From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jurriaan Subject: Re: ghosting with nvidia framebuffer (pci-e 6600), 1600x1200 and 12x22 font Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:33:53 +0200 Message-ID: <20050720183353.GA15993@amd64.of.nowhere> References: <20050706190456.GA20251@amd64.of.nowhere> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DvJOl-0000Sx-7D for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:34:27 -0700 Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.29]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DvJOj-0003Or-Oh for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:34:27 -0700 Received: from zeeotter.xs4all.nl (zeeotter.xs4all.nl [80.126.31.149]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6KIYKrN014201 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:34:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jurriaan@rivierenland.xs4all.nl) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050706190456.GA20251@amd64.of.nowhere> Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: adaplas@hotpop.com, adaplas@pol.net From: jurriaan Date: Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:04:56PM +0200 > I've bought myself a fine new s939 motherboard, which meant another > videocard as well. Since I couldn't get an Ati X600 running reliably > under X.org (#@#$*$ FIFO timed out errors are very frustrating, and the > only solution I found was to shut down all acceleration, which didn't > make me happy), I'm now running an Nvidia 6600. > > I'm running at 1600x1200 resolution with the 12x22 font, and a > 2.6.13-rc1-mm1 kernel. > > A strange effect is noticeable: often characters from the left of the > screen are ghosted on the right of the screen. Not all of the pixels > that form a character, but enough to be visible. To my best knowledge, > the ghosting starts at column 85, and 85 * 12 = 1020, which may mean > some sort of erroneous wrap-around at pixel 1024 is taking place? > Any others experiencing this? I cc'ed mr Daplas, the maintainer, and I haven't heard anything..... Thanks, Jurriaan -- "From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." Dr. Seuss Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.13-rc2-mm1 5149 bogomips load 0.49 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click