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007 02-08-2007 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by morphius
Then pick better games :P

Honestly I couldn't make a full change either. Too many kids games and stuff is tied to MS still.

I'm running Fedora Core 6 on a 3.0 Ghz Intel with 1G of RAM with no pause at all. The way I figure it is that I will use it as much as I can till I don't need to use MS anymore. Sure it is down the road, but I really would like to avoid Vista.
Better games than HL2. Please name me some.

Mine is a 2.4 Ghz Intel P4 with 1G of RAM. I shouldn't be experiencing these delays on Linux either but they are there. That is why I was wondering if it is just the version I am running. I have never tried Fedora though. Is there a free DL of that somewhere too?

morphius 02-08-2007 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru
Better games than HL2. Please name me some.

Mine is a 2.4 Ghz Intel P4 with 1G of RAM. I shouldn't be experiencing these delays on Linux either but they are there. That is why I was wondering if it is just the version I am running. I have never tried Fedora though. Is there a free DL of that somewhere too?
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/

I have always been more of an UT Capture the Flag guy myself. Though I haven't played anything other then Age of Empires in a long time.

007 02-08-2007 10:38 PM
I actually had my first wave of Vista problems today. Crash dump while I was posting on the planet. I haven't seen a BSoD since Win98. Absolutely nothing was running other than Firefox at the time.

Simplex3 02-08-2007 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru
I actually had my first wave of Vista problems today. Crash dump while I was posting on the planet. I haven't seen a BSoD since Win98. Absolutely nothing was running other than Firefox at the time.
"Hello, M$ tech support.

Well have you tried rebooting? Didn't help, huh? How about reinstalling Windows. Still no luck? Do you have any software installed that you didn't buy from us? Oh, you DOOO, do you? Well, did that POS vendor pay us to get the Vista logo? No?!?!?"

*click*

morphius 02-08-2007 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru
I actually had my first wave of Vista problems today. Crash dump while I was posting on the planet. I haven't seen a BSoD since Win98. Absolutely nothing was running other than Firefox at the time.
One always has to wonder about MS, I mean how many times have they written code to make other peoples software run slower or be less stable. Of course honestly, most of the issues I have had in Windows have been from MS Office of all things, lol! MS has always been sort of an odd company to me, they are not so much innovators as they are the best followers in the world, and if they can't follow they will try to buy you and claim those as their innovations. I mean heck, the latest media player is a copy of itunes a couple years after it came out, but they added some nice features as well.

Okay, I'm just rambling with no real point now.

007 02-08-2007 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Simplex3
"Hello, M$ tech support.

Well have you tried rebooting? Didn't help, huh? How about reinstalling Windows. Still no luck? Do you have any software installed that you didn't buy from us? Oh, you DOOO, do you? Well, did that POS vendor pay us to get the Vista logo? No?!?!?"

*click*
I have never called their support line. I have heard that is how they are though.

007 02-08-2007 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by morphius

Okay, I'm just rambling with no real point now.
This is new for you? :hmmm:

morphius 02-08-2007 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru
This is new for you? :hmmm:
Well, but this time I admitted it, which counts for something, right?

Shut up, that was rhetorical!!!

:D

morphius 02-09-2007 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Guru
I have never called their support line. I have heard that is how they are though.
That could have been a fun call, MS just has to love it when people call to say that Firefox crashed their system.

007 02-09-2007 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by morphius
Well, but this time I admitted it, which counts for something, right?

Shut up, that was rhetorical!!!

:D
ROFL

007 02-09-2007 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by morphius
That could have been a fun call, MS just has to love it when people call to say that Firefox crashed their system.
I might load it this weekend just to experiment with it. too bad I already activated Vista. According to their website, I should be able to activate as many times as I want though.

greg63 02-09-2007 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Guru
I might load it this weekend just to experiment with it. too bad I already activated Vista. According to their website, I should be able to activate as many times as I want though.
Firefox works great for me.

