RazorWolf19

Thanks for letting me know - you two are better than Google, I swear. I'll read up on that Arch Wiki article for my own curiosity. Good stuff, thanks again, Steve. Don't worry about it; I'll either figure something out myself or otherwise just live with it. In any case, you've been more than helpful - Thanks again. I guess I'll see you around, then.

WOW! Lowering colour depth was the answer, it seems. Everything's working fine now, thanks. I installed the OS and have customized the desktop to my liking, the system appears to be stable. Thank you so much, really. There's no way Google could have helped me in the way you have. There's just one thing... When I installed Chrome, I received a message on top of my browser telling me that Chrome will be dropping support for 32-bit Linux machines in March of this year - which is about a week or two's time from now. This isn't as bad as it seems, however, because I just happen to have another processor that fits the same socket; that one is 64-bit (and at a slightly faster clock rate, too). So, I guess I'll just upgrade the CPU and reinstall Linux, but this time in 64-bit. I'll probably have to go through the same trouble again, but at least now I'll know how to deal with it, right? Since I'm on the topic, is there any reason as to why my browser runs so slowly? Now, I understand that this is an old machine, and my internet isn't top of the line, either, but even when I run Chrome in Windows XP (on the same physical computer) it is significantly more usable. Pages on this version of Chrome regularly take 5 - 10 seconds to load. The CPU is a 1.8 GHz AMD Sempron (apparantly "mobile", for some reason), and the one I want to upgrade to is a 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 (not even sure if it works, honestly - but it'll have to do). Do you think this upgrade will make any noticeable difference? It is only 200 MHz extra, after all. Thanks a bunch.

Guys, here is my Xorg.0.log on pastebin. Also, most of the graphical corruption DOES indeed occur in X. Not all of it, however; it seems even the CLI experiences a bit of "jumpiness." The screen is occasionally interrupted by a little horizontal strip of white pixels. They don't even cover the whole screen and only last for a fraction of a second; its mostly fine, but I'm curious as to why its there at all. Additionally, I typed lspci into the CLI, but I have no idea where to find its log to show you guys the output. Thanks again. BTW: The chipset is also on the manufacturer's website, which I linked earlier.

I mentioned the GPU in my other reply, check there for the motherboard manufacturer's website - if you're so inclined. Could you explain what you mean by, "I assume the graphical corruption only occurs in X, not at the CLI?" I'm not particularly understanding of the lingo. This is, afterall, my first dive into anything non-windows. Also, it was my understanding that,since drivers are installed from a CD, that they are stored on the HDD? If so, there shouldn't be any drivers installed yet because I'm booting into the LiveUSB environment. Correct me if I'm wrong, I'd love to learn if you're willing to teach me. Additionally, could you tell me where I could attain a generic VESA driver? Is it built in? Again, I'm sorry if these are stupid questions, I'm not too knowledgeable in this area. Now, on the topic of another, dedicated GPU. I do have one, actually. However, the card seems to have been manufactured from some no-name company.I can't find download pages anywhere for drivers, save for single driver on https://driverscollection.com, which I have been told is trustworthy. If it helps, the GPU has this identification on it: "AG315p - 64 v1.1" As for the HDD, yes its fully functional. I saw the "ata3.00" error and thought that perhaps the HDD was damaged in shipping. Not the case, however. I ran Ultimate Boot CD off a USB and tested RAM (Memtest x86) with no errors, GPU with no errors, and then I ran both the short and full tests on the HDD from a WD-specific HDD checker; no errors. On top of that, I inserted my Windows XP SP2 installation disk to look for the same graphical stutters, but it ran well so I couldn't reproduce the issue. To the best of my knowledge, all of the hardware is fine. EDIT: Just reread your post; it's not a PATA to SATA adapter. The board supports both IDE and SATA interface, the only adapter is a Molex to SATA Power. SATA Data is through a genuine SATA cable. Thanks for replying; this stuff is really helpful, guys. I hope to converse more with both of you because I'm pretty hopeless on my own, honestly.

The GPU is an integrated chip, no dedicated card. This is the motherboard page. If you navigate to the "Specification" tab, you'll find that the board runs "Integrated SiS Ultra256 2D/3D Graphics" Thanks for responding.

