Pismo 3D acceleration!!!! YAY! Alert: long post!

Felix Jodoin felixj at shaw.ca
Fri Dec 17 15:30:16 MST 2004


Okay, once the computer is up, switch to a non-graphical terminal. To do
this, press CTRL+OPTION+(if applicable, FN)+3 and login as root.
once this is done, type in:
#cd /etc/X11
#cp XF86Config XF86Config.bak
#cp /home/username/XF86Config XF86Config
Yes to overwrite
#reboot

That should work.
-Felix

On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 23:05, Nathan Cashion wrote:
> Hey this sounds great.
> But I'm a newbie to YDL and Linux in general, so could I get a
> littlemore info on how to go about doing all of this?

> OK, this is the part I need help with.  How is it that I "use"
> theattached XF86Config file?  Do I just copy it to some .conf file
> orwhat?
> 
>         That will give you 3D acceleration!
> 
> Thanks in advance for the help.  And I am still a newbie so
> Iappreciate all the detail your time will permit you to provide. 
> Feelfree to post replies to the newbie-list also/only.
> Nately
> PS Sorry if this posts twice, I forgot to change the Subject line! 
> %-)
> 
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