From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 19 12: 3:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B331437BBA0 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2000 12:03:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jbryant@ppp-207-193-2-169.kscymo.swbell.net) Received: from ppp-207-193-2-169.kscymo.swbell.net ([207.193.2.169]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FQ700KYT0RLXK@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:57:24 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by ppp-207-193-2-169.kscymo.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) id NAA59944; Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:57:17 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:57:11 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant Subject: Re: Does KDE care what graphics card I use? In-reply-to: <000001bf7ab0$9fcb0b20$0300000a@katana> To: marcw@lanfear.com (Marc Wandschneider) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: kc5vdj@swbell.net Message-id: <200002191957.NAA59944@ppp-207-193-2-169.kscymo.swbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-files: The truth is that the X-Files is fiction X-Republican: The best kind!!! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #8: Sat Oct 30 00:56:56 CDT 1999 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply: > moo! > so, I used to run KDE 1.1.2 under XFree86 3.3.5 on a FreeBSD 3.3 system. I > recently switched the graphics card from an ATI XPERT@WORK graphics card to > a Creative Labs 3D Graphics Blaster TNT2. I also upgraded the CPU to a > 750MHz athlon. > > Now, XFree86 runs fine, and twm and xterms are kinky happy, but KDE is just > cranky as hell -- buttons don't paint at all, clipping is pretty much a > wreck -- menus leave turds all over the place. Upgrading to XFree86 3.3.6 > didn't help at all ... > > Does anybody have any idea why this would all suddenly be screwed up? I'd > really rather not have to recompile and reinstall KDE (and I'm not even sure > that would work ....) > > Any thoughts would be appreciated!!! > > > thanks, > marc i suggest getting the linux drivers package for the card from nvidia. i forget exactly where to go, but i was able to get it off the main page, and as i recall, some patches were involved too. you must run under linux emulation. i got my card early-mid last year, and using the TNT2 driver makes a big diff. on a side note, please tell me if you get a displayed cursor in emacs when you do. when i did this, my cursor in emacs somehow disappeared, and i have to type blind in emacs on the console. of course, the cursor only disappeared under X. i might go through all that bs again if it's fixed. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message