Re: [PLUG] X Configuration problems

[Naresh Reddy <nyg102@psu.edu>]

Well, I would like to get hardware acceleration. And I am using XFree86
Version 4.1.0.1 . What else is a good way to do it?


Naresh


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Naresh Reddy
nyg102@psu.edu
http://www.personal.psu.edu/nyg102
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 11:27:17PM -0500, Naresh Reddy wrote:
> > I have a permedia II card ( 3dlabs), and I am trying to configure it. I
> > can't seem to find the 3dlabs driver when I do  xf86cfg -textmode. What is
> > another option for me.
>
> Hrm. Well, you can just use the SVGA driver, but you won't get any
> hardware acceleration. I'm guessing this is XF86 4 since you're
> using xf86cfg rather than xf86config.
>
> According to http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Status3.html#3, you want
> the glint driver.
>
> > Goodluck to  J.P on his ticket dilema. I don't know if anyone mentioned
> > this, but the Radar are usually +/- 8 mph, so you can probaly pull
> > something on that.
>
> Maybe, maybe not. With counsel, it is easy (though not cheap, in the
> immediate sense, nor by any means a sure thing) to convert a speeding
> ticket of, say, fifteen miles per over (or a variety of other moving
> violations, following too closely, for instance--really, I CAN
> control my vehicle well enough when both I and the car in front of
> me are accelerating up an entrance ramp that four feet's plenty,
> thanks) to a speeding ticket of five over the limit, which is a
> no-points offense.
>
> See, the thing is, no PA cop ever writes a ticket for speeding five
> over. Because radar detectors aren't that good and because the fine
> listed for it is minimal (J.P. would still be paying his original
> fine plus his court costs plus probably an extra fine assessed by
> the court).
>
> More than that, local police officers in PA are not allowed to use
> radar guns at all (only state troopers are), so they use either
> the stop watch method (that is, start the watch when you hit one
> mark, stop the watch when you hit a mark a certain distance away)
> or the pacing method (follow behind you, watch their speedometer).
>
> Both of these are obviously error-prone, so local cops (in the
> county and in the city, to the best of my knowledge, but don't take
> my word for it) are not allowed to write tickets for less than 10
> MPH. If you get one for less than that, go to court (alone will be
> fine in this case), point out the statute in question (I don't
> remember exactly, but it's in the county codes, there's a copy in
> your public library), and the judge will throw the ticket out.
>
> Yeesh, this off-topic thing is getting excessive. I have LOTS of
> experience with moving violations. If anyone wants more specific
> advice, they should email me privately. I'm done blathering on the
> list.
>
> That, and this'll all probably REALLY get me on Trooper John's black
> list... ;^>
>
> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
>


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