007 05-30-2008 06:26 PM
PCLinuxOS

How do you shut down X to install a new Nvidia driver? None of the online help guides are very clear on this.

SLAG 05-30-2008 08:35 PM
ctrl Alt Backspace if you have not gotten it

007 05-30-2008 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SLAG (Post 4775957)
ctrl Alt Backspace if you have not gotten it
Yeah, I tried that earlier and it just took me back to the standard login screen. I couldn't install the driver from there.

pikesome 05-30-2008 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 4776041)
Yeah, I tried that earlier and it just took me back to the standard login screen. I couldn't install the driver from there.
In a very general sense:

You install the files and the CtlAltBksp just restarts the X server with whatever your new config is.

Try:

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Installing And configuring nVidia on PCLINUXos 2007 ...

1- Go to Synaptic Package Manager in System - Administration Menu.
2- Press on Search Icon on Synaptic Menu.
3- Fill in the Word nvidia and press ok. ( Look in Description and Name )
4- Choose (NVIDIA kernel module for GeForceFX and newer NVIDIA GPUs)
5- accept the requirements.
6- press on Apply.
7- Logoff and relogin

Thats all

Enjoy ..

007 05-30-2008 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by pikesome (Post 4776049)
In a very general sense:

You install the files and the CtlAltBksp just restarts the X server with whatever your new config is.

Try:
Can't use package manager as the only Nvidia drivers it has are out of date for my card. I need to install the one directly from the Nvidia website. Manual install.

I am limited to 1024x768 on the current driver and that just won't cut it for me.

Also, it won't let me install the driver until X has stopped so Ctrl Alt Backspace isn't working the way you are stating.

pikesome 05-30-2008 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 4776058)
Can't use package manager as the only Nvidia drivers it has are out of date for my card. I need to install the one directly from the Nvidia website. Manual install.

I am limited to 1024x768 on the current driver and that just won't cut it for me.
What card do you have? Is it brand new?

I've heard (I'd have to look it up) that the 8800 series cards don't play well with the Nvidia made drivers.

pikesome 05-30-2008 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 4776058)
Also, it won't let me install the driver until X has stopped so Ctrl Alt Backspace isn't working the way you are stating.
Try:
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BOOTING in RUNLEVEL 3 ( Trick with Lilo )



Sometimes when troubleshooting you will want to boot in run-level 3 ( This is the non-graphical mode ) because X is using the wrong driver or the system fails to boot the usual way, hanging on some module it fails to load.

Here is a simple trick for the people using Lilo as their boot-loader:
Imagine your Lilo menu usually shows you:

PCLos
Mandrake
Fedora
Debian
Slackware

And it is PCLos you want to boot in run-level 3 . . . .

When you get the lilo-screen where you can choose what distro to boot press the Esc-key and you will get a prompt . . . at that prompt type:

CODE
PCLos 3


( Basically it is the name of the menu entry you want to boot and a 3 ) . . . . It will then boot in level 3 . . . then you can login as "root" ( not "su" ) and do "XFdrake" to set the correct driver for your graphics card, or any other troubleshooting operation you need to perform.
When you are ready you can either type "reboot" or log out as root with Ctrl+D, then log in as user and type "startx", . . . and it will magically continue booting from level 3 to level 5.


NOTE: Sure you can type "PCLos 1" too so it boots in "single user mode" giving you a root-prompt, so in case you forgot the root-password you can just type "passwd" and change it to one you can remember next time you need it.

007 05-30-2008 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by pikesome (Post 4776065)
What card do you have? Is it brand new?

I've heard (I'd have to look it up) that the 8800 series cards don't play well with the Nvidia made drivers.
Older card. Geforce FX 5500oc

Worked fine under windows XP all the way to 1440x900.

pikesome 05-30-2008 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 4776124)
Older card. Geforce FX 5500oc

Worked fine under windows XP all the way to 1440x900.
Nvidia's Linux driver could be better, no argument here. At least they aren't ATI's. Steaming pile of turd.


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