On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 09:31:26PM -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 6/13/06, Charles Curley <charlescurley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >Huh? Would you please try that in English? > > > >That, plus looking at the config file, gave me a clue, and I tried an > >experiment. I had: > > > > > >Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Device0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > NvAGP 0 > > NoLogo 0 > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > >EndSection > > > > > >And that didn't work. I changed it to: > > > > > >Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Device0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > Option "NvAGP" "0" > > Option "NoLogo" "0" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 24 > > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > >EndSection > > > > > >And that worked. Thank you. > > > >It would be nice of Nvidia to document it or at least provide some > >examples. I had no reason to believe that the text in the README was > > In the NVIDIA driver README, I see: > > Option "NvAGP" "integer" > > I'm not sure how much more explicit it could be. An example from a working file. A clear statement, like "Use the following form: 'Option "NvAGP" "0"'." A clear statement like "Use exactly this form, substituting an appropriate integer." This is not the place to teach technical writing; it suffices to say that just because it is clear to you does not mean it is clear to anyone else. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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