Did anyone get these? They haven't shown up on my side in over an
hour.
-Eric Hattemer
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Really, something must've gone wrong. I'm using mdk 9rc3, which is 99%
the same as mdk9. I installed the nvidia source rpms using the rpm
command, not urpmi. I then compiled them with little problems (at first
I forgot to download kernel-source and was all confused). Then when I
set it up and restarted (I think I posted all the instructions to the
list earlier this week), I had some problems, actually. KDE wouldn't
work at all, but gnome worked just fine. I started up gdm manually and
could only run gnome programs. I did that for a while, fixed my sound
driver, turned the computer off for the day, came back the next day, and
mysteriously, it worked beautifully and has worked ever since. Maybe
its because I'm working on mostly new hardware, but I am amazed at how
quick and responsive mdk9 with kde is. Maybe I've just been using
windows a lot lately, and expecting things to take a long time to
start. But yeah, GF cards should work with nvidia's drivers in mdk9,
and if they don't, maybe I or someone else on the list can help you out
with that.
-Eric Hattemer
On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 11:08, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
> I don't think the downable nVidia source rpms work with the 2.4.19
> kernel, yet. I installed the GLX and kernel source rpms on a system
> with GeForce4 MX420 and they screwed up my Mandrake 9.0 solid--I
> probably need to reinstall the whole thing. Ditto for Red Hat 8.0 Null.
>
> For the time being, the workaround seems to be selecting the "Integrated
> DDR GeForce2" as your video card. It works OK for Mandrake 9.0.
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I agree 100%. Mandrake 9 is sweet. RH is pretty frustrating
sometimes. Everything that I found wrong in RH works beautifully in
mandrake. I think one reason for this is the difference in their beta
mailing lists. I was a member of both. The mdk guys are so nice and
they fix problems like nothing. I told them that evolution freaks out
in security level 4 or 5. One guy emailed me back saying that I
shouldn't be running it in security level 4 or 5 (server class
machine). So I thought that was the end of it. Then within a week (I
think it was the next day), he said he fixed it. That was amazing. RH
limbo guys tend to just refuse to fix stuff or defer it to the company
that provides the program. The mandrake control center is really great,
and the start menu is well organized (the "what to do" section feels a
little dumbed down winXP-ish, but it actually does help the
organization). Really, if all you've been using is redhat, you should
certainly try mandrake. Its sweet. I was never this excited about
redhat. One of the cooler functions is that you can set up multiple
mirrors for the urpmi command (similar to up2date). Its a bit tricky,
but well worth the trouble.
-Eric Hattemer
On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 16:11, Jeff Mings wrote:
> I just read the OSNews review at http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=1842 and
> am disappointed with many of its reported shortcomings. Mandrake 9 is
> looking more appealing all the time.
>
> -Jeff
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