Re: Graphics cards with Free drivers
Pretty happy with on-board intel here. Works out-of-the-box with Lenny, with compiz,etc.. 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82946GZ/GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the reverse engineered nvidia driver is working now, > > cant recall the name of it. > > is there any reason you cant use with nvidia blob? it works well in linux > and in debian > > just go > > apt-get install module-assistant > m-a prepare nvidia > m-a a-i nvidia > apt-get install nvidia-settings nvidia-glx > > viola! just need to configure X somewhat. > > the basic 'nv' driver will work for most nvidia cards, but its largely just > rudimentry 2d support. > > there is nvidia drivers for 32bit and 64bit, no need to cut your teeth on > reverse engineered drivers unless you have some compelling reason to buy an > amd64 and run an older card. > > Dean > > > A J Stiles wrote: > > > I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home desktop. > (It will probably run Sid.) > > > > Does anyone know of a graphics card which is definitely supported by Free > drivers? > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Thadeu Penna Prof.Associado - Instituto de Física Universidade Federal Fluminense http://profs.if.uff.br/tjpp/blog
Re: java plugin lenny
2007/10/21, sigi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 10:29:11AM -0700, Mark Monty Montague wrote: > > After various frustrations with the latest Sun Java not having a plugin on > > AMD64, I just decided to go back to the blackdown java's older version that > > worked for me last year: > > > > I put this in my /etc/apt/sources.list: > > > > deb http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/blackdown/debian/ etch non-free > > deb-src http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/blackdown/debian/ etch > > non-free > > > > and then did > > > > sudo apt-get -f install j2re1.4 j2sdk1.4 j2sdk1.4-doc > > This plugin used to crash my Galeon/Epiphany-Browser since my upgrade to > lenny. I installed the java-gcj-compat-plugin which is in the official > repositories - and it works fine. > > sigi I have been using Konqueror for Java applets. I installed the IEview extension for Firefox and every page with applets I select to be opened in Konqueror. I dont know why Firefox does not have the same approach: to call directly java rather than the applet. -- Thadeu Penna Prof.Associado - Instituto de Física Universidade Federal Fluminense http://profs.if.uff.br/tjpp/blog
Re: Opinion question (Core2 Duo)
2007/9/18, Jim Crilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 09/18/07 08:21:23AM -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > I only ever use my chroot to run mplayer occasionally now. (Especially > > > with nspluginwrapper allowing Flash to be used from a 64-bit browser.) > > > My two main desktops (home and work) are both 64-bit. > > > > > > > Which leads me to the question: which video formats needs w32plugins > > yet? Since some time libavcodec can play wmv9 videos, and I'm not sure > > if I still need by 32bit mplayer or if its one less thing in the chroot > > (since openoffice.org is not necessary in a chroot anymore.) > > > > None that I know of, I haven't used 32-bit mplayer since I installed my > 64-bit system. On a rare occasion some videos don't play well but I haven't > taken the time to figure out if it's the video itself or some problem with > the 64-bit build. > > Jim. > Here, no chroot at all. I am using nspluginwrapper for flash and konqueror and Java for applets. I installed the IEview extension for Firefox, so I can readily open any page with Java applets on Konqueror (konqueror does not need the plugin, but the java machine itself but I am not sure how safe it is). Even IE4linux runs on wine-amd64 (debian lenny). All others 32 bits applications such as Skype run with the multilib approach. -- Thadeu Penna Prof.Associado - Instituto de Física Universidade Federal Fluminense http://profs.if.uff.br/tjpp/blog
