Linux-Hardware Digest #544, Volume #10 Mon, 21 Jun 99 02:13:32 EDT
Contents:
Problems with AWE64 and RH 6.0 (Al)
Re: Redhat 6.0 and USB mouse (Coy A Hile)
Re: I have an ati rage fury (Tsmanlyman)
Re: Any problems using a AMD K6 CPU? (Chris Harshman)
Re: Ethernet card and Modem (Mike Frisch)
Re: Socket 7 MOBO recommendation ("J. Ormonde")
Re: Redhat 6.0 and USB mouse ("gm")
Re: Linux Installation Questions (Donovan Rebbechi)
monitor interferance ("isaac1")
Re: connect two PC's by USB (Hayden Brown)
Re: beep codes...help! ("meiscc")
Linux Installation Questions (Brian M. Begg)
help with lots of serial ports and linux and some windows (Andrew de los Reyes)
Re: I have an ati rage fury ("dpc")
Re: Diamond Stealth II S220 - XF86_SVGA doesn't work ! (Joceli Mayer)
Re: Problems with AWE64 and RH 6.0 (Joceli Mayer)
Re: Reboot during Linux installation ("James G. Kushmerick")
Re: Start ppa for zip on linux boot (Joceli Mayer)
Re: Linux Installation Questions ("r.tolga")
Format Zip disks ? (ollivier civiol)
Re: Celeron or PII? (bryan)
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From: Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Problems with AWE64 and RH 6.0
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:57:32 -0400
I installed Redhat 6.0 on my PC. But the soung card is not working.
When I boot the system it says that the sound is on.
What is going on?
Thanks
Al
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Coy A Hile)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0 and USB mouse
Date: 20 Jun 1999 23:10:14 -0400
In article <7kj5l2$26o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yanhong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi -
>
>I am trying to install Redhat 6.0 on a new machine - Acer Aspire 6150,
>it has a USB mouse, which linux does not recognize.
>Questions:
>1. Where can I find the patch for this (redhat 6.0 is linux 2.2.5)?
>2. How can I install the patch to my system?
>
>Thanks
>
>
IIRC, linux doesn't have USB support, at least not in 2.2.x series of
kernels.
Coy
--
Coy Hile
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Theirs not to reason why; theirs but to do...."
Tennyson, "Charge of the Light Brigade"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tsmanlyman)
Subject: Re: I have an ati rage fury
Date: 21 Jun 1999 03:50:29 GMT
There is no driver yet. I would think that the current mach64 servers should
work for now. The development for that card is still underway, and should be
out by the end of summer or in the next release of XFree86
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From: Chris Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any problems using a AMD K6 CPU?
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 19:38:48 -0500
I was using an AMD K6-2 on a server for a while (we were testing
it to see if it could take on the role of our aging production
server). It crashed about once a week and occasionally scrambled
our hard-drive. (UDMA drives on a VIA MVP3 chipset.) We're
talking kernel panics.
We abandoned that platform and went with a low-end (333MHz) PII
on a 440BX chipset mainboard; the system has been up for 212 days.
(Same hard-drives, NIC, video adapter, etc., on a different
chipset mainboard with a different CPU.) We tried two retail-
boxed K6-2-333 chips and four different mainboards (one
Shuttle 591-P, two FIC VA-503+, and a DFI). No joy.
YMMV, of course.
Alex Walker wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I've come upon a deal for a motherboard and AMD K6 CPU that I'd like
> to use for a Linux box. I haven't found much on the suject in the
> hardware FAQ. Has anyone come across any problems with this CPU?
>
> Thanks for any info
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Frisch)
Subject: Re: Ethernet card and Modem
Date: 21 Jun 1999 02:47:23 GMT
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:10:50 +0800, Byron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using an ethenet card at an intranet and i am trying to
>connect to
>internet by using a modem. However, there is a problem here. It seems
>that the modem and ethernet card cannot coexist together. I have to
>deactivate the ethernet card before i can connect to internet usong the
>modem.
>Otherwise, we cannot even "ping" the machines in our subnet!!
You cannot have two default routes. Do you have a default route defined
for the Ethernet connection? Chances are you already have one for the PPP
connection. The best idea is to play with the routing table and ensure
that only local traffic goes to the intranet and everything else goes
through the modem.
Mike.
