nvidia, keyboard

[coverup]

I have Nvidia GE 9500FX graphics card. I was able to install proprietary Nvidia drivers for this card using MCC ("Setup the Graphics Server"). Initially the installer downloaded driver version 173.xxx. For some reason, the installer experienced some problems with that driver and reverted back to the xorg driver, but when I repeated the process, the installer pulled a newer kernel from the sources and installed the newer nvidia driver, version 180.yyy. The system became very snappy, which I liked

 

Unfortunately, eventually, when I switched back to the original kernel and reconfigured the graphics (silly me!), I somehow managed to downgrade back to the driver version 173.xxx. Now I cannot upgrade to version 180, regardless the kernel i use. Is it possible to force the upgrade?

 

Another, perhaps an unrelated question... How can I speed up keyboard? In KDE 3, there used to be sliders to adjust keyboard repeat rate and delay. Is there anything like that in KDE 4?

 

Thanks

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[speedball2]

Don't know about the first problem. Perhaps boot the latest kernel, remove everything nvidia then reinstall & reconfigure?

 

How can I speed up keyboard?

 

In the menu go to: Tools > System Tools > Configure Your Desktop and you'll see Keyboard & Mouse :)

[coverup]

Thanks for the reply. I cannot see anything which would allow me to speed up the keyboard... The only keyboard related options are "Standard keyboard shortcuts" and "Global keyboard shortcuts".

[speedball2]

You might be on KDE 4.2.4? I updated to KDE 4.3.1 and the keyboard repeat rate and delay settings are in there.

[coverup]

Yes, I was on KDE 4.2.x, and now I have installed KDE 3.5.10 on top of it. The problem is specific to KDE+Gnome installs, and is apparently fixed in KDE 4.3. If you have KDE 4.2 only, you won't have this problem. For the solution, see http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=117055. Thanks, Medo :-).