Nvidia and Suse 10.3 Screen flashes

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#1

Hello!

I just update my existing plaing vanilla video driver for SUSE 10.3 to the Nvidia driver, from the SUSE softare repo using YAST.

I followed the instructions what little there was exactly, the Nvidia driver insatlled great.

Now I have a rather weird problem
The screen seems to flash, very annoying.
Can ayone help me with this.
Before I updated from the generic driver to my pc’s Nvidia card there was no such problem.

Please find xorg.conf below

/…/

SaX generated X11 config file

Created on: 2008-04-28T21:15:13-0400.

Version: 8.1

Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005

Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>

Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)

PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!

Section “Files”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/local”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/URW”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/Speedo”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/PEX”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/kwintv”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/truetype”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/CID”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/share/fonts/xtest”
FontPath “/opt/kde3/share/fonts”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
EndSection

Section “ServerFlags”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail” “on”
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “glx”
Load “type1”
Load “extmod”
Load “dbe”
Load “freetype”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “kbd”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
Option “XkbModel” “microsoftpro”
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “9”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

Section “Monitor”
Option “CalcAlgorithm” “XServerPool”
DisplaySize 473 296
HorizSync 30-82
Identifier “Monitor[0]”
ModelName “V7-R22W02”
Option “DPMS”
VendorName “IMP”
VertRefresh 43-76
UseModes “Modes[0]”
EndSection

Section “Modes”
Identifier “Modes[0]”
Modeline “1680x1050” 146.00 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 +HSync -VSync
Modeline “1024x768” 78.75 1024 1056 1152 1312 768 769 772 800
EndSection

Section “Screen”
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection “Display”
Depth 15
Modes “1024x768” “800x600”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1024x768” “800x600”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1024x768” “800x600”
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 8
Modes “1024x768” “800x600”
EndSubSection
Device “Device[0]”
Identifier “Screen[0]”
Monitor “Monitor[0]”
EndSection

Section “Device”
BoardName “GeForce 6100”
BusID “0:5:0”
Driver “nvidia”
Identifier “Device[0]”
Screen 0
VendorName “NVidia”
EndSection

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection

Section “DRI”
Group “video”
Mode 0660
EndSection

Section “Extensions”
EndSection

Thanks
JR223

#2

What color depth is it set to if it is 24 change it to 16
Sometimes it works

dobby9

#3

Hi,
Colour depth is set to 16 instead of 24, same problem.
I even changed the refresh rato to 60 Hz.

Same problem the screen flashes.
I’m now sure 100% this has to do with the Nvidia driver.
As proof I had Xandros desktop 3 running with the on the same machine with the Nvidia drivers with exacltly the same problem, before I replaced it with suse 103.

Any other suggestions?

#4

Just found this info out.
Maybe this has to do with my problem and others as well
Some Nvidia producst are bad
Please see below for link to site withe xplanation

All Nvidia G84 and G86s are bad - The INQUIRER

#5

I just restored the original xconfig.org file.
which was before I updated to the Nvidia driver.
The weird flashing has gone away.
Can anyone help me with this?
To me it looks like there was something in the Nvidia xconfig.org which was causing this strange flash (like a screen refresh) to happen, that is not in the older none Nvidea config.

I can provide both original none xconfig.org and the xconfig with the Nvidea.

Thanks