--
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Mike Frisch Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Northstar Technologies WWW: http://saturn.tlug.org/~mfrisch
Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA
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From: "J. Ormonde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Socket 7 MOBO recommendation
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 23:09:58 -0400
Bob Ollerton wrote:
>
>
> Has anyone tried the SOYO SY-5STM w/ SiS 5598 PCI bus Chipset?
no, but I do have a FIC 503+ w/ K6-2 350 and 96MB of 72- pin EDO
which works just fine. I also have an LS-120 and Maxtor 8.4 and
10GB drives. The LS-120 worked right off the install of both RH 5.2
and Caldera 2.2
--
| John Ormonde Cleveland Indians |
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] '95, '97 American League Champions |
| '95, '96, '97, '98 Central Division Champions |
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From: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] REMOVE NOSPAM to reply>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0 and USB mouse
Reply-To: "gm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] remove NO_SPAM to reply>
Date: 20 Jun 1999 23:15:10 -0600
<newsgroup trimmed. Please post in just the one best NG>
USB support is in development (2.3.x kernel), and
has not been available to the stable kernel 2.2.x.
so, as far as I know, there are no patches for 2.2
Mouse support is said to be working in 2.3.x.
USB support is said to be *not for the faint of heart*.
regards,
gm
Yanhong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7kj5l2$26o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi -
>
> I am trying to install Redhat 6.0 on a new machine - Acer Aspire
6150,
> it has a USB mouse, which linux does not recognize.
> Questions:
> 1. Where can I find the patch for this (redhat 6.0 is linux 2.2.5)?
> 2. How can I install the patch to my system?
>
> Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux Installation Questions
Date: 21 Jun 1999 03:46:09 GMT
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 03:19:22 GMT, Brian M. Begg wrote:
>June 20, 1999
>
>Hello:
Hi!
>How does this work: do I lose all my files I have
>saved in Windows 98 if I don't save everything to
>disk?
You can nondestructively partition with a tool such as FIPS or partition
magic. Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 comes with a cut down partition magic
that can nondestructively resize your windows partition.
FIPS is free and you can use it with any distribution.
> Is Linux installed on TOP of Windows 98?
No. It is a seperate operating system that runs independently of
Windows 98.
>Can I access Windows 98 from the Linux mode?
You can access your windows 98 *FILES* when you boot into linux.
>Can I access my internet browser (Netscape) if
>I'm in Linux mode?
You can run Netscape in linux. If you want to use your bookmarks file
from windows, you need to copy the file into your linux installation.
> Can I get online from Linux?
yes, if you have a supported ethernet card or modem.
There's one thing you left out:
CHECK THAT YOUR HARDWARE IS SUPPORTED.
linux is no fun if your hardware is incompatible.
If you are not sure about your hardware compatibility, ask on the newsgroups.
COnsider using help groups such as comp.os.linux.setup for further support
questions.
--
Donovan
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From: "isaac1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: monitor interferance
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 04:22:13 GMT
hi
i have setup 2 computers side by side (1 for linux and 1 for nt) but i
have a problem with there monitors the smaller 14in one seems to be causing
minitaure lines to scoll down my 17 in monitors screen. is there a way to
stop this? is this damaging to my 17in ?
thanks,
isaac
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From: Hayden Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: connect two PC's by USB
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:38:35 +1300
gm wrote:
> PC to PC using USB would make use of a special
> kind of USB cable, and would have to have the USB
> software drivers on each PC. The USB software
> Linux drivers are in developmental stages, and I have
> not yet seen mention of working software for this
> type of USB cable device.
> best regards,
> gm
It requires more than a special cable, it requires a special adapter
which acts like two USB devices back to back (one for each PC). These
do exist and there are drivers for them which use microsoft networking.
I guess it's just a matter of time before someone comes up with a linux
driver.
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From: "meiscc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: beep codes...help!
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 01:00:31 -0400
Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> you idiot, he just said he only has one DIMM to work with, plus he says
> in his system specs '1 128 meg DIMM' so he cant swap them, can he now?
Glitch was lots of help. Craig should have no problem fixing his dilemma
now. CC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian M. Begg)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Linux Installation Questions
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 03:19:22 GMT
June 20, 1999
Hello:
I have Windows 98 as my op. sys. on my PC.
But I need to install Linux as my temp. operating
system.
How does this work: do I lose all my files I have
saved in Windows 98 if I don't save everything to
disk? Is Linux installed on TOP of Windows 98?
Can I access Windows 98 from the Linux mode?
Can I access my internet browser (Netscape) if
I'm in Linux mode? Can I get online from Linux?
Any help at all to these questions would save
my life!!
