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c45207 n00b
Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 70
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:41 am Post subject: Kudos to the Modular X Team! |
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I know that a number of people are having problems, but I would like to take a moment to thank the entire Modular X Team. At least for me, things went very smoothly. And, on top of migrating to 7.0, I was finally able to get hardware accelerated rendering working! |
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justwantstohelp Apprentice
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 251 Location: Sacramento, California
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: |
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What kind of graphics card are you using? |
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mark_alec Bodhisattva
Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 6066 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:12 am Post subject: |
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Merged above two threads. |
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c45207 n00b
Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 70
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:02 am Post subject: |
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justwantstohelp wrote: | What kind of graphics card are you using? |
Intel 915 GM on a HP Compaq tc4200 tablet. I just added i810 and i915 to VIDEO_CARDS, let emerge xorg-x11 do it's thing, enabled DRI and GLX in xorg.conf, setup the card to use the i810 driver in xorg.conf, and, voila, glxgears runs and at a decent framerate too.
I was also able to get XComposite working by enabling it in the Extensions section. Now Kompose works like a charm! |
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glowworm Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 85
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:15 am Post subject: |
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In the last year I have come from linux newbie to, well, linux newbie who knows the cli very well.
This week I have smoothly installed 7 brand new Gentoo production servers at work and comissioned a new main home machine, dual processor goodness. None of this would be possible without the Gentoo developer herds, or resorting to an inferior distro.
In addition to general thanks to the developers and manual writers I'd like to give special thanks to Paul Marks for maintaining the slimserver overlay ebuild so I have something to listen to while I work and the vmware team for the now RTM'ed vmware-server overlay ebuild so I can impress my bosses with great ROI. _________________ 2.6.18-gentoo-r1 x86
Core2Duo E6300 on an Intel DG965WH M/B
NVidia 7600GT / AIGLX / KDE / Beryl CVS |
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syg00 l33t
Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 907 Location: Brisbane, AUS
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:58 am Post subject: Well done folks .. |
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I'm sick of seeing "Gentoo sucks", "what happened to gentoo" ... type threads, so here's here's my thoughts.
Hadn't sync'd in months - so I get the modular X upgrade, new Gnome, new ATI-drivers plus minor updates to damn near everything else.
All went swimmingly- just a few minor blocks to sort out. Only thing I had to skip was vlc because I was missing the unicode use flag. And I don't even use it; was put in to test.
All up, bloody good effort by the assorted devs (and testers of course). |
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magnesium Apprentice
Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 280 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Agreed. Things work well when you do the research and keep on top of it all.
I just wonder why certain things were changed around on us old school gentoo users who are used to performing a task one way and don't see any obvious need to depricate something that is working just fine as it stands. _________________ Adopt an unanswered post |
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St. Joe Apprentice
Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 242 Location: USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:43 am Post subject: |
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Gentoo will _never_ meet the needs of everyone...or heck, even most everyone.
I also encountered no issues with the Xorg7 upgrade, and I even went so far as to test a new install using the 2006.0 LiveCD GUI Installer with the GRP/Dynamic options enabled, and only then upgrade the new X packages just to see what a new user might encounter if they went that route. No issues here.
However, I also accept that users do have problems which are significant and troublesome. Gentoo is in many ways like a mechanics lab, in that not everything that gets assembled will work due to the variety of parts and options being used. The best advice is generally to file bugs and ask questions on the available channels. This will sort out most issues. But there will be occasionally be circumstances that could drag on past where they should, and in those instances I can definitely understand that other distribution options might come into play. Yet at no time have I ever felt that Gentoo's stated philosophy was being placed in jeopardy. I believe in full that it lives up to that every day...albeit sometimes with sputters, coughs, and lurches into the deeper water. _________________ For every hammer there is a nail.
For every nail there is a thumb. |
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Dralnu Veteran
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1919
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:14 am Post subject: |
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Something I think alot of people don't see is that whenever you give the user control over their system, things WILL break. A good example is the CFLAGS. You can break your system with them, or you can speed it up.
