[newbie] Ya, Linux is just a beotch to configure and use...
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 -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.orderinchaos.org Kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 +++ 14:16:46 up 20 min, 3 users, load average: 1.06, 0.80, 0.42 +++ Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. -- Martin Luther Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ya, Linux is just a beotch to configure and use...
On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 14:22, JoeHill wrote: 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 Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ya, Linux is just a beotch to configure and use...
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ya, Linux is just a beotch to configure and use...
Op Sun, 16 May 2004 14:22:17 -0400 schreef JoeHill: You know, I just can't get the hang of this Linux thing... :-D Sorry to hear that it gives you so much problems... ;) -- Trees are not known by their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruits. - Eleanor of Aquitaine http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.htm Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Ya, Linux is just a beotch to configure and use...
On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 14:22, JoeHill wrote: 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 I'm with you there. Do you guys know offhand which, if any,of the ATI cards with the onboard TV tuners would work well with L-M 10? Thanks, -- Jonathan Dlouhy = Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake 10.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
