On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 03:34:56PM +0600, Serge Hooge wrote: > > I don't remember the version of Xorg I was using before disaster > > struck but the Nvidia proprietary driver was superior to anything > > else I tried. The nv driver from Xorg wouldn't run the GLX programs > > properly. > > Yes, the proprietary NVidia drivers can handle much more than free > alternatives, but nouveau can launch things like Nexuiz easily > nowadays. nv is outdated, but is usable for > basic 2D video. > > -- > Serge Hooge > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page I downloaded deblob-2.6.34 and deblob-check from GNU and tried them on a new partion with a fresh back-up os, a freshly unpacked kernel and the script hung with an error about gawk. I went to sleep with it running and woke up with it running. Top showed gawk still using 97% of the processor. Lucky thing my fan was working well. My verion of gawk is probably too old and I might even RTFM or read the README. I'm sure to try again because I have plenty of disk space and time; It's money that is short supply. But I'll warn you I'll probably never give up the freedom that LFS gives one to go back to a dist- ribution. Like Andrew I want my system too work well, and if I have too use non-free software to achieve that , I will. I was looking at the code for svgalib, a program I love because I can play quake on the console and watch movies with mplayer without Xorg plus it pretty easy to learn and to write console graphics. This is the contents of the file LICENSE:
This package is copyrighted by the people who wrote it. You may do with it whatever you want. You seem to be quite knowledable about the Gnu os. What is Gnu's or the FSF's position on the bios and bios flashes ? Certainly that is firmware. If I hadn't flashed the bios on this machine I would have a 320 gig paperweight. I respect your dedication to free software and appreciate the tips about alternate sources for drivers,but if I run a console only system and use the vesa framebuffer my system use no blobs. ### Mike Hollis ### -- It is said , do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
