2.4 Kernel (was Re: question)

[Rick Rosinski]

About XFree86 4.0.2.  Once, I tried version 4.0 and tried to achieve the 
virtual resolution functionality that I enjoy with 3.3.6 (which allows me to 
have a scrolling desktop), and I couldn't get it to work.  Maybe I will have 
better luck with 4.0.2?  Admitting that I am a newbie to 4.x series of 
Xfree86, how do I set up this version of XFree86 with a virtual desktop?


On Friday 16 February 2001 00:36, you wrote:
> i agree also if you have one of the evil ati rage 128
> cards you should upgrade your xfree86 to 4.0.2 i can
> actually get x to run finally since 4.0.2 was released
> all the other xfree server said it would work with
> them but upuntil 4.0.2 came out it wasnt true but yay
> for 4.0.2 xfree86
>
> --- Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
> > > I am using Slack 7.1 with a 2.2.16 kernel.
> >
> > Everything works fine, so I
> > put
> >
> > > off upgrading the kernel until the new Slack
> >
> > version comes out (god only
> >
> > > knows when).  It is supposed to have the 2.4
> >
> > kernel.  It is much smoother?
> >
> > > What do you mean by that?  Is it faster, or do
> >
> > programs run without
> > freezing
> >
> > > the system for a split second - as it sometimes
> >
> > does?  I want to upgrade
> > to
> >
> > > the new kernel, but I don't know if my current
> >
> > installation is ready (and
> > how
> >
> > > would I know whether or not I can run the
> >
> > kernel?).  I am hesitant to
> > upgrade
> >
> > > to the new kernel because I will have to recompile
> >
> > a few apps that depend
> > on
> >
> > > kernel code, and also because I don't know if my
> >
> > system will support it.
> >
> > > What are the benefits and / or new features that
> >
> > 2.4 offers?  Things seem
> > to
> >
> > > be running o.k. with 2.2.16?  Should I even bother
> >
> > with the new kernel?
> >
> > Sounds like you didn't make the last plug meeting :)
> >
> > Basicly the 2.4 kernel handles ram and SMP machines
> > a lot better.... among
> > other things, but I think those 2 things are the
> > main ones that are helping
> > speed things up on my machine.
> > As for "smoother", there is just this feeling that
> > things run more at a
> > constant speed without a lot of little bitty hichups
> > in speed.  Everything
> > seems to also run a little faster as well.
> > Similar things can be said about the 4.0.1 X server.
> >  That seemed to speed
> > things up quite a bit, but I would only recomend
> > upgrading if you know your
> > video card is fully supported.  I had to wait till
> > 4.0.1 till my G200 in my
> > work machine got decent drivers, but now... OH
> > WOW!!!  it's fast.   I had
> > been running 4.0.0 on my home machine with a G-Force
> > card, and nothing
> > touches the speed on that machine...  It would scare
> > you how fast it is.
> > (The sproingies screen saver is a blur)
> >
> > You are probably best off just just waiting,
> > especially if you know that you
> > will need to recompile some programs on your system.
> >  That is a sign that
> > it's NOT ready for the kernel.  In my case, I just
> > had to compile kernel and
> > install it... thats it.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
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