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This material would really be better suited to the gentoo-desktop |
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mailing list. This list is for issues concerning the development of gentoo. |
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Nick Rout wrote: |
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> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:18:35 -0400 |
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> "Stephen P. Becker" <geoman@g.o> wrote: |
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>>This really isn't discussion material for gentoo-dev. |
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> maybe, and maybe not. it is probably of concern to dev's as to what |
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> works and what doesn't on gentoo, although this may be better thought of |
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> as an upstream issue. Also I saw some relevant posts from "spyderous" on |
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>>Have you tried |
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>>the forums or google yet? |
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> I thought the answer to that may have been obvious from me saying "I can find plenty |
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> of older info suggesting that 3d hardware accel will not work with this |
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> chipset, and that vesa was the only driver, but I am not sure if any of |
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> that has changed since 2003 " Yes I have googled and forumed. I am an |
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> experienced linux user, and I do know how to search for information. |
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> google is full of references to polish speaking email forums, its not |
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> the help it used to be. The gentoo forums have become a victim of their |
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> own success. One thread had 73 pages, and no way of knowing wheter the |
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> search terms are on page 2 or page 72. |
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> I'm sorry I just thought someone round here might have some up to date |
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>>Steve |
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>>Nick Rout wrote: |
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>>>I am wondering if anyone can tell me the current state of the play with |
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>>>3d hardware acceleration with the above machine. |
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>>>I can find plenty of older info suggesting that 3d hardware accel will |
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>>>not work with this chipset, and that vesa was the only driver, but I am |
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>>>not sure if any of that has changed since 2003 when most of the |
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>>>reviews/howtos I could find were published. |
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>>>I have an opportunity to buy a second hand one, but wanted to know this |
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>>>Thanks for any info. |
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