[opensuse] Odd video related issues
I am trying to figure out if the video issues I am having are related to some odd thing about my new install of 10.3 or if my video card is dying. Some of the symptoms of the problem are: - MythTV running on an LCD TV as a second desktop can no longer autoscale the MythTV UI (after updating to 10.3), and will only run at the resolution of the TFT monitor (instead of the resolution of the LCD). I have been able to get it working at the right resolution for the LCD by setting the UI scale manually in the MythTV options. I am using the exact same version of MythTV with the same database and configuration as I did under 10.2 where it worked perfectly (I backed up all the data and settings before updating to 10.3). - MPlayer cannot fullscreen properly on the LCD TV using the default configuration. If I force MPlayer to use the x11 video mode instead of the default xv, I can get full screen to work on the LCD, but not on the TFT. - When I play a video on the TFT (instead of the LCD, and using the x11 video setting) sometimes after starting the video, the screen flashes and then "dims" The video may or may not be viewable at this point. The dimming of the entire screen is similar to what you see on some websites lately where they fade the page to a dark grey and the video or whatever is shown in a box "floating" on top of the webpage. If the screen is dimmed in this manner, the only way I have found to reset it back to normal is to log out (restarting X) and log back in again. - Full screen OpenGL games - for example World of Warcraft running in Cedega - will work OK for a while, but then the textures in the game start to "fall off" (I don't know how else to explain this one). I have not tested long term on Linux native games... only a couple of games in Cedega that were working previously. I am using one driver version newer of the video driver, and the exact same xorg.conf file as I was using in 10.2. Do these things sound like nVidia driver and X config issues or a video card in the first stages of dying? C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 21 January 2008 21:15:28 Clayton wrote:
I am trying to figure out if the video issues I am having are related to some odd thing about my new install of 10.3 or if my video card is dying. [...snip...]
Do these things sound like nVidia driver and X config issues or a video card in the first stages of dying?
C.
Did you do an online update after installing 10.3? How recently? There has been discussion on the list over the last couple of days concerning the latest x.org update that has broken a number of applications that rely on glx. As luck would have it, I just deleted those threads a couple of hours ago. There is an active bugzilla report about it. I don't know if your issues are all related to that but they could be. The 'greying out' of the application is 10.3's way of telling you that the application has stopped responding. Are you using the OSS nvidia drivers or the proprietary ones? Did you install from the openSUSE rpms or install the drivers from the nvidia site? I've always had better results downloading and installing the drivers from the nivdia site because I can then control the build options and make sure that the drivers are built against the libraries/headers that are installed on my machine. Incidentally, after the latest x.org and kdelibs updates I had to rebuild the drivers because the x server refused to start; actually, it started but then continually crashed and restarted. Reinstalling the drivers (from nvidia) fixed it. Might be worth a try. Regards, -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@optusnet.com.au =================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Did you do an online update after installing 10.3? How recently?
I did a full update on the install which was done on 11 January. No updates have been applied since then.
been discussion on the list over the last couple of days concerning the latest x.org update that has broken a number of applications that rely on glx.
I read a bit of that thread series, but didn't get into details on it... Thanks for reminding me of it. I'll have a read through that info.
The 'greying out' of the application is 10.3's way of telling you that the application has stopped responding.
OK, that's new to me. I wasn't aware of that feature in 10.3. I can see it working nice for a single application, but this happens to the whole desktop... everything on the desktop generally still works (except where MPlayer is drawn), and the screen is not returned to normal even after MPlayer is killed off.
Are you using the OSS nvidia drivers or the proprietary ones? Did you install from the openSUSE rpms or install the drivers from the nvidia site?
I am using the proprietary nVidia drivers. I installed them using the 1-Click link from the opensuse.org site.... which worked great by the way (to install the drivers)... so I assume that is the openSUSE RPMs. Maybe I should rip them out and use the ones downloaded from nVidia direct. I didn't think there would be a difference... ie I assumed that the 1-Click installed RPMs would be the same... shouldn't assume.. I know. C.
I've always had better results downloading and installing the drivers from the nivdia site because I can then control the build options and make sure that the drivers are built against the libraries/headers that are installed on my machine.
Incidentally, after the latest x.org and kdelibs updates I had to rebuild the drivers because the x server refused to start; actually, it started but then continually crashed and restarted. Reinstalling the drivers (from nvidia) fixed it. Might be worth a try.
Regards,
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been discussion on the list over the last couple of days concerning the latest x.org update that has broken a number of applications that rely on glx.
I read a bit of that thread series, but didn't get into details on it... Thanks for reminding me of it. I'll have a read through that info.
OK, checked out my Xorg/X11 stuff... I am running the version that came with the 10.3 DVD/CD release. I downgraded to the nVidia proprietary drivers from September (100.14.19). I was using the drivers from December (169.something). The problems still persist though. I wonder if it actually is a video card in the early stages of dying. The only way to truly tell is to pop in a new card I guess. :-( Or.. put up with the problems until it actually stops working... Not sure what else I can do here... C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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