Re: [gentoo-user] my xorg-server 1.6 seems a bit unstable - what am I doing wrong?

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

On Freitag 09 Oktober 2009, Denis wrote:
> >> Section "Device"
> >>       Identifier  "Card0"
> >>       Driver      "nvidia"
> >>       VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
> >>       BoardName   "GeForce 7300 LE"
> >>       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> >>       Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
> 
> ==== why? =====
> 
> >> #     Option "DPI" "100 x 100"
> >> EndSection
> 
> Sorry  - what was that "why?" referring to?  I think I put those
> options in when I was working on anti-aliasing the fonts to make them
> look smooth.  That still works.
> 
> > 1.6.3.901
> > is - lets just say you should either use 1.6.3 or 1.6.4
> > and what about your driver version?
> > and why 2.6.27? that kernel is acient!
> 
> Well, I used 1.6.3.901-r2 because that's what the portage pulled in
> when I did emerge -NDavu world.  Portage tree seems to have options to
> use 1.6.4, but it was not pulled in by emerge, so maybe it is masked
> or keyworded?
> 
> The kernel...  Well, I am guilty of not keeping up on kernel updates
> because restarting the machine for each upgrade isn't always an option
> with my work.  Do you think this version of the kernel may contribute
> to X instability?
> 

i am saying that you should try the latest kernel with the latest driver for 
your card