You can run X3.3.6 with hardware acceleration, but it is a little bit more
tricky to get working than with X4.0. Xfree86.org has details on how to
set it up. I haven;t seen any mandrake tools that simplify the procedure.
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On Wed, 9 May 2001, Turgut Kalfaoglu wrote:
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>Out of curiosity: is it possible to have Mandrake 8.0 install Xfree 3.3.6
>instead of 4? I'm reinstalling mandrake 8 from scratch, because I
>uninstalled Xfree 4, and I have spent 3 days so far, and I'm unable to get
>Xfree 3.3.6 to work. Always something conflicting, and I still dont have
>it working. Anyway, back to the partitioning, as they say.
>
>I have a fond memory, that while I had Mandrake 8 running, and I asked for
>a resolution change, it said "You can have hardware acceleration with
>Xfree 3.3.6", and I had said YES to that prompt. It then went on to
>install some additional RPMs. At a later reboot, nothing had changed; I
>was still at Xfree 4!
>
>-turgut
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>On Wed, 9 May 2001, KompuKit wrote:
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>> Well...I finally upgraded...to 8.0 from 7.2
>> and I love it...great job mandrake !!!
>>
>> everything went without a hitch...except one thing...
>> I bought a CD set from cheapbytes...
>> so, I assume they are the download version.
>>
>> I have a Pentium 233 MMX, 64 mg Ram
>> Installed 8.0 on a Maxtor 20 gig HD
>> (dual booting with a 8.4 gig HD maxtor win98)
>>
>> Before upgrading...I bought a
>> Creative Labs ModemBlaster 56k external modem
>> model DE5625
>> it worked fine under 7.2...and windows..
>> but now, I can't seem to get it to work under 8.0
>>
>> I placed the same info...for connection just as I did in 7.2
>> ...it trys to connect...I see the lights flashing on the modem..
>> but when it gets to a certain point...
>> ( I think it's when it says LOGGING ON TO NETWORK)...
>> it disconnects...and gives me an error 16 (whatever that is..)
>> I double checked all the settings...to make sure I have them right...
>> and try again...to the same thing.. What's happening here...?
>>
>> why can't I connect...?
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