Special note. Up until I reconfigured my card, I would do a /sbin/lsmod and see that
my tdfx was not ever used and the agpgart but now I see my tdfx being used and my
computer is so much better for it! I think that could explain the improved speed of my
cpu, as well.
That is all for now.
Cheers
-- Al
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>
> Have no fear. I also have a Voodoo3 3000 PCI and you are correct. You do not
> need that agp. I had it originally when I compiled and installed my 2.4
> kernel from an rpm. But I found out that you can still configure it or make
> changes to your kernel without having to mess around with any more rpm's or
> tarhalls. I configured my kernel for total optimization. It only has support
> for my NIC card, Voodoo3, and SBLive! exclusively. I choose no to all the
> other hardware types. Since I have no "real" agp bus (technically my
> motherboard came hardwired with a video inline agp support. I selected
> "Direct" for my PCI access mode. I disabled all the other "crap" don't I
> don't have or plan on using on this cpu. I love the improved speed. I
> actually wrote out all the changes that I made. It took me three and a half
> hours to document everything while I was configuring my kernel. I was
> trying to configure my kernel to be able to use dialpad. The free telephony
> service from dialpad.com. They !
> !
> have support now for linux. I was trying to configure my kernel to the specs
> that they had in their FAQ but it appears that the kernel that was used was a
> real old one. If this one works. I will post my findings to the newbie list.
> I will run a gauntlet of tests for the next few hours. Wish me luck on the
> dialpad thing.
>
> Cheers
> -- Al
>
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hey, I compiled /ran the new kernel on my test machine and saw the options
> > about agpgart support and support for the 440BX/i810/i815 mobos. Is that
> > what you are refering to here? Didn't see anything about Sunrpc locking
> fix.
> > Where's/what's that?
> >
> > Doesn't one have to download and install a patch to get the nvidia drivers
> to
> > work with 2.4.0? I thought I read something about it somewhere, but can't
> > find it now. Have you heard anything about it?
> >
> > Should agpgart support be compiled in or as a module, do you know?
> >
> > My test machine has a pci voodoo3, so I didn't get to test out any of these
> > options. With some other little problems, I'm still nervous about doing it
> > to my pride and joy. At least I know how to do it and retain ability to
> > boot into the old kernel now. (messed that one up the first time!)
> >
> > TIA,
> > -s
> >
> >
> > On Friday 12 January 2001 05:05 pm, you wrote:
> > > 2.4.0-ac6
> > > o Sunrpc locking fix ()
> > > o Made agpgart smarter about i815 (Charles McLachlan)
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a slow connection, so will take time for me to download, but if
> > > it will be easier for you, you better check this out. I guess we
> > > finally have it !
> > >
> > > Onur
> >
> >
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