Hey guys, So, its been a while since I've been active on this website, and, honestly, the only reason I'm posting here as opposed to an official Linux forum is convenience. This account already exists so I might as well use it. Here's the deal: I have an old computer (Windows XP era) that I am attempting to install Linux on for my father to use for web browsing and potentially document writing (LibreOffice is included). The old HDD was an 80GB WD IDE drive with Windows XP SP3 + all updates on it. Honestly, I'm kind of attached to XP, so I didn't want to wipe it. Since the HDD was so small, I decided to get a second one; this one is a SATA-based 1TB WD Blue. I have purchased adapters and installed all of the new hardware - I also tested everything and it is confirmed functional; there are no hardware errors and the original Windows XP install still functions correctly. So I know everything is okay as of this point. Now here's the issue: every time I attempt to install a Linux distro, I get a different graphical error. I have tried multiple distros, multiple editions of each distro, and I even went as far as to burn a CD to install from. All of this to no avail. I thought that maybe the mounted distros were corrupted, so I attempted to live boot on a laptop and it worked correctly, so that's not the issue. Then I thought that my 16GB USB was too large for the old hardware to handle, so I re-mounted the ISO on a 4GB stick; same issue. I honestly don't know what to do anymore, if I can't install Linux on this machine, its only really good for nostalgia. Windows XP, as much as I love it, is simply not a viable option for a computer that is mainly in existence for web browsing, especially since its for an old man who doesn't really have a handle on what is / isn't a virus. For anyone who may be able to help me, I want to describe the errors. Keep in mind that it cannot be a hardware issue since Windows XP runs just fine. Now, on boot to either the LiveOS or directly to the installer, I see many horizontal lines shooting across the screen. All of the elements present appear to "jump" up and down, almost as if the monitor is breaking. The graphical glitches vary from distro to distro, oddly enough. For example, Zorin OS (Windows 7 -like) experiences this "jumping" most aggressively. I tried the Core (Standard) and Light editions of Zorin OS and they experienced the same trouble. Conversely, LXLE (a very light OS designed for old computers; Lubuntu - based) DOES experience this "jump," but more evidently displays vertical bars. These bars seem to have been lifted from the left side of the screen and dropped to the right (and vice - versa). The effect is that a window in the middle of the screen will be missing slices that will appear, magically almost, translated several inches to the left and / or right of the screen. These bars even update in real time. Now, I don't know how helpful that was, but I tried my best. I just have one last thing to say: on boot, I receive errors from the terminal, I don't know what they mean - its all gibberish to me. I have recorded my screen when they popped up, however, so I'm going to copy it all out over here. Hopefully, someone can make sense of it: [ 34.044144] sis630_smbus 0000:00:02.0: SIS630 compatible bus not detected, module (the screen cut off at this point, the rest of this line cannot be read, unfortunately) [ 36.758384] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x100 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 36.758403] ata3.00: failed command: SET FEATURES 36.758416] ata3.00: cmd ef/05:fe:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 0 36.758416] res 51/04:fe:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/40 Emask 0x1 (device error) 36.7584534] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } That's all. I really hope someone could lend a hand. Thanks.

