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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:04:42
Message-Id: 1288094480.8318.120.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB by Marc Joliet
1 On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 11:18 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote:
2 > Am Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:34:58 +0930
3 > schrieb Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>:
4 >
5 > [...]
6 > > Someone posted recently about an upgrade that affected him (looking...
7 > > can't find it). He downgraded to fix it, but it wasn't nvidia or x from
8 > > memory. Sorry for being vague, I'll keep looking.
9 >
10 > Ah, I seem to remember the problem was/is mesa 7.8.2 being slow, in which case
11 > a downgrade helped. Was that it? I can't find the thread myself right now,
12 > though.
13
14 That's it! mesa tinka yousa system broken! 7.8.2 down to 7.7.1 worked
15 for the OP:
16
17 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/234610
18
19 "Preventing a package from being updated"
20
21 thanks,
22 --
23 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
24
25 Chuck Norris doesnt wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>