From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] older machine and video packages
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:14:23 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F3B938F.4090109@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120215110057.0b5573dc@digimed.co.uk>
Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:01:04 -0600, Dale wrote:
>
>> Hmmm, right now I just masked the upgrade. Maybe it will get fixed
>> soon.
>
> Don't hold you breath. Your card is no longer supported, that's why you
> have to use an old driver, and the old drivers just don't work with the
> later Xorg.
>
>> I sort of like the nvidia drivers. They generally just work for
>> me.
>
> For gradually decreasing values of generally.
>
>
Well, right now, I just use it to run folding which heats a room with
freezers in it. Yea, freezers can get to cold. The oil in the
compressors get to thick and it burns out the compressor. Anyway, I
just ssh in and don't even really need X at all.
Maybe I will switch soon. Someday when I feel more up to it.
Dale
:-) :-)
--
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or
how you interpreted my words!
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-15 1:37 [gentoo-user] older machine and video packages Dale
2012-02-15 1:48 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2012-02-15 1:57 ` Willie Matthews
2012-02-15 2:16 ` mike
2012-02-15 10:01 ` Dale
2012-02-15 11:00 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-02-15 11:14 ` Dale [this message]
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