-14-03, 04:34 PM

Hello,
I just installed the drivers for my Geforce card, I use Suse 7.2 pro.
Before installing the drivers I followed all instructions from suse and the readme text contained in the driver file. After boot up the screen only how about a quarter of my desktop at a timew,
I have to use the mouse to scroll around!! How do I fix this? as sax 2 isn't doing the job.

Regards Urquhart *really thinks I'm missing omething obvious but can't think what*

urquhartia · 09-15-03, 03:17 PM

Hi,
the scrolling desktop is no longer a problem. I simply removed the Nvidia card and installed another make and model. When all is said and done I refuse to go back to windows to get 3d acceleration. As Nvidia can't readilly provide it I shall no longer use their cards, both at home and work, not until they permit development of an open driver *with particular emphais on one which works*.

Regards Urquhart.

P.S. get your act together and provide/permit GPL drivers :P

urquhartia · 09-16-03, 07:43 AM

Hi,
I jut couldn't leave well alone, it bugged me that i couldn't get the driver working so I stayed up most of the night and ventured into some config file I seldom dare enter. Needless to say after a fashion I got the driver working. I still won't use the card but at least I managed to get it working

regards
Urquhart
P.s. Hardly a user friendly driver

elektronisch · 09-16-03, 11:46 AM

Linux wasn't meant to be user friendly. Perhaps you have virtual resolution on?

urquhartia · 09-16-03, 04:19 PM

Hello, thanks for the reply,
I got the cards working just fine in every system i tried today. The error was on my part. Yes I know linux isn't meant to be user friendly but hey with a little patience and a willingness to learn it's more than worth using. Sorry for my knee jerk reaction *viz first post* Anyways I have learned a lot from this so it wa a good thing the driver never worked first time.

Regards Urquhart.

CRH · 09-17-03, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by elektronisch
Perhaps you have virtual resolution on?

I assume there are parameters in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to turn virtual resolution on and off but I don't know what these parameters are. Could you enlighten me?

09-14-03, 04:34 PM	#1
urquhartia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4	Scrolling desktop!! HELP Hello, I just installed the drivers for my Geforce card, I use Suse 7.2 pro. Before installing the drivers I followed all instructions from suse and the readme text contained in the driver file. After boot up the screen only how about a quarter of my desktop at a timew, I have to use the mouse to scroll around!! How do I fix this? as sax 2 isn't doing the job. Regards Urquhart really thinks I'm missing omething obvious but can't think what

09-15-03, 03:17 PM	#2
urquhartia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4	I solved it. Hi, the scrolling desktop is no longer a problem. I simply removed the Nvidia card and installed another make and model. When all is said and done I refuse to go back to windows to get 3d acceleration. As Nvidia can't readilly provide it I shall no longer use their cards, both at home and work, not until they permit development of an open driver with particular emphais on one which works. Regards Urquhart. P.S. get your act together and provide/permit GPL drivers :P

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09-16-03, 07:43 AM	#3
urquhartia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4	Hi, I jut couldn't leave well alone, it bugged me that i couldn't get the driver working so I stayed up most of the night and ventured into some config file I seldom dare enter. Needless to say after a fashion I got the driver working. I still won't use the card but at least I managed to get it working regards Urquhart P.s. Hardly a user friendly driver

09-16-03, 11:46 AM	#4
elektronisch Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 76	Linux wasn't meant to be user friendly. Perhaps you have virtual resolution on?

09-16-03, 04:19 PM	#5
urquhartia Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 4	Hello, thanks for the reply, I got the cards working just fine in every system i tried today. The error was on my part. Yes I know linux isn't meant to be user friendly but hey with a little patience and a willingness to learn it's more than worth using. Sorry for my knee jerk reaction viz first post Anyways I have learned a lot from this so it wa a good thing the driver never worked first time. Regards Urquhart.