I have had MAJOR problems with my Cyrix board and Mandrake.
Random failures in all places, and especially in X, to the point it
was unusable. Strange, since the same box has been running old
Slackware for a year without a hiccup. So I tried Slackware 4.0,
with much better results. So far, no problem at all - except that
Slack is more trouble to set up.
Irv
On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, 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]>
>
> > 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?
> >
