On Sat, 08 Feb 2003 18:24:54 -0800 George Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try and report back. I have a
> K6-2 450. However, I rather think that this should be autodetected by
> the kernel if it is actually a problem. Also, I notice that someone
> on down is claiming to still have the problem with an Athlon.
> Nopentium on an Athlon?
mem=nopentium is not a 'magic bullet' that will fix all video problems
in linux.
It only works to address a memory paging error that can occur on AMD
systems using AGP.
What this paging error can cause are completely random X lock-ups.
This problem is not limited to systems with ATI cards but can occur with
Any AGP vid card using hw 3d accel.
I use this append on all my systems some with ATI cards and others with
nvidia.
If the X server will not initiate successfully with dri enabled Then
This Is Not a Problem That men=nopentium Will Have Any Effect Upon.
It is a problem between the 7500 and the drm module.
Though this module is included in the latest mdk kernels it is written
and provided by Gatos Not by mandrakesoft.
I personally like ATI.
I have 2 radeons and 3 Xpert2000 (rage128) but the radeon7500 is a
problematic card and, again, in my opinion a crappy card that was
marketed to compete in the GeForce2 pricerange at the expense of the
quality of the chip-set used.
Charles
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To err is human, to forgive unusual.
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