From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailgw2.netvision.net.il ([194.90.1.9]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15Ys6r-0003UH-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:41:07 -0600 Received: from desktop.dan.net (ras4-p120.rlz.netvision.net.il [62.0.85.248]) by mailgw2.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA20696 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:43:53 +0300 (IDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Dan Armak To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] (no subject) X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: In-Reply-To: Organization: Gentoo Linux MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01082019424804.00672@desktop.dan.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Aug 20 10:42:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:42:48 +0300 X-Archives-Salt: bf8d993b-46c8-45b9-8df1-80fab41315ca X-Archives-Hash: 5a9db10320774cd98e96737de50a59ba On Monday 20 August 2001 11:18, you wrote: > I am about to get a new computer on which I plan to run Gentoo. Will a > nVidia GeForce2 MX200 32MB (or possibly 64 MB) with 4X AGP work without too > much trouble in Gentoo? No special gentoo-related trouble, it'll work just like under any other distro, or possibly better. > I gather that this is the case from the nvidia > Troubleshooting Guide The NTSG (nvidia troubleshooting guide) is terribly outdated. Some of what it says may no longer be true. Note the driver version it's for. > How long is 'forever' when > compiling X and KDE? It dosn't matter much, but do you have any idea how > long it might take on a 933 MHz system? On my P-III-900 w/ 256 MB RAM: X=1.2 hours, KDE=3.5+ hours for kdelibs+kdebase and another 3 or 4 for everything else. HTH, -- Dan Armak Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Matan, Israel