Hey there! This is my first time in the Space Lounge Forum; I need your help, guys. Black Friday's coming up and tech prices are dropping. I was going to hold out until holiday deals came around, but I think this is as good a time as any to begin purchasing the components I will need for my rig. (As a side note: this is my first build so any tips / tricks / general know how is appreciated!) As of right now, I have selected a case, CPU, GPU, SSD, HDD, and have a potential PSU open in one of my tabs. The issue is, I don't know how to pick out a motherboard and RAM; what makes one model better than another? Also, how do I figure out the correct PSU for my components (I know the PSU should be using about 50%- 75% of its capacity for greatest efficiency, but how do I find the total wattage of my system in the first place?)? Lastly, I am not too adept at all the numbers after part names (such as socket type), so if someone could tell me if my parts will even WORK together at all, that would be nice. :) My selected components so far: -Case: Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Case ($83.61CDN) [URL="http://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Carbide-200R-Compact-CC-9011023-WW/dp/B009GXZ8MM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448498788&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+200r"]http://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Carbide-200R-Compact-CC-9011023-WW/dp/B009GXZ8MM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448498788&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+200r[/URL] -CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1150 88W ($314.99CDN) [URL="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372&cm_re=core_i5_4690k-_-19-117-372-_-Product"]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372&cm_re=core_i5_4690k-_-19-117-372-_-Product[/URL] -GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 ($264.99CDN) [URL="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487091&ignorebbr=1"]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487091&ignorebbr=1[/URL] -SSD: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III ($99.99CDN X2) [URL="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372&cm_re=samsung_850_evo-_-20-147-372-_-Product"]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372&cm_re=samsung_850_evo-_-20-147-372-_-Product[/URL] -HDD: Western Digital 1 TB 3.5-Inch 7200 RPM SATA III Desktop Hard Drive ($68.12CDN) [URL="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0088PUEPK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=1WX5ZBFH2V8N9ED734H8&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2055621862&pf_rd_i=desktop"]http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0088PUEPK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=1WX5ZBFH2V8N9ED734H8&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2055621862&pf_rd_i=desktop[/URL] -(POTENTIAL)PSU:CORSAIR CX series CX500M 500W ($84.99CDN) [URL="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139050&leaderboard=1"]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139050&leaderboard=1[/URL] Feel free to scrutinize any choices I make. If there's a better deal / part, I'd like to hear about it. A quick response would be helpful; ideally I want to order as early as possible to ensure there will still be stock and I can get in on the savings. Besides, I often find it takes some time to ship. I'll check back here soon with the hope a seeing a response. Thanks. :D

[quote name='KasperVld']I think it's not really appropriate to discuss this behind their backs nor does it really serve any particular goal other than to satisfy curiosity, so I suggest we let that topic rest. :)[/QUOTE] Alrighty. Sorry for even bringing it up, Kasper. ;D

See you, Damion Rayne. ;) For real, though, good luck in whatever, Miguel. Thanks for everything. :D [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] [quote name='boxman']Been bothering me alot as well.. Been like this since the beginning. So I really hope this was his own choice and not him being fired like every other community manager we have had in the past. It was really fun seeing him host squadcast especially back when Yargnit was co host as they had really great chemistry.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I miss the 0.1X days when Nova turned out content like a machine. I swear, C7 and HarvestR did game structure while he did game content, and it worked marvelously. Nova built the whole damn solar system between 0.15's release and 0.17's release. Crazy developer; miss that guy. C7 as well. Chad made all the spaceplanes. I feel like there aren't enough front-end developers to push content out like they used to. Its a shame. What's this about the other community mangers being fired? We really have no way of knowing whether or not Rayne and Skunky were fired or quit. What did they even do wrong to BE fired in the first place? I don't believe anything was said officially... ...I heard something about NDA's, however... Now I'm thinking about the other developers; do you think they left by choice or were they removed?

No, none of these versions contain the magic boulder. I believe it was added afterwards by Nova (an old dev, in case you haven't been here too long) probably when he initially made the solar system (0.17). Also, the boulder orbited Ike (Duna's moon) so there is no way it would exist in such an early version of the game. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

As much as I trust Squad with releasing quality content, it's always safe to have an extra version to sort things out more-so. We've waited this long, we can wait another patch. Additionally, I understood that Beta would refine current game mechanics and then expand on what is there already (Namely, a larger solar system with feature-packed landforms on its bodies), but all we got was one patch (A great patch, by the way, I just expected more). Just my two cents, thanks for reading.

Although Moho no longer has that superheated atmosphere, or any atmosphere at all as of v0.90.0, I believe the devs have stated they wish to reimplement that effect but on a new planet, with an orbit lying closer to the Sun than Moho. Unfortunately I cannot find a source for this, nor does SQUAD have any obligation to implement it, sorry guys. Thanks for reading, though.

