Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:36, Sean Middleditch wrote: On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 06:47, Russell Coker wrote: I don't know which sub-version of the GeForce cards I'm using, I just got whatever was cheapest at the time (you'd have to be crazy to buy a high-end NVidia card - they release new models every 6 months and the old models then sell for less than half price). Wow. Good point. I feel retarded now. (Sean's wallet is hurting after he replaced one of his old video cards which melted with a Geforce3 Ti 500 at x-mas.) That's another thing. If you buy an older model card in a tiny box with no manuals etc for $150 and it melts you're not going to be nearly as unhappy as if the same thing happens to a high-end $700 card that came with all manuals etc. My observation is that if you buy a new cheap card every year you'll spend less money than if you buy a new expensive card every second year, and on average you'll have better hardware as a new cheap card is usually better than a 1 year old expensive card. When I plopped in the nVidia binary drivers, tho, I sure know it looked great. ^,^ Zangband has never looked so crisp... Zangband? Speaking of the binary drivers, that logo and delay on X startup annoys me. I'd like to get a patch that removes it (yes I know that means a binary patch), if I can find such a patch (or be bothered writing one) then I'll release some unofficial debs that do it. ;) BTW I changed this from debian-devel to debian-user as it has nothing to do with development. -- If you send email to me or to a mailing list that I use which has 4 lines of legalistic junk at the end then you are specifically authorizing me to do whatever I wish with the message and all other messages from your domain, by posting the message you agree that your long legalistic sig is void. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again
On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 08:45, Russell Coker wrote: On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:36, Sean Middleditch wrote: On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 06:47, Russell Coker wrote: I don't know which sub-version of the GeForce cards I'm using, I just got whatever was cheapest at the time (you'd have to be crazy to buy a high-end NVidia card - they release new models every 6 months and the old models then sell for less than half price). Wow. Good point. I feel retarded now. (Sean's wallet is hurting after he replaced one of his old video cards which melted with a Geforce3 Ti 500 at x-mas.) That's another thing. If you buy an older model card in a tiny box with no manuals etc for $150 and it melts you're not going to be nearly as unhappy as if the same thing happens to a high-end $700 card that came with all manuals etc. ^,^ I found out my motherboard was causing the problems, and managed to melt my new GeForce3, as well; but VisionTek has a lifetime warranty on their cards, so all was good. My observation is that if you buy a new cheap card every year you'll spend less money than if you buy a new expensive card every second year, and on average you'll have better hardware as a new cheap card is usually better than a 1 year old expensive card. You have another point. Of course, this is all likely lost effort on me, because I'm also the person that wasted money I didn't have on the fastest motherboard, processor, and DDR memory I could find when I found out my old gamestation motherboard needed replacing... When I plopped in the nVidia binary drivers, tho, I sure know it looked great. ^,^ Zangband has never looked so crisp... Zangband? Ya... um, like Nethack, but much much better, imo. If you're not familar with Nethack, then I think the joke will be entirely lost. ^,^ Speaking of the binary drivers, that logo and delay on X startup annoys me. I'd like to get a patch that removes it (yes I know that means a binary patch), if I can find such a patch (or be bothered writing one) then I'll release some unofficial debs that do it. ;) You can disable it. There is an option to set in the Xconfig file. Somewhere, I forget exactly where, had the documentation on all the options. Actually, I think X might have auto-generated that for me from the driver... (X rules). BTW I changed this from debian-devel to debian-user as it has nothing to do with development. -- If you send email to me or to a mailing list that I use which has 4 lines of legalistic junk at the end then you are specifically authorizing me to do whatever I wish with the message and all other messages from your domain, by posting the message you agree that your long legalistic sig is void. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again
begin Russell Coker quotation: That's another thing. If you buy an older model card in a tiny box with no manuals etc for $150 and it melts you're not going to be nearly as unhappy as if the same thing happens to a high-end $700 card that came with all manuals etc. If you're paying $150 for an old card with no manuals, that better be old as in six months old. You can get most of the previous-generation video cards for less than that WITH manuals, new in the box. -- Shawn McMahon| McMahon's Laws of Linux support: http://www.eiv.com | 1) There's more than one way to do it AIM: spmcmahonfedex, smcmahoneiv | 2) Somebody thinks your way is wrong pgp4Ood5CLbu8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again
On approximately Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 02:45:41PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: Speaking of the binary drivers, that logo and delay on X startup annoys me. I'd like to get a patch that removes it (yes I know that means a binary patch), if I can find such a patch (or be bothered writing one) then I'll release some unofficial debs that do it. ;) Did you happen to look at the README? /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX*version_number* josh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
