On Sun, 16 May 2004 14:29:20 -0400 Walt Frampus disseminated the following:
> > Heh. Plopped down 99 bucks for a GeForce FX PCI card (since my 'Trident > > Cyberblade' onboard refused to do DRI and was slow as shite). Powered down, > > slotted the card, powered back up, Mandrake detected it and offered to run > > the > > 'appropriate config tool', which meant selecting the GF instead of the > > onboard, > > and that's it. It loaded the appropriate modules/drivers, modified my > > XFConfig, > > and now I am happily watching fullscreen video and using my beloved SVCD > > script > > again. > > > > You know, I just can't get the hang of this Linux thing... :-D > > > Yeah, Linux sux doesn't it. LOL I bought a new GEforce fx agp card a > couple of weeks ago and love it I wish I had an AGP slot, but this is an old clunker of a box. GF FX was prolly overkill, but the 64MB was only 20 bucks cheaper (?!). X seems a little more snappy, that's for sure, even with the load I'm puttin' on it right now... -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org Kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 14:42:22 up 46 min, 3 users, load average: 1.16, 1.09, 0.94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Two different philosophies about the nature of human intellectual production are in confrontation. One of them has all the chips; the other has all the right answers. This is part of the long struggle in the history of human beings for the creation of freedom. This time, we win." -- Eben Moglen, Professor of Law Columbia University Law School, General Counsel Free Software Foundation
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