As I said before, my IBM/Cyrix 150+ worked fine under Fensten and sucks
under Venus..... Except for the sound issue, Venus works perfect on my
desktop and laptop......
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeanette Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Major problems with X under Cyrix P150+...
> John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > I have *heard* that Cyrix does not do well with Linux, period, but this
is
> > just hearsay. I don't recall what sort of video hardware you're using
> > either... You really might want to consider getting a new processor and
> > leaving that Cyrix for WinBlows or Dos or something else... I really
haven't
> > heard much good about the Cyrix chips after they virtually disappeared
> > several years ago... IIRC, they were considered somewhat "buggy" even
back
> > when they made 486 chips.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Andrew Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 1:01 PM
> > Subject: [newbie] Major problems with X under Cyrix P150+...
> >
> > > Please help,
> > >
> > > I've been trying to install and configure Venus now for well over a
week.
> > > I'm sure that I have set all my hardware up correctly during install,
but
> > > there seems to be a major problem, and it sounds as though others
(with
> > > Cyrix chips) have encountered it.
> > >
> > [SNIP]
> > >
> > > I only have Venus on my machine, and I know everything is set up
correctly
> > > (hardware wise). Is there a problem with Venus under Cyrix chips
> > (P150+'s)??
> > > etc..... I have had the advice to downgrade to 5.3 as it is more
> > stable!!!!
> > > But, is there a quicker answer?
> > >
>
> I do no if its the Cyrix cause mine works fine with 5.3 Festen. I am
running a
> S3 Virge Video card however. Maybe its a problem unique to 2.2 Kernal I
am
> running 2.0.36 on my Cyrix
> Jeanette
>
>
