Re: [SLE] HP Pavillion ZV5000 (AMD64)

From: Mark A. Taff (marktaff_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/18/05

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    Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 22:24:55 -0700
    
    

    On Tuesday 17 May 2005 22:02, Art Fore wrote:
    > Installed Suse 9.3 on this machine, but the screen looks terrible, so
    > much so that one can harly read the fonts. Changed the fonts to Aria
    > which helped some, also seem to be better with anti-aliasing which is
    > unusual for an LCD display. Resolution is 1680X1050, also a little ODD.
    > Had to remove the mode lines and display lines referencing 1024X768 to
    > force it to that though. This is poorest display for that resolution
    > that I have seen. Is this normal or is there anything that can be done
    > about it?
    >
    > Also, the Nvidia driver will not work with it. X just locks up with a
    > fuzzy display. It is using the "nv" driver.
    >
    > Art

    Did you try downloading and installing the driver from Nvidia?  I have a
    zd7260, and the nvidia driver is perfect compared to the nv driver.

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