From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PAiGf-0007fP-T2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:04:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 08E3CE08B1; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:03:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.pcorp.com.au (mail2.pcorp.com.au [150.101.72.19]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F3EE08B1 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.pcorp.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAF80107519A for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:33:17 +0930 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail2.pcorp.com.au Received: from mail2.pcorp.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail2.pcorp.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id fExupME2SfKP; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:33:16 +0930 (CST) Received: from [172.16.0.62] (dsl-203-113-238-153.SA.netspace.net.au [203.113.238.153]) by mail2.pcorp.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 15A891075198 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:33:15 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20101026111827.3a9af2e1@marcec.huntemann.uni-oldenburg.de> References: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> <4CC615FC.1040603@gmail.com> <1288058698.8318.32.camel@localhost> <20101026111827.3a9af2e1@marcec.huntemann.uni-oldenburg.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:31:20 +0930 Message-ID: <1288094480.8318.120.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b873c019-2ff6-4d37-80c6-b44b73b027af X-Archives-Hash: efa84c78160d0ffaa23c13613e4906d5 On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 11:18 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:34:58 +0930 > schrieb Iain Buchanan : > > [...] > > Someone posted recently about an upgrade that affected him (looking... > > can't find it). He downgraded to fix it, but it wasn't nvidia or x from > > memory. Sorry for being vague, I'll keep looking. > > Ah, I seem to remember the problem was/is mesa 7.8.2 being slow, in which case > a downgrade helped. Was that it? I can't find the thread myself right now, > though. That's it! mesa tinka yousa system broken! 7.8.2 down to 7.7.1 worked for the OP: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/234610 "Preventing a package from being updated" thanks, -- Iain Buchanan Chuck Norris doesnt wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.