Feeling real grumpy !

[Kip Thomas]

That suxx.  I'm seeing this partly as an issue of an "inexperienced" person
doing the demo.  :)

In the future, maybe you should acquire an inspiron gx520 and load FC6 on
it.  then load up all the stuff in this link

http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/6/i386/repodata/repoview/sound-and-video.group.html

Then sit down and show your friend.  Sorry not much help.....wouldn't know
much about your r128 issue either. :(


On 11/14/06, William Case <billlinux at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> Hi;
>
> I have a friend staying with me for a couple of weeks.  He is moving
> here from another city and waiting for his new house purchase to close
> and for his furniture with his computer to arrive.  A perfect captive
> audience to sell Linux and Fedora to.
>
> My Fedora Core 6 i386 doesn't work.
>
> "Np problem" says I to my friend,  "I am on one of the most friendly and
> helpful mailing lists in the world.  You won't find anything like it for
> help on Windows."
>
> I send off a post describing my problem.  No reply.
> I try to show him the new compiz.  It doesn't work.
> I send a post describing my problem. No reply
> I dig around and find that my video card using r128 driver doesn't work.
> I send a post asking when it might be fixed.  No reply.
> I go to my backed up FC5 /etc/X11/xorg.conf and copy some of the
> elements to my FC6 xorg.conf.  I am not sure this will work, so I send a
> post to this list asking if I will break anything.  No reply.
> I search Red Hat bugzilla for Fedora. I find a bug that is similar to
> mine and add appropriate comments.  No reply
> I run into other problems that may be window manager related.  I send
> off a post.  No reply.
>
> "Well" I say to my friend "in the meantime, lets get some other things
> working."  I try to set up Gnomeradio. It doesn't work. I send a post to
> the Gnome mailing list, wait a few days, then post the same problem to
> the Fedora mailing list. No reply.
>
> Sessions manager doesn't work.  Several other applications are wonky.  I
> send off a list of wonky applications.  No reply.
>
> This morning my friend says that he is going out to look for a new Mac
> computer.
>
> No reply from me.  I have googled and searched and found all kinds of
> stories and comments about the failure/disagreement over AIGLX on r128
> type video cards.  Most of the comments seem outdated.
>
> Can someone tell me:
>
> Is this being fixed?
> Is there a workaround?
> Do I need a new video card?
> Have I in someway in the past offended everybody on this list?
> If I prepare a list of things-no-longer-working correctly, can someone
> tell which ones are video card related?
>
> I understand this is an all volunteer list.  I have tried to give advice
> when I could.  I understand that FC6 is cutting edge and could have
> bugs. I have been through the growing pains for FC3, FC4 and FC5.
> Luckily, I have some work that has to be done I M$ Excel for today.  But
> I would like to show my friend more than half a Linux system.
>
> --
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>
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