rather than upgrading or reinstalling, could I not just switch to another version of XFree86 in the control center and see if that helps? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:56 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] problems with 8.2
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:56:26 -0600 > "Blood Slap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd also like to add, just incase it means anything, that in HardDrake, it says my graphics card is pci and not agp. > > AGP slots are just glorified pci slots which allow for an increase bus speed through deception beyond that of the 33 Mhz which the pci slot itself can provide. > > > > > Just to clear something up, I (Michael Kovary) am the same person as Blood Slap. > > The From says "Michael Kovary" when I send the message from the hotmail web site, and Blood Slap from Outlook Express. > > Ok, I have just # out the dri in my config file, and it didn't freeze for the short time that I was using gnome (usually happens when I scroll through windows, so I scrolled my heart out). But when playing 3d games (gltron) it is unplayably slow, just like before when I upgraded. So what's the deal, is there a way to keep my system from freezing and be able to play games? > > > > > > Windows does not lock on the same machine, and all of my games actually work perfectly fine. I wil try what was suggested. > > From the info you have provided I can see nothing that should be causing your system to freeze. > Because it is not also occurring in Windows is a good indication that the problem is not 'bad' hardware, though it could still be hardware related--processor speed, RAM, shared IRQs. > > If installing as an upgrade does not solve the problem, install again except choose X-3.3.6 with accel. > > Once all obvious causes/solutions have been eliminated it then becomes the tedious process of trial and error. > > > Charles > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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