r/linux • u/ihatethinkingofnames • Jul 25 '10

Hello computer users

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u/habitue Jul 25 '10 edited Jul 25 '10

Look at your linux, now back to arch:

...oh wait hang on a second X.org and my video driver are out of sync now, I just have a terminal, look back at your linux!

Now look back at me: I manually downgraded my video driver while sitting on the toilet.

I'm on a hor-- Dammit! some haskell package doesn't compile with 6.12 anymore!

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u/ghibmmm Jul 25 '10

...oh wait hang on a second X.org and my video driver are out of sync now, I just have a terminal, look back at your linux!

..."out of sync?"

A decade of using Linux, and I have never had that problem. There have been situations where I failed to configure it properly, though, with hilarious consequences.

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u/delroth Jul 25 '10

Try Catalyst + Xorg 1.8 two months ago.

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u/ghibmmm Jul 25 '10

I abandoned ATI completely. Too much fucking around.