Le Mardi 26 Février 2002 15:04, Robert Fox a écrit : > On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 14:43, Pixel wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fox) writes: > > > > [...] > > > > > My machine has a nasty tendancy to hard crash when I play BZFLAG for > > > extended periods without the "mem=nopentium" option. > > > > > > I also read somewhere that this options if highly recommended (for > > > stability) for AMD based mahines. > > > > > > Why doesn't the DrakX install catch this and do this automatically? > > > > because I really think it should be fixed in the kernel? > > > > if mem=nopentium is *needed*, why not have it by default! > > Interesting argument - if we wait long enough, most things will be fixed > in the kernel (eventually). The problem simply is the trivial > differences between AMD and Intel based machines. Even th GCC compiler > has AMD specific compiling optimizations. Some have argued that we > should also have an AMD optimized kernel . . . . > > Bottom line is - my machine crashes HARD without this option - and I > would venture to guess there are several others out there who also have > AMD based machines - and some of these people may not be technical > enough to find and/or install this option in lilo.conf - too hard for a > newbie. > > Agreed it "should" be fixed in the kernel - but how long can we afford > to wait - and what are the consequences of NOT adding the option for the > next (imminent) Mandrake release?? > > Cheers, > R.Fox
It seems that i am encountering this problem from time to time. (when i really use the gl display). how did you trace the problem, to make sure it si related to the same problem ? Stef
