Hi, Ever since I installed the NVidia binary drivers, the X server has flickered for about 10 seconds when it starts up. It looks like it's having to try more than once. (WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs (WW) NVIDIA(0): Failure reading EDID parameters for display device 0. These are the only warnings I get. I tried to catch /var/log/XFree86.0.log, but although I'd estimate the server only restarts every second or so, the amount of time the XF*log is complete is a tiny fraction of a second, so that isn't too useful. Any ideas? Alexis -- "You got what everyone gets. A lifetime." - Death (Sandman by Neil Gaiman) Why isn't there an information line to ask when your lucky day is scheduled? "I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education" - Wilson Mizner
Have you got MTRR support compiled into the kernel? i.e. Processor Type and Features -> MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support The help notes in menuconfig/xconfig are pretty useful. Cheers David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexis Lee" <memehack@btopenworld.com> To: "ALUG" <main@lists.alug.org.uk> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:46 AM Subject: [Alug] X server oddity - NVidia drivers installed Ever since I installed the NVidia binary drivers, the X server has flickered for about 10 seconds when it starts up. It looks like it's having to try more than once. (WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs (WW) NVIDIA(0): Failure reading EDID parameters for display device 0.
On 3 Jun 2002, Alexis Lee wrote:
Hi,
Ever since I installed the NVidia binary drivers, the X server has flickered for about 10 seconds when it starts up. It looks like it's having to try more than once.
(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs (WW) NVIDIA(0): Failure reading EDID parameters for display device 0.
These are the only warnings I get. I tried to catch /var/log/XFree86.0.log, but although I'd estimate the server only restarts every second or so, the amount of time the XF*log is complete is a tiny fraction of a second, so that isn't too useful.
Build MTRR into the kernel and the EDID thing is not a big problem, its just saying it can't ask teh monitor what display modes it can do. you want MTRR support as it can increase gfx speed incredibly... Adam -- Adam Bower "a funny thing about regret is, that it's better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done"
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