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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-4.1 apps render slowly
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:04:45
Message-Id: 200808092103.37748.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-4.1 apps render slowly by Alan McKinnon
1 On Samstag, 9. August 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2
3 >
4 > > see the links above. In short, you are screwed. There is no real remedy
5 > > until Nvidia fixes their broken drivers. Some stuff might help a bit -
6 > > but most of the time one thing gets slightly better and another one a lot
7 > > worse. The only good news: there is nothing wrong with your system.
8 >
9 > Well that's good to know at least. The bummer is that I speced this laptop
10 > based on what I knew about nvidia's stuff. Nothing wrong in that, I was
11 > just 18 months out of date!
12
13 so you don't know about the 'nvidia mobile gpus dying like flies' problem?
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16 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/31/hp-pays-half-nvidia-
17 problems
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19 just read the links in the text and below. Maybe you can still get a different
20 one...?

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Re: [gentoo-user] KDE-4.1 apps render slowly Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>