Bugzilla – Bug 115326
Xserver related article for Release Notes
Last modified: 2005-09-06 13:42:10 UTC
Please add this to the Release Notes of SUSE Linux 10.0. Sorry for coming so late. New GeForce Graphics Cards (6200, 6600 and 6800) and the nv Driver Currently, some GeForce 6200, 6600 and 6800 cards are configured with Option "ShadowFB" in the device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Because this setting slows down graphics output considerably, you can try to remove or comment this option. However, this locks up some systems and you must boot your computer into runlevel 3 to revert the change. We cannot distinguish automatically between graphics cards that work with acceleration and those that do not. We set this option only for cards we were able to test and suffered from this problem. Other GeForce 6200 and 6600 based boards might be affected as well. If your system locks up and you do not see this option in the device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, try adding it. If you see graphics distortion without Option "ShadowFB" and your system does not lock up, you can use both Option "XaaNoPixmapCache" and Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" in the device section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf instead. This setting does not slow down your graphics output as much as Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenCopy" does. Another option is to install the binary-only driver from nVidia, which does not seem to be affected. Use YaST Online Update (YOU) for this. This issue is currently under investigation by SUSE/nVidia.
I think we should simply replace "6200, 6600 and 6800" and "6200 and 6600" with "6x00".
For the sake of our established processes, RN snippet are to be approved by Andreas.
Ok, with me. Karl, could you go over the text, please? I suggest to improve the wording a bit.
Thanks. Sure, with help by Rebecca.
> ... "XaaNoScreenToScreenCopy" ... should be '... "ShadowFB" ...'
Final text for RC2 (milestone is missing): <!-- bug 115326 --> <sect3 id="geforce_nvidia" status="2005-09-06"> <title>New GeForce Graphics Cards (6x00) and the nv Driver</title> <para> Currently, some new GeForce cards (6x00 series) can only be used without acceleration to avoid system lockup or graphics distortions. This issue is under investigation by SUSE and nVidia.</para> <para>Some of these cards are configured with <literal>Option "ShadowFB"</literal> in the <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> device section. This setting disables acceleration, slowing down graphics output considerably. We cannot automatically detect for which graphics cards this setting is actually necessary. You must test it on your own by removing or commenting the option in <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename>. However, if this test locks up your system, you must boot into runlevel 3 and revert the change.</para> <para> We set this option only for cards we know to be affected by this problem. Other GeForce 6x00 based boards might be affected as well. If your system locks up and you do not see this option in the <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> device section, add it and restart the system.</para> <para>If you experience only graphics distortion without <literal>Option "ShadowFB"</literal> but no system lockup, you can use both <literal>Option "XaaNoPixmapCache"</literal> and <literal>Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"</literal> in the <filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename> device section instead. This setting does not slow down the graphics output as much as <literal>Option "ShadowFB"</literal>. </para> <para>Another solution is to install the binary-only driver from nVidia, which does not seem to be affected. Use YaST Online Update (YOU) to install this driver. </para> </sect3>
Sorry for not noticing earlier, but NVIDIA wants to be spelled in all caps.
If something is wrong with a bug fix, re-open the report ;) The string is longer than 4 character and thus Karl Spelling Rule Number 5 applies. Rebecca, what do do you think?
I just checked their Web page and I have to agree with Matthias Hopf. All caps please. Can you fix this Karl?
Done.
Yes, it's very importand to get this right. I've seen several emails by MarkV correcting people's spelling of the companies name.