On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 08:25:27AM -0800, Monte Milanuk wrote: > > > On 17 Dec 2001, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > > > Why should I forget the S3? I have tight budget constraint, I have > > the S3 here, it has almost not been used. Even though other cards may > > be better suited, I can change the card later when the money comes > > in. Unless there is something technical that I am missing? > > > > FWIW, an older card may not handle the GUI installer that well. I have an > older machine acting as a server, but for various reasons, I need X > installed, so I tried the GUI installer at first. Wouldn't work. Kind of > odd, as this is a card that *used* to work just fine w/ X/Linux, a Matrox > Millenium w/ 4MB memory. Works fine if I use the text mode installer, and > set up X from there. YMMV
I had problems on an ancient system at work with a similar card. Had to use the "lores" (or is it "loweres"???) option in the installer. But I think it was more likely because of the junky monitor I had. <snip> > I have a Yamaha IDE 16-10-40 CDRW, which works well under Linux. RH 7.2 > set everything up just fine, and after I grabbed XCDroast off the net and XCDroast comes with 7.2. Why bother to get it off the net? > installed it, I was burning CDs just fine. My only gripe is that the > vaunted 'Burn-Proof' feature is about as worthless as tits on a boar. > Doesn't work in Windows, and isn't recognized in Linux. Linux is a lot > more forgiving about that kind of stuff, so it isn't really an issue under > Linux, whereas under Windows, you could forget about running a browser > window while burning a CD. > > HTH, > > Monte > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