First off, these suggestions are not necessarily game-related, but rather website/information related. High quality resources reflect a high quality game. 1) We need an updated Demo for either 0.90 or the first beta patch(presumably 0.91) to reflect the changes to the game since 0.18 2) Additionally, update the text describing the demo (EX:"For the last two years, we've been working very hard on KSP" -- Approaching 4 years now) 3) The description of the software in the KSP Store needs an update/revision (EX:"The game is currently under heavy development and is in Sandbox Complete state" is no longer true) 4) Update/revise specifications in the KSP Store 5) (Potentially) Tweak the homepage text to match the (updated)store text 6) Change the "Planned Features" section of the "About" page; many have since been implemented 7) New Wallpapers in the "Media" section (grabbing at straws, I know, but they're all old) That's all for now, but if anyone has another suggestion I'll gladly add it to the list. Thanks For Reading, Happy Flying!

All good ideas, but I believe we'll have to wait for Beta until we start getting little tweaks and "pretty" updates such as this one. With that said, however, I hope every one of these makes it's way into the game in some shape or form.

I Initially saw KurtJMac play it back in 0.12, it looked interesting but I'm not one to purchase something so quickly. However, as updates came out and it's popularity grew, so did my desire for it. I downloaded the 0.13.3 Demo and played for a while until eventually buying the full game after KerbalKon 2 (when 0.18 came out). I would've bought it in 0.17 after seeing the planets for the first time, but no one in my family had a credit card. I managed to convince my dad to get one after he told me he'd been considering it for some time; KSP was my Christmas present that year (greatest $20 ever spent).

Though I agree KSP is a great game that is very immersive and has a lot of replay value, I feel it has one aspect that holds it back from being "the best game ever"; it only appeals to a niche community. It seems there is no middle ground with this game: you either take interest in space/aeronautics and LOVE it, or its not really your cup of tea and you simply shrug it off. For example, I have, in the past, gotten mission "highs" wherein I have a lot going on and I feel a buzz when I play. When this happened, I wanted to talk to someone about my goals and accomplishments thus far. I began explaining what was going on to my (older) sister, but found that her attitude was very dismissive. Later, I attempted to get her to build and fly a plane, to which she said "this is the most boring game ever, its not even a game... just a simulator." Likewise, my friends had a similar attitude (except they actually enjoyed killing kerbals/wrecking stuff). GTA V was regarded as one of the "best games ever" because it appeals to a wide variety of people; everyone loves chaos. There are other factors as well, such as lag, PC exclusivity, incompletion, and learning curve which all contribute to holding KSP back. With all of this said, I love the game and these are not suggestions, simply observations. There is no use in saying KSP needs to change to appeal to more people because that would change core values of the game. Its great just as it is (though it could do without lag and bugs!).

Yes, you need an archiving program such as WinRAR or 7zip. These programs are free.

Its unfortunate no one else from your country plays, that must make you feel lonely. With that said, I feel I speak for the community as a whole when I say you're very welcome here so these times don't have to be quite as sad. (Also, Tater is correct; your English is exceptional! Great job!)

When I started reading this, I thought it was going to be a hate/complaint post for some reason. Ah well, great to see ya so happy Upsilon. (and thanks for sharing that love!)

Is that title a pun?

Very Well Written; A+ Execution. Let`s hope you reel in a couple Kerbonauts by writing this extravagant review. Once again; great job,Whackjob. (Get it?!)

Put them on my ship, of course!

So, I may or may not be the only one, but I couldn't help but notice during the reveal stream that the particles/sound lagged and cut very badly while the space center was destroyed. I don't know if this was because of the fact that Max was streaming, or maybe his game was running slow due to background applications, or even if Twitch had something to do with it, but regardless of the condition, this worries me. I'm worried because I don't know what this could mean for my own gameplay experience since I have a poor computer and the game runs fairly choppy for me already. Potentially, this could be just the new FX doing it, but there's no doubt the buildings required a lot of processing power to play their destruction animation. I hope for all the people with slow computers that it was simply a stream issue. Thanks For Reading, Happy Flying!

Wouldn't it be interesting if we had a "Go to space, but with this vehicle" contract wherein a stock craft is introduced (since Career mode has them turned off by default). Additionally, the craft would then become available for the player to launch at their own will in the future. Cool, huh?

Just a quick suggestion: Would it be possible to implement the ability to read flag plaques via the "Information" tab in Map View or in the Tracking Station?(Since as it is right now, only the coordinates, placement date, and flag picture are shown) That is all. Thanks For Reading, Happy Flying