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Dieter Ries <clip2@×××.de> posted 48985319.8030808@×××.de, excerpted |
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below, on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:18:17 +0200: |
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> No, it doesnt really work. Effects still suck, the bar still sucks, ff3 |
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> crashes ... --> back to 3.5.9 waiting for 4.2 |
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I'm guessing you have an nVidia card and are using the proprietary |
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driver. That's a known issue, specifically mentioned in the release |
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announcement. A few people have reported better results with the beta |
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nVidia driver, but even their new full release doesn't correct the |
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problem, /only/ the beta driver, and I'm not sure it corrects it for |
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everyone. |
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Me, being in general an eager beta tester (but a Radeon 9200 series not |
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an nVidia user, I dumped nVidia upon first hardware upgrade after I |
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groked that "Linux drivers" didn't necessarily mean "native freedomware |
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Linux drivers"), after finding 4.0 at conference early-release tech- |
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preview level (WAY to early for beta), I expect 4.1 to be decent beta |
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quality that I'll be happy with but wouldn't recommend to others except |
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beta testers, and 4.2 to be finally looking like most .0 releases look. |
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But having been burned with the .0 that was really an early tech-preview, |
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I see little reason to try a beta of a beta, or 4.1 until it gets into |
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the main tree, at least in masked state. I've been checking every few |
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days when I update, but until it's deemed good enough for that, I'm going |
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to leave well enough alone and stick with 3.5.9 (which I now hear has its |
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own update on the way, 3.5.10). |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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