Some people who use comps don't understand the base fact that the more control you have, the bigger the chance for problems. While the "I hate Gentoo" thread are annoying, they do serve a purpose: To give us an idea on what might need to be done to make the users life easier. Sometimes that is completly out of the question (using a package system like RPMs, for instance), or others it could be something like incorporating revdep-rebuild into emerge, and whatnot. _________________ The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck, is the day they make a vacuum cleaner. |
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mark_alec Bodhisattva
Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 6066 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Merged from here. |
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Caustiq n00b
Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 57
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:14 am Post subject: |
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I am one extremely happy Gentoo USEr.
Project maintainers/devs: Thank you very much. |
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g.e.n.t.u.x. Guru
Joined: 21 Aug 2006 Posts: 410 Location: Berlin
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject: Just say thanks |
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Hello Gentooser.
I just have to say "Thanks goes out to all the peoples that force thios stuff forward every day."
Since one week i got a static smile in my face. One complex thing is so greatful and easy to work with and get the overview. The Developers and the User they posted here making a good work. my probs since yet i solved all with this forum.
Thanks Thanks Thanks |
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Roman_Gruber Advocate
Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 3846 Location: Austro Bavaria
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: Just say thanks |
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This is great. Me, too.
Thanks to everyone, since this is free of charge and everything works.
Also I found tremulous-bin, which is the best game ever. I didn*t thoght to find a free fps game for linux.
Thanks to everyone. |
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ahubu Guru
Joined: 16 Aug 2003 Posts: 400 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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Developers, thank you!
Gentoo fills the gap between userfriendliness (eg. Ubuntu) and customizablity (eg. LFS), without compromising customizability! (You will always compromise userfriendliness when adding customizatation options)
It is the best meta-distribution I have ever used, and it is the better for me than any distribution I tried. Have been using it since 2002/2003-ish, never thought about changing.
Thank you! Kudos to the developers and the community. _________________ Anne // Light travels faster than sound. That's why people appear bright until
you hear them speak. -Unknown |
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sonicbhoc Veteran
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 1805 Location: In front of the computer screen
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:03 am Post subject: |
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Sorry for the hedaches I caused the devs and thanks for making an awesome distro.
Now all I need is a new dual core processor and some new ram to REALLY enjoy it. _________________ I'm too lazy to keep this stupid signature up to date, so here's something more interesting:
My friend Hetdegon can draw if you ask me.
Now using PClinuxOS on my laptop and Gentoo on my desktop and new laptop. |
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Naib Watchman
Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 6051 Location: Removed by Neddy
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: The "I love the Gentoo Dev's" thread |
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Come on ppl show your appreaciation for the fine work they all do! _________________
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vibrokatana Guru
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 328 Location: o0o0oo
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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*silence* _________________ My Systems - "I suggest the whole thing be coded in whitespace. Henceforth the code will be obscure and functional at the same time." |
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psyqil Advocate
Joined: 26 May 2003 Posts: 2767
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Woohoo! Go, devs, go! |
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d2_racing Bodhisattva
Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 13047 Location: Ste-Foy,Canada
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, devs do a great job |
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cokey Advocate
Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 3355
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: |
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most of the devs do a great job, others seem to do a great job in making gentoo worse _________________ https://otw20.com/ OTW20 The new place for off the wall chat |
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jseymour Apprentice
Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 202 Location: Gainesville Florida
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Tagx n00b
Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 61
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: |
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The Gentoo devs are the best! The only problem is that they leave |
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Taladar Guru
Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 458 Location: Bielefeld, Germany
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:29 am Post subject: |
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Gentoo is great, I never have to look at the forums for solutions since there just aren't any problems with Gentoo even though I run it on 5 machines. Continue the great work |
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nikaya Veteran
Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1471 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:54 am Post subject: |
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The devs are doing a great job.Go on devs.
But they should discuss more factually,without personal attacks. _________________ Notes on Dhamma
How to waste your time: look for an explanation of consciousness, ask to know what feeling is. (Nanavira Thera) |
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amne Bodhisattva
Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Posts: 6378 Location: Graz / EU
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: |
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vibrokatana wrote: | *silence* |
We will make you scream. A lot. _________________ Dinosaur week! (Ok, this thread is so last week) |
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