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A few weeks ago, I got a new AMD machine, and I specified the |
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motherboard that came with the "Geforce 6150" video chip onboard. I |
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understand that hardware acceleration works with it. Separately, I also |
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ordered a PCHDTV card ( http://pchdtv.com ) and a PCI modem. I intend |
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to use the machine to record/playback TV broadcasts. I got busy with a |
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few other things, but finally got around to installing console-only |
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Gentoo (2006.1) this weekend. |
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Now for the setup questions. In the portage x11-base directory, I see |
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kdrive |
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opengl-update |
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x11-drm |
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xdirectfb |
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xorg-server |
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xorg-x11 |
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I presume xorg-x11 is the standard X. I've gotten into the habit of |
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emerging a GUI app onto a console-only system, and X never shows up in |
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"world". It gets pulled in as a dependancy. Will this cause problems |
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if I want to use hardware acceleration? Is x11-drm a direct-rendering |
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version that's faster than standard X? I'll probably be using mplayer |
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heavily, unless a showstopper comes along. Is SVGA any faster than X? |
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Since this'll be a single-purpose dedicated box, connecting to the net |
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only for updates, I have no problem running it as root full-time. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca |
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