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On Saturday 16 Apr 2016 21:30:15 Philip Webb wrote: |
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> So another question arises : |
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> has it always been necessary to add the user to the video group |
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> -- in which case, I must have made a mistake somewhere, |
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> perhaps when I installed in my new box 1510xx -- or is it a recent change ? |
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> If the latter, how are users supposed to know re such matters ? |
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> On the face of it, video should have nothing to do with spreadsheets ! |
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I seem to recall that advice to add the user to the video group is in the |
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handbook, but haven't checked recently. Most applications these days use |
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hardware acceleration for rich graphics and visual effects (not to mention |
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compute cores). Browsers and LO more than others. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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