I appologize. I do not like VIA, but the generalization I made was wrong
and made after a long and aweful dealings with the two different
motherboards I got with the VIA chipsets. I lost my objectivity and people
should see my comments in the light.
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Walter Luffman wrote:
> Okay, you've had bad experiences with VIA chipsets, that much is understood.
> But that does not mean *every* motherboard with a VIA chipset is going to
> give problems. My primary machine has a Tyan S1854 mobo with a VIA chipset
> (the "Apollo" set, IIRC), and I've also used mobos with other VIA chipsets in
> the past. I can't recall ever having a problem due to either the motherboard
> or its chipset.
>
> This proves only that your particular motherboard, with its particular
> chipset, gives trouble when running your particular hardware configuration
> under the version(s) of Linux you've tried. Your detailed description of the
> problems you have had are informative and helpful to the rest of us -- but
> please don't exaggerate the extent of the problem by saying things like "they
> always have problems" when referring to any vendor's entire line.
>
>
