Still waiting to install 9.2 but after reading all the problems with 9.2 I am undecided. Any feedback on this would be helpfull. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ramin M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 11:55 PM Subject: Solved: [newbie] mandrake 9.2 freezes so often
> Hi, > I finally found the source of the problem! It was not because of dri > module as E. Hines suggested. I just disabled the ACPI at boot time and > now all the freezings are gone! > Now i can feel the strength of 9.2! It is so fast; it seems even > faster that windows XP. Konqueror has seen a dramatic change in speed: > it just pops up once you click! > Thanks to all those who tried to give me some hints. > Regards, Ramin > > > --- "E. Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had problems with the > Mobility version of this card on a laptop. > > There is > > something wrong with the "dri" (direct rendering) implementation with > > the > > drivers, but I haven't heard that the problem extends beyond the > > mobility > > chip. My lockups would occur at shutdown, however, and only very > > rarely > > during use. Just as a test, you might try commenting out the # Load > > "dri" > > line in your xconfig-4 "Module" section, to see if the problem might > > go away. > > GLX doesn't look too good if your system acts up running gears, > > either, but > > one thing at a time. > > > > Perhaps SuSe is writing the xconfig-4 file for the Radeon somewhat > > differently > > than Mandrake does it? For the record, I like SuSe a lot, but use > > Mandrake > > because I like the Mandrake config tools better than YAST. > > > > e > > > > On Saturday 20 December 2003 07:46 am, Ramin M wrote: > > > > > Another problem during the installation was that the > > > second time that i installed mk9.2 (i had to do this > > > for some reason), it detected two graphic cards on my > > > machine (on pci buses 1:5:0 and 1:5:1) where there is > > > only one graphic card. Running glxgears after the > > > first installation was giving me 2600fps and now after > > > the second installation it gives 1900fps. Besides > > > running glxgears now causes lines of lights flashing > > > on my monitor and make the OS very unstable. I just > > > removed the lines related to the second graphic card > > > in etc/x11/xconfig-4 file and the xwindows is still > > > working. So the problem might be related to this bad > > > detection of the graphic card! > > > > > > My hardwares are as follows: > > > motherboard: Asus A7M266-D > > > CPU: MP2000 dual processor > > > sound card: sound blaster live! (dolby 5.1) > > > graphic card: ATI 9000pro > > > > > > > > > scsi adapter: Adatec 29160 U160 > > > three scsi hard disks from fujitsu and seagate 15k and > > > 10k rpms. > > > minolta scan elite scsi scanner > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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