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Peter Davoust, mused, then expounded: |
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> Ok, so I may try a stress test if I get a chance, but I'd much rather |
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> try an older kernel version first. As far as specs, Turion64 dual |
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> core, nvidia GeForce go 6150, 2gb ram (of some kind, not sure, I know, |
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> it's deplorable), 120 gb hard disk, other than that I'm not sure, |
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> unless you're looking for asthetics, which I assume you aren't. Can |
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> anyone tell me how to emerge an older kernel? I'm not that good with |
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> portage, and I'm not sure how to emerge older versions. I think I knew |
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> at one point, but that was a while ago. Thanks. |
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emerge -av =gentoo-sources-2.6.18-r7 (something like that) |
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But, as yu have an nvidia card, I suggest doing the following |
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vim /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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i |
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x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~amd64 |
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<ESC> |
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:wq |
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emerge -uDNav nvidia-drivers |
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Bob |
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