On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 12:18:57AM -0800, Max Whitney wrote:
>I am about to get a new computer on which I plan to run Gentoo. Will a nVidia GeForce2 MX200 32MB (or possibly 64 MB) with 4X AGP work without too much trouble in Gentoo? I gather that this is the case from the nvidia Troubleshooting Guide, but I want to be sure before I get one.


Yes, install X. Compile kernel without AGP or DRM support ( don't need it
so why compile it in, this is necessary but it makes sense.

Doaload nvidia GLX and NVidia kernel stuff from nvidia.com follow
instructions in readmes.

Cake.


And it works well too.

>Are both KDE and GNOME include on the binary CD? I can't find a package listing on the site. If so is it Ximian or regular Gnome?

Nope, it's not ximiaized.

>How long is 'forever' when compiling X and KDE? It dosn't matter much, but do you have any idea how long it might take on a 933 MHz system?
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