nvidia driver causes enemy-territory to flicker

[Richard E Miles]

The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed
any problems with other 3d games such as chromiom, bzflag, vendetta,
tuxracer. Has anyone else had this problem?
This is on a fedora core 2 system.

[Scott Sloan]

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

[Richard E Miles]

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering at this point. ???

[Dexter Ang]

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am
aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering
at this point. ???

I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
directory in your home directory. You can move that somewhere else for
the moment, then run the game. All settings will be reset, and hopefully
the flickering thing disappears.

dex

[Scott Sloan]

Post by Dexter Ang
I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf

I am Scott. Yeah you mention the right config file ~/.etwolf/etmain/
etmain.cfg

Now there is also one setup in the profile folder if you already setup
the profile.

I guess I should've ask this question earlier. What do you mean by
flicker. For instance when I start up the game, the screen flicks ones
to test the gl extenstions but that's it. If you can't get beyond this,
the problem is with opengl.

[Scott Sloan]

Post by Dexter Ang
I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf

I am Scott. Yeah you mention the right config file ~/.etwolf/etmain/
etmain.cfg

Now there is also one setup in the profile folder if you already setup
the profile.

I guess I should've ask this question earlier. What do you mean by
flicker. For instance when I start up the game, the screen flicks ones
to test the gl extenstions but that's it. If you can't get beyond this,
the problem is with opengl.

[Dexter Ang]

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am
aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering
at this point. ???

I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
directory in your home directory. You can move that somewhere else for
the moment, then run the game. All settings will be reset, and hopefully
the flickering thing disappears.

dex

[Richard E Miles]

Post by Dexter Ang

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am
aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering
at this point. ???

I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
directory in your home directory. You can move that somewhere else for
the moment, then run the game. All settings will be reset, and hopefully
the flickering thing disappears.
dex

It turns out that Scott was right. While the screen flickered I was able to change the default 800x600 resolution to 1280x1024 and it stopped the flickering. Funny though when I used an 8kstakes kernel this problem of flickering at 800x600 resoluion did not occur. :)

[jludwig]

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Dexter Ang

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am
aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering
at this point. ???

I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
directory in your home directory. You can move that somewhere else for
the moment, then run the game. All settings will be reset, and hopefully
the flickering thing disappears.
dex

It turns out that Scott was right. While the screen flickered I was able to change the default 800x600 resolution to 1280x1024 and it stopped the flickering. Funny though when I used an 8kstakes kernel this problem of flickering at 800x600 resoluion did not occur. :)
--
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097

BTW From what I remember.

Some flickering is caused by a monitor sweep rate being just off (S.A.
51 or 61 Hz) line frequency since the human eye is fairly slow in
response. When this happens you get a beat frequency between the
lighting and the monitor.

Under normal situations the eye does not see the repetitive dimming of
the light (or monitor), but, when there is a difference of frequency of,
say, between 0.5 and 10 cycles per second the eye is capable of seeing
the flicker.

You can check to see if this is the cause by turning off the room
lights. If the flicker goes away this is most likely the problem.

[jludwig]

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Dexter Ang

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am
aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering
at this point. ???

I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
directory in your home directory. You can move that somewhere else for
the moment, then run the game. All settings will be reset, and hopefully
the flickering thing disappears.
dex

It turns out that Scott was right. While the screen flickered I was able to change the default 800x600 resolution to 1280x1024 and it stopped the flickering. Funny though when I used an 8kstakes kernel this problem of flickering at 800x600 resoluion did not occur. :)
--
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097

BTW From what I remember.

Some flickering is caused by a monitor sweep rate being just off (S.A.
51 or 61 Hz) line frequency since the human eye is fairly slow in
response. When this happens you get a beat frequency between the
lighting and the monitor.

Under normal situations the eye does not see the repetitive dimming of
the light (or monitor), but, when there is a difference of frequency of,
say, between 0.5 and 10 cycles per second the eye is capable of seeing
the flicker.

You can check to see if this is the cause by turning off the room
lights. If the flicker goes away this is most likely the problem.

[Richard E Miles]

Post by Dexter Ang
I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
I am Scott. Yeah you mention the right config file ~/.etwolf/etmain/
etmain.cfg
Now there is also one setup in the profile folder if you already setup
the profile.
I guess I should've ask this question earlier. What do you mean by
flicker. For instance when I start up the game, the screen flicks ones
to test the gl extenstions but that's it. If you can't get beyond this,
the problem is with opengl.

