Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 20:42:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Christopher J. Michaels" <cjm2@weeble.DynDns.ORG> To: Nate Puri <natedawg@office.ompages.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: two questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911262040190.10113-100000@cartman.weeble.DynDNS.ORG> In-Reply-To: <19991126160622.B24612@office.ompages.com>
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On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Nate Puri wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 07:10:54PM -0500, Christopher Michaels wrote: > > Do you have internet access on that machine? What errors is it > > returning? Or did you install from cd, and would like to use the distfiles > > from there? > > It's internet connected. I'm connected through a linux gateway. I don't > know if it matters, but I can download everything else via ftp. Do you use just straight FTP or do you have to connect through a proxy? Check the man page on fetch. If you are using a proxy there are environmental variables you can set to tell fetch you are using a proxy. Alternatively you may wan to set it to passive more transfers. There is a variable for that as well. > > > > Q2. I was able to install X flawlessly, but I have one gripe. When I > > > scroll > > > up or down, or use opaque moves it's real damn slow and choppy. Why? > > > Do I need to adjust something? If so, how. Thank you. > > > > > That's pretty subjective. What kind of video chipset are you using, > > and also which X server are you using? Check http://www.XFree86.org/ to see > > if there is an accelerated server for your vid card. > > I have a neomagic magicgraph 128, with 2M of VRAM. I'm looking to see if there > is an accelorated server. I suspect there is, b/c in debian my xserver was > xserver-neomagic. This was, however, discontinued in the devel release of > debian, and I noticed that my card now has support in SVGA, which is the > xserver I'm using now on the laptop. Ok, It was just a suggestion. I'm personally not to sure what else to suggest. Sorry. > > > > Again, please respond to email above as I'm not subscribed, and for some > > > reason, cannot subscribe properly. Thanks. > > > > > -Chris > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > NatePuri publisher@ompages.com > FreeBSD Newbie http://www.freebsd.org > Freedom Fighter http://www.ompages.com > -Chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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