Posts by jamesshuang

Hm... the error says it's from the missing v4l module, which I assume is a "video 4 linux" driver, the TV tuner. Why are you loading a TV tuner module? Can you paste your entire XF86Config-4 file here for our scrutiny?

I have my Radeon 9600 working under gentoo, but it only works with Xorg 6.7, and it's not even that useful. Very few of the 3d screen savers for linux even work completely (they throw errors, something along the lines of function not...

mmm... Gentoo on laptop is the only way to go for me (at least) None of the other distros I tried (FC3, Slackware, Mandrake) could get everything working like I wanted it. Cutting edge software is damned hard to get for these distro,...

Hellfire- if you can get Sims 2 to run on that machine, then no problem with 700m. The 700m beat a P4 2.4 ghz machine with an ATI 7000 16 mb non-integrated card. My friend had such a laptop, and it lagged horribly in bf1942, despite...

Mac doesn't let you touch the text configs. I couldn't access CUPS config to set up my network printer. Maybe it's because they don't have a root user, or maybe because I'm just stupid, but I couldn't do it. Their config files are in...

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml You can easily install Gentoo Linux on a Power PC (Mac), so there are options availble. However, I still highly suggest that you get a windows machine, even a lower centrino,...

In fact, their drivers are completely unworkable right now. Xorg 6.8, which is more or less standard right now, does not work with the ATI drivers, and it's ATI's fault. They don't release drivers very often, and many of the games under...

what kind of software do you need? Most linux distros have their own "package management" software for keeping track of what software you have installed. RedHat 9 is a distro where most everything you need is included on the...

bf1942 runs great on 700m... It's fast enough that I can even snipe. You know how hard it is to snipe with a laggy mouse?

I have a friend here that got an ibook on advice of her brother. She likes the interface, but absolutely hates the fact that none of the school's teaching programs (some required by various classes) work on her laptop. My suggestion- get...