Archive for the 'Linux' Category

PSP Linux

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

PSP Linux has been released.
There are no screenshots, but the kernel patch looks genuine.

Dual Head Nvidia X11 problem

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

After upgrading from Ubuntu Feisty to Ubuntu Gutsy, I have a problem with the second head of my dual head setup.
This head is for TV output, so it is 720×576.
I had no problems before upgrading, but afterwards:

I can only see half of the gnome panel at the top.
I can’t see the panel at the bottom […]

x11vnc and OpenGL

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

This post is not related to DSLinux.
x11vnc is a program to allow you to control your X11 display using VNC.
When using an OpenGL app, such as MythTV, Google Earth or beryl, x11vnc does not notice when the screen changes.
My workaround for this is to use “x11vnc -noxdamage”.
Update: disabling page flipping in nvidia-settings helps x11vnc too.