From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-63570-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1Hl8IY-0003bW-Ju for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 18:51:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l47InlXj003752; Mon, 7 May 2007 18:49:47 GMT Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.236]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l47Iiue2030623 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 7 May 2007 18:44:57 GMT Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 12so1686201nzp for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 07 May 2007 11:44:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=JTxhy/eerkXknAhezo+AFRCoDTLgj0Y4tutqNp+DL245oxzDU3bluu1/RUv6cPQP34IC02TzKWacefckDwhBYEtNf0rtrnMccIGnbHVZj92SJUta8P3KE7NLtZdY2qGSp1BCi6ONazuP6HiqtWocqaWpTYzgzv1p+DjWkwTyEA0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=QG+ANeocM4J0PqaTyg2DsgVs00Q/1pgX755cKr+YmUoeuNdLz1v9U5LAjMWMFTV50KSX+5DPYyOdhfFRUQeBLUvAQ4xAgITYQRis2GNjPAP3JxZ7EgCHsCv+ah6PyxFToneT8B9AMCjfccZT6Vx5mKgwF+OMRhY3A/5HpFmNNfI= Received: by 10.114.89.1 with SMTP id m1mr1793090wab.1178563495244; Mon, 07 May 2007 11:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.47.20 with HTTP; Mon, 7 May 2007 11:44:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2fcf3fa50705071144h35f263c9r73a4d20ed7e0f0a5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 14:44:55 -0400 From: "Francisco Rivas" <taken2k4@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-7.2 and ati-drivers-8.32.5 In-Reply-To: <f1nrbi$n7n$1@sea.gmane.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_27191_16734139.1178563495194" References: <f1f2du$i9v$1@sea.gmane.org> <bf36c5560705070612n1f87c638xae004886e67635fd@mail.gmail.com> <f1nd4o$17g$1@sea.gmane.org> <2fcf3fa50705070753g66aab1d4we1e8ba062cdbd73b@mail.gmail.com> <f1niv2$q9a$1@sea.gmane.org> <2fcf3fa50705071100j8d5a8cj7c6028b6f96d991b@mail.gmail.com> <f1nrbi$n7n$1@sea.gmane.org> X-Archives-Salt: 35b6e749-a775-451c-8be5-bce0eea158f8 X-Archives-Hash: 77d4cdac1fd1dbf47c40420cb71cbf57 ------=_Part_27191_16734139.1178563495194 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline yes you have reason, because when I bought my laptop (dell inspiron 6400 15.4") I ask to vendor (pretty good girl) if I can buy a laptop 15.4" with Nvidia, she say no because the size of the laptop is not appropriate.. On 5/7/07, Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> wrote: > > On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas <taken2k4@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think > >> long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video > >> chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers > >> and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both > >> xorg and ATI). > > > Your comment is really funny because I think the same before > > my 8.36ati-drivers work. Honestly I think the same now, it's > > important keep that in mind. In my job I have an Nvidia Video > > Card and on the first time i installed the nvidia-drivers > > pufff.. works. > > I used to like ATI because there were open-source drivers that > supported 3D acceleration, but that ended a few years ago: the > 9250 was the last board with opensource DRI support. > > Unfortunately, if you're shopping for a laptop there seem very > few non-ATI choices. > > -- > Grant Edwards grante Yow! I represent a > at sardine!! > visi.com > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Francisco Rivas ------=_Part_27191_16734139.1178563495194 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline yes you have reason, because when I bought my laptop (dell inspiron 6400 15.4") I ask to vendor (pretty good girl) if I can buy a laptop 15.4" with Nvidia, she say no because the size of the laptop is not appropriate.. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Grant Edwards</b> <<a href="mailto:grante@visi.com">grante@visi.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas <<a href="mailto:taken2k4@gmail.com">taken2k4@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>>> Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think<br>>> long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video <br>>> chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers<br>>> and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both<br>>> xorg and ATI).<br><br>> Your comment is really funny because I think the same before <br>> my 8.36ati-drivers work. Honestly I think the same now, it's<br>> important keep that in mind. In my job I have an Nvidia Video<br>> Card and on the first time i installed the nvidia-drivers<br>> pufff.. works. <br><br>I used to like ATI because there were open-source drivers that<br>supported 3D acceleration, but that ended a few years ago: the<br>9250 was the last board with opensource DRI support.<br><br>Unfortunately, if you're shopping for a laptop there seem very <br>few non-ATI choices.<br><br>--<br>Grant Edwards grante Yow! I represent a<br> at sardine!!<br> <a href="http://visi.com"> visi.com</a><br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org">gentoo-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Francisco Rivas ------=_Part_27191_16734139.1178563495194-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list