[oclug] 3D Video Card

[bbarnett at l8r.net]

On 14-Feb-2001 Andrew Hutton wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 07:21:24AM -0500, bbarnett at l8r.net wrote:
>> 
>> On 14-Feb-2001 Andrew Hutton wrote:
>> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 05:57:59PM -0500, bbarnett at l8r.net wrote:
>> >> Hmm, I don't have the problem here with 2.  I run X on my home machine
>> >> and
>> >> connect my laptop to it all the time, and it seems ok.  This is with a
>> >> geforce,
>> >> and their newest drivers (didn't try it with their pre-xmas drivers...)
>> >> 
>> >> Its only 2 root windows too.. one on 7 and 8, so maybe the problems
>> >> become
>> >> worse with >3 or 4 windows like you have?  Or maybe its the card in
>> >> conjunction
>> >> with the drivers.. what do you have?
>> > 
>> > 
>> > No, I'm running more than one screen on the SAME machine, one bound to 
>> > X :0 and one X :1 
>> > 
>> 
>> Well, its the same thing really.  I have it on :0 and :1, but of course its
>> mapped to virtual terminal 7 and 8. (F7 and F8).  One is the laptop, one is
>> the
> 
> Not quite, in my case there is only one frame buffer.  This is why the memory
> bleeding is an issue.  Yes, to X it's the same but not to the hardware
> layer.
> 
> I've got a Geforce2MX 32M, with 16-bit display you have enough for quite
> a few 1600x1200's.
> 
> I'll bug nvidia later about it.  It isn't bad enough to really get too
> excited about.


Doh :/





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