Andy,
I found my biggest problem( I have a Cyrix PR200+) was not being able to
install at all. I overcame this by downloading a new 'boot.img'
file from updates,6.0.,images(I think) transferring to a floppy and using
that as my boot disk. Installation then went with no problems. Before I had
tried to load about a dozen times and it just 'bombed out'.
After that I downloaded the latest kernel from the same source together with
the initscripts and installed them with 'rpm -Uvh ........ It's not perfect
but I can now use it.
Good luck and write me if I can help some more.
Regards
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: dimanche 20 juin 1999 10:46
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.
>
>Basically, now I'm forced at the end of installation to NOT boot into X, or
>else my computer just stalls and I'm forced to use
>CTRL+ALT+F2.....F(whatever..) then unmount and reboot.
>
>Now though, if I don't boot into X and start with the command prompt and
>"startx" my machine just gives up on me and I'm left with
>CTRL+ALT+F2.....F(whatever..) again. The screen it 'dies' on is the black
>and white hatch with the (mouse) cross in the middle!! That's the limit to
>my X on 99.99% of logins?!?!?!? It's getting annoying and frustrating...!
>I've installed Venus about 13 times now - I think I'm becoming a bit of an
>expert!!
>
>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?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Andy
>
>--
>Andy Weller
>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>"What a marvelous intellectual journey Linux is..."
>
>
