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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
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      reply	other threads:[~2012-02-15 11:15 UTC|newest]

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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