Screen contamination

[gene heskett]

On Saturday, April 23, 2011 11:44:20 AM gene heskett did opine:

> > > I wonder if there is a different name for it when using the nvidia
> > > driver?
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > 
> > I did some digging in the xorg.conf options list and found this:

I don't have those docs unforch.

> > Option "NoFlip" "boolean"
 
> I just put this line in the Device section of xorg.conf, and will reboot
> to level 3 so I can play with startx.
> 
> > The description matches what EnablePageFlip does, except it's
> > reverted, which means setting "boolean" to "true" should turn off
> > page flipping. See if that makes a difference.
> 
> That I will, and report.  Thanks.
> 
And I can report that the option did not cause any errors in the 
Xorg.0.log, and that the problem would appear to have been eliminated.

Thank you very much!

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