Thanks,
Bubba
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From: Andrew de los Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with lots of serial ports and linux and some windows
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:38:29 PDT
I'm looking to buy a new computer and put linux on it. The only problem is
that it has just 1 serial port and 1 parallel port. I found this ISA card=
=20
with 4
serial ports and 2 parallel ports on it that I would install shortly after
buying the new computer. Dell tells me there's a limit of 2 active serial=
=20
ports
in windows. They won't say if that applies to all OSes (e.g. linux).
Could someone who knows about this stuff please read my conversation with=
=20
Dell
and tell me if I can access ALL the ports in Linux? if not, which ones can'=
t=20
I
access and why?
Many thanks,
Andrew de los Reyes
My conversation w/ dell from start to finish:
=======================================================
Is is at all possible to get more than one serial port on a Dell
Dimension XPS Txxx? I see COM1 is available, but what about COM2-4?
Are some hidden on the motherboard? Is it necessary to purchase a
PCI card w/ more serial ports?
Thank you for your time,
Andrew de los Reyes
=======================================================
Dear Sir,
Your system can accomodate
additional expansion cards; however, the system is limited to a
maximum of four logical ports; of which only two can be utilized at
one time. Your system currently has two enabled, one for the modem
(COM 2) and one free serial port.
If you require more than two active serial devices at one time;
currenty only two real solution exist to allow you to expand your I/O
capabilities. One way is to install an expansion card called an I/O
card that will allow you to increase the number of serial devices
attached to your system. We don't sell such a card, but any local or
internet computer provider should be able to sell you this card.
If you choose this route, I would suggest purchasing the PCI-based
version of this card. It's a little more expensive, but because
PCI-devices can share IRQs, you shouldn't have any problems installing
it. However, please be advised that although you can use this method
to increase the number of parallel devices, you may still encounter
problems in the operating system.
Another less elegant, yet still functional idea is to consider a
serial switch box, either active or passive. As long as your
requirement do not involve utilizing all serial devices at one time,
this should work very well for you.
I hope this answers your question; however, please feel free to
contact me if you have additional questions. Good luck and thanks for
buying a Dell!
Respectfully,
=A0
Randy Downs
DT~17622
Dell Online Services
=======================================================
If I purchase an ISA based expansion card with 4 serial ports and 2
parallel
ports (the serial ports CAN share an IRQ with this card), you're
saying that
I can still only use 2 serial ports (out of 6 total) at once? Is this
restrication imposed by windows or by the hardware?
You mentioned there might be problems with the operating system. Is
this
windows only? As long as I can still access LPT1 and either COM1 or
COM2
(com1 =3D my own external modem, com2 =3D mandatory winmodem by dell) in
windows, I'll be happy. I DO want to access all the ports in other
OS/OSes;
that's why I want to know if there's a hardware hangup.
Thank you very much,
Andrew de los Reyes
=======================================================
Dear Sir,
This is correct for serial devices; however, you should have no
problem connecting two serial devices and up to two parallel devices.
Provided that the second parallel port isn't using IRQ5.
Unfortunately, while I know the above limitation to be a fact for
DOS/WINDOWS, I really can't speak for Linux, OS/2 etc...
Respectfully,
=A0
Randy Downs
DT~17622
Dell Online Services
=======================================================
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From: "dpc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I have an ati rage fury
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:43:02 -0400
Check out these two pages - they should help you out. They pretty much say
the same thing, but it's always good to have extra references.
http://www.0wned.org/~cain/ragefury.htm and
http://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/~beetle/ragefury.htm
dpc
Remove AllYourClothes to reply directly to me.
user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:XCfb3.158523$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> and I can't find a driver can anyone help me? contact me at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Joceli Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diamond Stealth II S220 - XF86_SVGA doesn't work !
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 05:51:08 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Get Red Hat 6.0 at www.cheapbytes.com (few bucks), or update your XFree86 to
the latest 3.3.3.1 version. RH6.0 will recognize your card at installation
time, I believe.
Boa Sorte.
"C�sar Mateus Concei��o" wrote:
Hail Fellows,
>
> I have some problems with this video card ... i tried configure with
> Xconfigurator but can't PROBED the video card ... i don't know how to put
> this card work well ... 8-(
>
> This video has a Redition Verite 2000 or Riva 128 ???
>
> If someone had a similar problema pls ... contact me and if anyone knows
> about it ... contact me too !!!
