Re: [SLUG] vidio problem (partly RE framerate)

2001-01-03 Thread alex060
hi thanks for the suggestions so far. i did follow all the instructions and deleted those files i checked the bios and my agp apature is on 64mb which is correct one thing tho, i have sort of found the problem well an answer anyway. say i start up tuxracer everything goes yuck etc but i start a

[SLUG] vidio problem (partly RE framerate)

2001-01-03 Thread alex060
hi thanks ppl for the framerate suggestions i have installed agp support and everything seems to be a bit nicer.. but there does seem to be a problem. as the problem is graphical i cant really explain it so i have got a few screensots on my site. http://members.optushome.com.au/alex060/1.jpg

[SLUG] re: frame rate..

2001-01-02 Thread alex060
hi yep sorry. debian unstable kde/wmaker (tried both) x 4.0.2 kernel 2.2.17 (no patches) - also tried 2.4-test9 (i think it was definatly 2.4) nvidia-glx v 0.9.5} nvidia-kernel v 0.9.5 }both installed np x running in 1024x768 16bpp q3a 800x600 16bppalso tried 1024x768 & 640x480 o

[SLUG] frame rate..

2001-01-02 Thread alex060
hi i am just wondering if anyone could guess what framerate i should be getting in quake 3 demo with. 800x600 all settings on the lower end. celeron 633 96mb of ram tnt2 m64 . with a voodoo2 which i borrowed i got about 20-30fps on average and with the new vid card(tnt2m64) i get the same..

[SLUG] re: es1371 not working or somthing?

2000-12-06 Thread alex060
hi sory bout the sub i just deleted ur message ;-) Mandrake usally picks up soundcards like this out of the box but anyway. try as root in a console modprobe es1371 this should load all the dirvers and u should be up and running if not ull probly find that is a permissions problem.. u can tes

[SLUG] vidio card funnyness?

2000-11-30 Thread alex060
hi all i just obtained a Dimond stealth 3d 2000 pro.. i put it in my deb box and booted all was fine. i ran XF86Setup and set it up (btw X now works again thanks all) it accepted it fine so i tryed it out it seems to load alright and run X fine except for one problem the whole screen is sort of

[SLUG] x problem..

2000-11-28 Thread alex060
hi all firstly thanks very much for all the opinions and experiences with MB,s I have alot to think about before i buy but anyway.. whilst playing w/ apt-get ;-) *ahem* i seem to have stuffed up X without breaking any dependencies which is weired . I think i was trying to get some more fonts fo

[SLUG] speaking of HW ...

2000-11-25 Thread alex060
hi i am hoping to get a new MB and cpu soon which will be cool but any recomendations etc.. i am thinking aroung a PIII 500-800 or so hopefully.. or would an AMD be better. I am not looking for bleading edge so the latest stats from tomshardware dont really help so generally i am looking for rea

[SLUG] xprob, and su prob??

2000-11-17 Thread alex060
hi all firstly thanks for all the prime help it was really usefull and i have alot to play with.. i now have 2 problems and i have know idea what caused them.. the first is. salmona@vila:~$ startx XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)

[SLUG] c++... a bit OT

2000-11-14 Thread alex060
hi all i took the commen advice and i am teaching myself c++ ;-) i have played with a few things and am going well but im stumped with a problem.. i decided to make a prime number generator. I started with plain brute force trying every combo and it all worked well. i was wondering if someone c

[SLUG] c/c++ course

2000-11-08 Thread alex060
hi Me and a couple of friends are interested in learning c or c++ we are all in yr 10 and have interest in linux and programing in it. We are looking for a few day course that runs during the christmas holidays some time. we want it to be resonably laid back and relaxed using plain compilers and

[SLUG] sun stuff..

2000-11-01 Thread alex060
hi i have just recieved an offer of possibly getting a whole bunch of sun stuff. I heve been using a pc since when ever and have had no experience what so ever with sun. All i saw was big bords that dont look like they go together like a pc ;-) anyway.. where can i find out what i need, about h

[SLUG] kernel err..

2000-10-28 Thread alex060
hi all. im just trying to compile a kernel w/ everything i need.. everything has always worked for me b4 and i have never had this type of problem with my drives/modules etc.. it all starts as per normal ie configured then make dep; make clean ;make bzImage or zImage as i said i have never seen