[BLUG] Gaming session tonight will be BZFlag

[Mark Krenz]

  Thanks for stopping by.  It turns out that I will be able to play.  I
thought I wouldn't at first, but some RHN downtime caused me to postpone
what I was doing until tommorow.

On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 01:37:49AM GMT, Gillis,  Chad [rcgillis_at_indiana.edu] said the following:
> 
> I stopped by but it's just as well that you guys weren't around since 
> my tank might have looked a bit dorky.  I got a warning:  Your lag is 
> too high (1125 ms). I've never used this computer for gaming before and 
> don't have any experience setting up video so it's optimized. I don't 
> think it's a hardware problem (128 MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, 1.8 
> GHz dual core).  I'm using vesa so maybe I need to install the 
> proprietary driver fglrx instead?  Or could the lag be caused by 
> something else (besides the internet connection which is fine)?
> 
> As stated in the wiki though, installation was a breeze.  Without 
> exaggeration it took about ten seconds.
> 
> >>Mark Krenz wrote:
> >>>  I couldn't get Armagetron's dedicated server to work, so we're going
> >>>to play BZFlag tonight instead.
> >>>
> 
> 
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Mark Krenz
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