Re: [orca-list] talking gdm with orca in fedora

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Alex Midence writes:
> guess the moral of the story is, it's easiest when you build your pc
> from parts so you have control of what cards are installed where.  If
> I ever get a laptop, I'll make srue to get something like an Assus
> wehere I most likely won't have to worry too much about such things.
>
> I share my pc and stuff with my wife who is sighted and my children
> both of whom are sighted as well.  I want them to have the full
> graphical experience intended by the manufacturer when they get on my
> machine.

My sense of the video world is that the ATI devices track pretty closely
to leading edge video. And, they're all open source, so very well
supported by Linux distros.

Yes, you have more control when you build from parts. But, it's usually
possible to avoid a few gotchyas, like Nvidea, even when you order off
the shelf. Always check the parts list, imo.

Janina

> alex M
>
>
> On 6/20/12, Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com> wrote:
> > My experience jives with Janine's. I'm not sure about all Nvidia
> > drivers, but I don't have Optimus support on my laptop running Ubuntu. I
> > basically turned off the Nvidia GPU and just run with the on board Intel
> > GPU.
> >
> > On 20/06/12 15:57, Alex Midence wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I seem to remember Ubuntu having drivers for Nvidia.  Is this not
> > > correct?
> > >
> > > Alex M
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
> > > Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:41 AM
> > > To: orca-list gnome org
> > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] talking gdm with orca in fedora
> > >
> > > Glad to hear your video signal issue is resolved, Robert.
> > >
> > > As an FYI for the future, problems with nvidea are pretty much endemic.
> > > That company doesn't open their technology, therefore open source
> > > environments like Linux frequently have problems with their devices.
> > > It's not at all Fedora specific, by the way.
> > >
> > > Janina
> > >
> > > Robert Cole writes:
> > > > Thanks, Janina and Jason.
> > > >
> > > > I think my problem was more so related to the nVidia driver than
> > > > anything. I added a variable (GRUB_GFXMODE) into /etc/default/grub and
> > > > set IT to an appropriate resolution, updated my GRUB configuration
> > > > file with "grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg', and everything
> > > > seems to be working. I had a slight scare today because I had no video
> > > > at all, but my system seems to be up and running just fine now. I was
> > > > worried that something had happened to my monitor or video card, but I
> > > > think my oldest son (who is almost
> > > > three) got onto my desk and got into my cables. Fortunately everything
> > > > is working just fine now!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the help and the suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > On 06/18/2012 07:54 AM, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > > If I recall correctly, Robert installed from a Fedora Live image.
> > > > > Those images are necessarilyminimal, especially as they still try to
> > > > > fit themselves onto CD ROM media.
> > > > >
> > > > > My first expectation is a missing library of some kind.
> > > > >
> > > > > If this is correct, it points out the value of preferring the full
> > > > > version DVD image. However, there's still no reason to reinstall as
> > > > > entire groups of related technologies can be installed by yum. To see
> > > > > a list of these groups, do:
> > > > >
> > > > > yum grouplist
> > > > >
> > > > > You'll need to pipe this to more, or even into a file. Also, the
> > > > > groups sometimes have spaces, so need special handling when you do the:
> > > > >
> > > > > yum groupinstall [group]
> > > > >
> > > > > command.
> > > > >
> > > > > Janina
> > > > >
> > > > > Janina
> > > > >
> > > > > Jason White writes:
> > > > > > Janina Sajka <janina rednote net> wrote:
> > > > > > > I would encourage you to look for solutions without reinstalling.
> > > > > > > If you'd like to say more about your "out of range" error, I'll try
> > > > > > > to help. Did you check in /var/log/messages for more details on
> > > > > > > that message?
> > > > > > If there's a separate log file for X server messages, I would
> > > > > > suggest looking there as well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have never had to re-install a Linux system due to a software
> > > > > > problem.
> > > > > >
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> > --
> > Christopher (CJ)
> > chaltain at Gmail
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