Just wanted to say how proud I am with myself after I finally managed to get Skype running on VectorLinux 5.9 STD. It took several nights of kernel tweaking and a dozen of recompiles but it's worth it :P I'm now on to the nearly impossible task of getting the legacy ATI drivers 8.28.8 for my Radeon 9250 to work on the new kernel line 2.6.22.X. And then I could perhaps play some Q2 as reward, I guess... But it's always interesting to proof, that the effords of people, not giving s**t about what they are developing are not that useless after all! Stay out of trouble and always buy NVidia! Good night!
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Some Linux hacking!
Started by Mihail121, Jan 23 2008 01:20 AM
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 09:32 AM
Mihail121 said:
It took several nights of kernel tweaking and a dozen of recompiles but it's worth it :P
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 01:05 PM
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How exactly is wasting several nights worth doing something that would take me a couple minutes on Windows or Mac OS? :mellow:
Well I don't know, it's a complex psychological matter. Of course I realize it's pathetic but I can't stop thinking that I failed something :) And further I gain supernatural knowledge of the internels of the system. Oh heck, I don't know, it's like playing Soul Reaver/Blood Omen, you can't stop till you reach the end.
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 02:51 PM
Mihail121 said:
I'm now on to the nearly impossible task of getting the legacy ATI drivers 8.28.8 for my Radeon 9250 to work on the new kernel line 2.6.22.X
Mihail121 said:
Stay out of trouble and always buy NVidia! Good night!
Btw, getting the ATI drivers running is easy, it took me no more than 15 minuttes last time I tried (with source editing and recompiling).
"Stupid bug! You go squish now!!" - Homer Simpson
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