A few weeks ago, I got a new AMD machine, and I specified the motherboard that came with the "Geforce 6150" video chip onboard. I understand that hardware acceleration works with it. Separately, I also ordered a PCHDTV card ( http://pchdtv.com ) and a PCI modem. I intend to use the machine to record/playback TV broadcasts. I got busy with a few other things, but finally got around to installing console-only Gentoo (2006.1) this weekend.
Now for the setup questions. In the portage x11-base directory, I see kdrive opengl-update x11-drm xdirectfb xorg-server xorg-x11 I presume xorg-x11 is the standard X. I've gotten into the habit of emerging a GUI app onto a console-only system, and X never shows up in "world". It gets pulled in as a dependancy. Will this cause problems if I want to use hardware acceleration? Is x11-drm a direct-rendering version that's faster than standard X? I'll probably be using mplayer heavily, unless a showstopper comes along. Is SVGA any faster than X? Since this'll be a single-purpose dedicated box, connecting to the net only for updates, I have no problem running it as root full-time. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
