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On Monday 20 August 2001 11:18, you wrote: |
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> I am about to get a new computer on which I plan to run Gentoo. Will a |
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> nVidia GeForce2 MX200 32MB (or possibly 64 MB) with 4X AGP work without too |
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> much trouble in Gentoo? |
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No special gentoo-related trouble, it'll work just like under any other |
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distro, or possibly better. |
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> I gather that this is the case from the nvidia |
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> Troubleshooting Guide |
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The NTSG (nvidia troubleshooting guide) is terribly outdated. Some of what it |
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says may no longer be true. Note the driver version it's for. |
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> How long is 'forever' when |
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> compiling X and KDE? It dosn't matter much, but do you have any idea how |
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> long it might take on a 933 MHz system? |
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On my P-III-900 w/ 256 MB RAM: X=1.2 hours, KDE=3.5+ hours for |
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kdelibs+kdebase and another 3 or 4 for everything else. |
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HTH, |
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Dan Armak |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team |
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Matan, Israel |
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