Scott, you were right. I was able to change the default 800x600 resolution in the options menu of enemy-territory to 1280x1040 and this fixed the flickering problem. This flickering did not occur on the default resolution 0f 800x600 when i played the game using an 8kstakes kernel. :)

[Richard E Miles]

Post by jludwig

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Dexter Ang

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am
aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering
at this point. ???

I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
directory in your home directory. You can move that somewhere else for
the moment, then run the game. All settings will be reset, and hopefully
the flickering thing disappears.
dex

It turns out that Scott was right. While the screen flickered I was able to change the default 800x600 resolution to 1280x1024 and it stopped the flickering. Funny though when I used an 8kstakes kernel this problem of flickering at 800x600 resoluion did not occur.
--
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097

BTW From what I remember.
Some flickering is caused by a monitor sweep rate being just off (S.A.
51 or 61 Hz) line frequency since the human eye is fairly slow in
response. When this happens you get a beat frequency between the
lighting and the monitor.
Under normal situations the eye does not see the repetitive dimming of
the light (or monitor), but, when there is a difference of frequency of,
say, between 0.5 and 10 cycles per second the eye is capable of seeing
the flicker.
You can check to see if this is the cause by turning off the room
lights. If the flicker goes away this is most likely the problem.
-- > jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net> I probably somewhat misstated the

problem by saying it was flickering (must be my age) It was a shimmering
effect i.e. the image sort of vibrated. Anyway changing to 1280x1024
fixed the problem. (It now no longer shimmers at this resolution).

[Richard E Miles]

The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed
any problems with other 3d games such as chromiom, bzflag, vendetta,
tuxracer. Has anyone else had this problem?
This is on a fedora core 2 system.

[Scott Sloan]

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

[Richard E Miles]

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering at this point. ???

[Richard E Miles]

Post by Dexter Ang

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am
aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering
at this point. ???

I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
directory in your home directory. You can move that somewhere else for
the moment, then run the game. All settings will be reset, and hopefully
the flickering thing disappears.
dex

It turns out that Scott was right. While the screen flickered I was able to change the default 800x600 resolution to 1280x1024 and it stopped the flickering. Funny though when I used an 8kstakes kernel this problem of flickering at 800x600 resoluion did not occur. :)

[Richard E Miles]

Post by Dexter Ang
I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
I am Scott. Yeah you mention the right config file ~/.etwolf/etmain/
etmain.cfg
Now there is also one setup in the profile folder if you already setup
the profile.
I guess I should've ask this question earlier. What do you mean by
flicker. For instance when I start up the game, the screen flicks ones
to test the gl extenstions but that's it. If you can't get beyond this,
the problem is with opengl.

Scott, you were right. I was able to change the default 800x600 resolution in the options menu of enemy-territory to 1280x1040 and this fixed the flickering problem. This flickering did not occur on the default resolution 0f 800x600 when i played the game using an 8kstakes kernel. :)

[Richard E Miles]

Post by jludwig

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Dexter Ang

Post by Richard E Miles

Post by Scott Sloan

Post by Richard E Miles
The new 1.0-6106 nvidia driver causes wolfenstein enemy-territoy to
flicker thus making it impossible to control or play. I have not noticed

I don't have that problem. Check your config for et.

Scott, where do I find a config file for et? The only configuration I am
aware of is via the game when it originally starts. But it is flickering
at this point. ???

I'm not Scott, but anyway... he may be talking about the .etwolf
directory in your home directory. You can move that somewhere else for
the moment, then run the game. All settings will be reset, and hopefully
the flickering thing disappears.
dex

It turns out that Scott was right. While the screen flickered I was able to change the default 800x600 resolution to 1280x1024 and it stopped the flickering. Funny though when I used an 8kstakes kernel this problem of flickering at 800x600 resoluion did not occur.
--
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097

BTW From what I remember.
Some flickering is caused by a monitor sweep rate being just off (S.A.
51 or 61 Hz) line frequency since the human eye is fairly slow in
response. When this happens you get a beat frequency between the
lighting and the monitor.
Under normal situations the eye does not see the repetitive dimming of
the light (or monitor), but, when there is a difference of frequency of,
say, between 0.5 and 10 cycles per second the eye is capable of seeing
the flicker.
You can check to see if this is the cause by turning off the room
lights. If the flicker goes away this is most likely the problem.
-- > jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net> I probably somewhat misstated the

problem by saying it was flickering (must be my age) It was a shimmering
effect i.e. the image sort of vibrated. Anyway changing to 1280x1024
fixed the problem. (It now no longer shimmers at this resolution).