[ale] nVidia woes revisited

[Dow Hurst]

Yes, I agree that you must have a Virtual desktop setting that is larger 
than the accepted mode.  Say your monitor and card will only do 1024x768 
but your Virtual desktop is 1280x1024.  Then you would get the effect 
you are describing.
Dow


Geoffrey wrote:

> I. Herman wrote:
>
>> I am running a fresh install of SuSE 8.2 and have a nVidia Riva TNT2.  I
>> downloaded the IA32 driver (running a PIII) and installed it, didn't get
>> any errors.
>>
>> What's happening is, when I use that driver, the edge of the screen is
>> past the borders on the monitor..and the screen "scrolls".  I have tried
>> to reconfigure/resize and haven't had any luck, forcing me to uninstall
>> the driver.
>
>
> It sounds to me like your virtual screen size and your modes don't 
> match.  Check to see if you have a 'Virtual ' entry in your display 
> section.  It should match your default mode being used.  If you have a 
> 'virtual' entry, simply removing it may solve your problem.  It's 
> likely that your configration file has a mode that matches the virtual 
> entry, but is not supported by your card for some reason.
>
>

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