This is why I figured you'd want to go without X for the purpose of testing. No X, no framebuffer, the card should have acted like a plane-jane VGA or VESA adapter.
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Jason Weisberger <jbdu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- :wq
