[HLUG] tim

[j michaelson]

hi tim,

glad to hear that the monitor still works. i imagine it looks pretty
good now that it's hooked up to a decent system.

i've been experimenting with the settings in ut2004. the "stat fps"
command has been incredibly useful. i was surprised at how low i had
to set everything to mantain a decent framerate. before i got rid of
that big monitor i had been playing it at 1600x1200 and wondering why
my mouse was all jerky. now i realise that the framerate must have
been dropping really low. i'm now running it at 1024x768 and it's
running really smoothly.

john




On 11/24/05, Tim <Hg80 at nerdshack.com> wrote:
> screen fine atm, im using it now till i can afford my new 19"tft but
> must say my games love it!
>
> i'll edit grub when i have a few spare mins
> Thanx
> Tim
>
> j michaelson wrote:
> > hi tim,
> >
> > has that monitor dried out yet? i hope it's not knackered.
> >
> > you mentioned that you wanted to change the default boot on your
> > machine to windows. the file you need to change is
> > /boot/grub/menu.lst
> > the first step is backing up this file in case it all goes
> > pear-shaped. open up a terminal and back it up with this command...
> >
> > sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.old
> >
> > sudo gives you temporary root priviledges and cp is the copy command.
> > you can now restore the original file at any time by using this
> > command....
> >
> > sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst.old /boot/grub/menu.lst
> >
> >
> > now that you have a backup you can edit the file. my preference would
> > be to use vim, a command line editor, but it's not an easy tool to
> > use. i've got a few easier suggestions.
> >
> > 1. bring your pc to the next meeting and one of us can walk you through it.
> >
> > 2. you could paste the contents of the file into an email and one of
> > us could edit it for you and post it back on the board.
> >
> > 2. you could edit it using the gui. you need root priveleges for this
> > and an easy way to do this is to open up the file browser as root from
> > the command line, like so...
> >
> > sudo nautilus
> >
> >
> > hope this helps
> >
> > john m.
> >
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