Re: [gentoo-user] xfree upgrade recommended?

2003-03-31 Thread Dhruba Bandopadhyay
Stephen Boulet said: > On Sunday 30 March 2003 08:12 am, Christian Aust wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm running xfree 4.2.1 right now, it works pretty smooth besides from >> some issues with the graphic adapter (Radeon 7500 sometimes doesn't >> initialize, screen stays black) and the power management (ACPI

Re: [gentoo-user] xfree upgrade recommended?

2003-03-31 Thread Stephen Boulet
I've had issues with 4.3 and have gone back to 4.2.1. 1) winex won't work 2) some games like alpha centauri and tuxracer give me a "frequency over range" error from my monitor, despite the fact the the same config file works great with 4.2.1. -- Stephen From here to there

Re: [gentoo-user] xfree upgrade recommended?

2003-03-30 Thread Sean
I know it's a bit off-topic, but how's the radeon 3d support these days. I seem to recall it being quite lackluster for quite a while, and then heard that ATI had gone the nvidia route with binary drivers. I currently have an NVidia card, but have been considering picking up one of the newer ATI Ra

Re: [gentoo-user] xfree upgrade recommended?

2003-03-30 Thread Tom Wesley
On Sunday 30 March 2003 6:49 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > Is 4.3.0 unmasked yet - if not stick with what you have until it is. > Especially since you are happy with 4.2.1. > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running xfree 4.2.1 right now, it works pretty smooth besides from > > some issues with the graphic adap

Re: [gentoo-user] xfree upgrade recommended?

2003-03-30 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Is 4.3.0 unmasked yet - if not stick with what you have until it is. Especially since you are happy with 4.2.1. > Hi, > > I'm running xfree 4.2.1 right now, it works pretty smooth besides from > some issues with the graphic adapter (Radeon 7500 sometimes doesn't > initialize, screen stays black)

[gentoo-user] xfree upgrade recommended?

2003-03-30 Thread Christian Aust
Hi, I'm running xfree 4.2.1 right now, it works pretty smooth besides from some issues with the graphic adapter (Radeon 7500 sometimes doesn't initialize, screen stays black) and the power management (ACPI isn't supported). But I'm particulary happy with font rendering. Should I upgrade to xfree