On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 08:24:32PM -0400, Bret wrote:
On 07/09/2009 10:13 PM, gilpel@altern.org wrote:
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The Nouveau driver worked very well and, since I'm not too sure I'll install 3D, maybe I could have kept it. But my screen kept blanking once in a while for a few seconds. This happened with my previous computer too -- it had an old ATI card, the same monitor and a very standard open source driver for ATI -- but not so often and not for so long: it was just a quick blank. I thought this might fix the problem.
Also, I intend to install a TV card and, it anything doesn't work, I'm sure the first suggestion from Nvidia will be to install their driver. As the material I buy is only on a one week money back guarantee, I prefer to make sure everything works in advance.
Also, as it often happens when I download new packages, there was a socket error and a long (~ 1-2 min) halt before another server took over. (I forgot to save the console screen before I rebooted, but the name "liberty" was part of it.)
After the installation finished, the rx/tx light of the modem began flashing very fast as if there was a download occuring... or maybe an upload if some information on the installation has to be sent back to rpmfusion or nvidia.
No indication of what was going on appeared onscreen. Is this anything to be concerned about? Any idea What this transfer was about?
I also have the same problem with the screen blanking out for a few seconds every few hours using a geforce 8400
I think this is a known problem; I filed:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501601