Hmm... I can't get it loaded. Well, it loads, but when it loads I can't see anything because it is so blurry. Bars are running across the screen and stuff. It's like a VCR tape with really bad tracking. Any suggestions? Please e-mail me @ mystic_goose@hotmail.com if you don't mind, don't know that I'll be in this forum soon. Thanks.

My only guess is that Vendetta chose a resolution that your monitor didn't like. But in Linux, it uses only what you tell it in the xconfig file.

I would try loading a different video and GL driver. For instance, on my GeForce3 if I run the newer 4191 driver and GLX module I get about 3fps...

With the 3123 version of both modules the whole thing rocks.

I'd play around with different drivers to see if your performance is impacted.

The new 4349 drivers are a must. The 4xxx series alone is a 20%25 performance boost over the 3xxx series, and the features are also required, especially if you have a GF4 or other modern video card. The 4349 drivers appear to be less buggy than the 4191 drivers, and with XFree86 4.3, the whole thing r0x0rs.

Agreed, the 4191 drivers were so goddam buggy I had to go back to 3123 for a while (compiling from tarball helped a bit but not enough). The 4349 drivers have been totally stable so far, 6 days without a single hitch - touch wood.

I have a Geforce 4 MX 440SE (128MB AGP @ 4X), and I use the 4496 drivers, no problem.

4496 is good. 4496 has a very good kernel 2.6 patch. :D

Ray has it right. I'd suggest lowering the horizontal and vertical sync maximums within /etc/X11/XF86Config (or XF86Config-4 or whatever it's called on your Linux distribution) to within the range your monitor actually supports. If you do that, XFree86 will be able to pick modes at lower refresh rates which your monitor will support.

You can cycle the available modes at any time under X by pressing ctrl-alt-keypad + and -, so use this for testing.

Of course.. I just noticed that this was posted six months ago. Oh well.

the ctl-alt-+ etc stuff doesn't change vertical resolution, though. So you can go from 1024x768 down to 800x600, but you are left with a vertical resolution of 1024x768, and your desktop will be scrollable. ANNYOING!