On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:19:17 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:24:00 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: >> ... >> the VGA chipset is about 8 years (or so) old so don't expect >> astonishing results :-) > > I said the computer was new TO ME. I never said it was NEW. This is a > server machine literally thrown away by a business. But it is now the > most capable machine that I own.
No need to SHOUT. I understand that you knew nothing about this VGA chipset and I was simply showing a fact by telling you about this chipset 3D capabilities that are not that great. >> And you need 3D acceleration because...? > > I don't NEED it, I just WANT it. I want it mainly because I want to run > GNOME 3. GNOME 3 initializes in fallback mode if the graphics chip does > not support 3D acceleration, it seems. Again, there's no need to SHOUT. As you should know, GNOME 3 does not require a 3D capable VGA but "gnome- shell". You can still use GNOME 3 with the classic desktop; that you don't want it is a different issue. That said I wouldn't rely that gnome- shell can any good with a VGA chipset which is that old. >> I will add this one: >> >> http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DriTroubleshooting > > I can't seem to connect to the site right now. I get a "503 Service > Unavailable". I'll try again later. Then try later and tell us how it went. >> I wonder why people is so reluctant about installing packages from the >> outside when this involves upstream projects which are well-known and >> trustworthy :-? > > It's not a trust issue. I just prefer to stick to Debian packages > because they are likely to be better integrated with the Debian > maintenance procedures. For example, when using Nvidia drivers I much > prefer to stick to Debian packages rather than download stuff directly > from Nvidia because applying system maintenance is much less likely to > break the driver if I use Debian packages. And that's a valid concern 90% of the time or when the available packages on Debian repositories do fit to our purpose. Otherwise (which seems to be the acse) you have to go out or live without a specific configuration you need but can't get. >> There exists this package but not sure if it's for the same purpose :-? >> >> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/xserver-xorg-video-mach64 > > No, that is a binary user-space X driver, which is what the X server is > using now. The package I was referring to apparently contained the > source code for the mach64 kernel module, among other things. What a pity... and good luck with your ATI. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k2i916$rra$6...@ger.gmane.org
