[dundee] new member

Sat Mar 31 18:30:14 BST 2007

Erm, I just almost fell off  my chair laughing at that. "kernel recompile"
O.O Eeeeep, that sounds painful, I've always avoided doing anything kernel
related. However, thanks, looking up stuff now. *gulp* ah well. Thanks =)

On 31/03/07, Nistur Effee <nistur at karate.com> wrote:
>
> First of all
> To Arron: If people are willing for me to try and do something about
> Cedega then I can try, but all the information is on their website so I see
> a lot of talks I could do, like Cedega, as being a little obsolete. Anyway,
> I can't next time because I'm going home for a week then.
>
> Next, to chris:
> I had several issues with Cedega, copy protection, python, dbus, hardware
> acceleration (OpenGL) but I have it working with two games so far (them
> being Need For Speed Underground and the original Unreal Tournament) but I'm
> fairly confident that I could get a few more games running.
> If a game you want is officially supported you will have no problem to get
> it running, don't worry.
>
> As for messing up your kernel. there's nothing a good kernel recompile
> won't fix *smile*. Speaking of which I finally need to get around to
> compiling a kernel for my laptop, it still has the annoying on board speaker
> beep as you probably noticed on thursday plus there are WAAAAAAAAAY too many
> modules installed... too much bulk *glares at Ubuntu*
>
> ------------------------
> Signing off
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chris wyllie" <cgwyllie at googlemail.com>
> > To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Subject: Re: [dundee] new member
> > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:19:57 +0100
> >
> >
> > Hey, although you claim to have no experience or much knowledge, I'd beg
> to
> > differ. You mention that you've got a working cedega plus games! Erm,
> what
> > games may I ask?
> >
> > This is something I'm quite interested in (making cedega work). So far
> I've
> > only ever tried the CVS version which I know is a bit behind the
> commercial
> > version and I've never had any luck. I just downloaded the time demo for
> > 5.13 the other week but when updating my graphics drivers, managed to
> break
> > them...
> >
> > It has something to do with the kernel but I'm outta my depth fixing it,
> > time for a quick reinstall methinks. (I run elive which, according to
> the
> > site, has a few variations on the kernel and using stuff not outta their
> > repos can damage it. The suggestion on their site is a reinstall.)
> >
> > But anyway, there's only one game I want to make work with cedega, and
> > that's guildwars. It's even officially supported heheh.
> >
> > Maybe you'd reply or consider talking a little about what
> > distros/drivers/cedega versions/games you've found successful? Or even
> both
> > :) (Sorry I realise you said you're currently on ArchLinux).
> >
> > Looking forward to hearing from you,
> >   Chris
> >
> > On 30/03/07, Nistur Effee <nistur at karate.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok, I've been to the last(/first) 2 meetings and enjoyed myself. I was
> the
> > > guy with the redhat the first time.
> > > Anyway, I don't feel I have enough experience in many matters to give
> a
> > > talk on much unfortunately, but I am willing if anyone thinks I know
> > > anything.
> > > I just thought I'd give a little background info though as I have got
> a
> > > bit of knowledge about the different distros.
> > > I started in (counts back the years) December 2003 with my first ever
> > > linux install. I used Mandrake 9.2 (with the KDE desktop environment)
> > > since then I have switched to Fedora Core (hence the hat) and have
> used FC2,
> > > 3, 4, 5 and a small amount of 6. Mostly I have used the Gnome desktop
> as I
> > > found it more to my liking than KDE (ie dies less)
> > > I also attempted during that time to install Suse but failed as I
> couldn't
> > > get it to not want to repartition my entire harddrive.
> > > I have also built two working Linux from Scratch builds and gone
> further
> > > with one to try and install an X server (no luck, need more practice)
> > > Recently, while starting university I have also used my girlfriends
> Gentoo
> > > install and also set up our new router (800MHz Compaq box) using, to
> start
> > > off with leaf bering linux and then changing it to Gentoo when we
> found it
> > > difficult to get the speedtouch modem working.
> > > I have also myself recently switched from FC5 to ArchLinux for the
> main
> > > reason I found FC too bulky. There was a lot more than I needed and I
> found
> > > Arch Linux easy to get along with. I now have it installed on both my
> laptop
> > > and my PC.
> > > I have had a limited exposure to Ubuntu (no more please!) and I am not
> so
> > > keen on "the bells and whistles" in terms of eye candy so I can't say
> Mint
> > > holds too much interest for me.
> > >
> > > I think that's about it. I currently have a Cedega subscription and
> have a
> > > few games working under it, although on my PC, which has a nVidia card
> (my
> > > laptop has ATI *sigh*)
> > >
> > > If anyone feels I can in some way contribute to the society then
> please
> > > tell me and I will do my best. I have had a lot of success with Linux,
> > > mainly thanks to LinuxQuestions.org so I have a few subjects I can at
> > > least help with.
> > > ----------------------------------
> > > Signing off
> > >
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