Well after a couple hours of trying to get the Radeon HD3300 to actually start properly so I can test the compilation...... I haven't done it yet. Instead I decided to go ape-s**t on the radeon wiki article which drove me into so many dead ends.
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon Now that it's up and running, I'm recompiling chromium from inside gnome 3 with -j5 and I'll report in tomorrow morning. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jason Weisberger wrote: >> >> >> Oh yeah, I hear you on the head scratching, believe me. >> >> Well so far on the built in card I have managed to compile chromium -j5, >> which i couldn't do for the two weeks prior. Same build, so i know it >> wasn't an upstream or ebuild problem. Damn. >> >> Next step is to get X running again and do it one more time. >> >> Last thing i want to do is go from a 9800gt to an integrated 3300, but i >> suppose it's better than nothing. At least i had something to test on. >> > > Try a different version of the driver. Maybe that specific version has a > bug in it. If you run stable, try a unstable version. If you run unstable, > try a stable one. Worth a shot. > > While at it, blow some air on it too. Check all the contacts or as I do, > use a pencil eraser and rub on it a couple times. Makes it shiney then try > again. Wouldn't hurt to blow down in the connector on the mobo either. > Spec of dust in the wrong place can cause weird things. > > When falling off cliff, grab all the straws you can. ;-) > > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > -- > I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how > you interpreted my words! > > Miss the compile output? Hint: > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" > > -- Jason Weisberger jbdu...@gmail.com