>
> Thx for any help
>
> Best regards,
>
> Cesar - Brazil
-- Joceli
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From: Joceli Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems with AWE64 and RH 6.0
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 05:56:36 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have an AWE64 working properly, you do know you need to run the
sndconfig tool and set the IRQ, DMAs and Addresses ?? If you don't
know the parameters, try all possibilities, the tool make a self test,
if you hear both channels if you're fine.
Al wrote:
> I installed Redhat 6.0 on my PC. But the soung card is not working.
> When I boot the system it says that the sound is on.
>
> What is going on?
>
> Thanks
>
> Al
-- Joceli
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From: "James G. Kushmerick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Reboot during Linux installation
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:11:33 -0400
I had a very similar problem that I tracked down to a bad RAM chip. Not
sure how it effects the setup but my system would either lock-up or do a
spontaneous reboot during the install. Once I removed my two 32 Mb
simms, leaving two 16 Mb simms everything went fine. The RAM always
passed the bios memory test so there was no way to know anything was
wrong.
Hope this helps.
Jim
Imran Quraishi wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Linux on my machine, but it reboots whenever I
> try to run the installation routine. The specs are:
>
> It looks to me like either a power supply problem or an incompatibility
> with between Linux and my hardware.
>
> Please, let me know if you have any ideas or if you have seen this
> problem before.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Imran Quraishi
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Jim Kushmerick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://stm1.chem.psu.edu/~jxk/
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From: Joceli Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Start ppa for zip on linux boot
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 06:04:16 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know about the conf.modules, but you can start the the module by
inserting in the last line of rc.local the command:
/sbin/insmod ppa
/bin/mount -o defaults,uid=500,guid=100 -t vfat /dev/sda4
/mnt/zip # Just an example
I'm not sure but maybe you can compile the module ppa inside the kernel,
you got to compile a new kernel though ...
Kerry Brown wrote:
> How do I set ppa to start on bootup? If I "insmode ppa" I can mount my
> zip drive but I can't get it to start up automatically on bootup. I
> tried the following in /etc/conf.modules "alias scsi_hostadapter ppa"
> but it doesn't seem to do it. I'm running RedHat 5.2
>
> Thanks in adavance from a linux newbie.
-- Joceli
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From: "r.tolga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux Installation Questions
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 07:08:38 +0300
Brian M. Begg wrote:
> June 20, 1999
>
> Hello:
>
> I have Windows 98 as my op. sys. on my PC.
> But I need to install Linux as my temp. operating
> system.
>
> How does this work: do I lose all my files I have
> saved in Windows 98 if I don't save everything to
> disk?
No, in Under Normal Conditions you wont loose any thing. BUT there must
be a free disk partition
to install Linux. All the info on "this partition" will be lost since
the dos file system will be replaced by
ext2 file system. Other partitions will remain fat16/32.
> Is Linux installed on TOP of Windows 98?
No Linux must be installed on a different disk or partition. But you can
also install it as UMSDOS file system
which i do not recommend for stability and performance.
>
> Can I access Windows 98 from the Linux mode?
Yes it is easy. This connectivity is done within Linux setup, as well as
you can do it later.
>
> Can I access my internet browser (Netscape) if
> I'm in Linux mode?
First of all Linux is not a mode. It is an operating system 'like'
windows. ('Like' here do not refer windows's instability,
low performance, damn blue screens, and reboots for every key pressed.)
DO NOT think that Linux is like a Dos Prompt
run under windows in a window.
You can use Netscape of course. But this will be the Netscape which will
be installed during setup of Linux.
When you finished setup you will have an Operating System with full of
programs which you dont need to pay
like Linux, Corel WordPerfect, KDE, GNOME, file managers some games,
compilers etc.
When u finished installation the blue screened box will become an ftp
server, a mail server, and what ever you think
of becoming online. Ah by the way the Normat Conditions here means that
you have right hardware for Linux.
For example a real modem. Most of the PCI modems are winmodems and do
not work under linux which can easily be understood from
their name : WinModem!
> Can I get online from Linux?
With the right modem of course!
>
>
> Any help at all to these questions would save
> my life!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bubba
Remember that backing up your docs is HIGHLY recommended by most Linux
gurus before going into the linux installation.
And finally, Linux is not for everyone! I mean it.
It does not need any basic skills but needs some curiosity, maybe
hardwork to work a piece of harware, healty eyes to read
pages of howtos and manual pages. But you ll see that the temp.
operating system will become the windows. ;)
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From: ollivier civiol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Format Zip disks ?
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 04:07:45 GMT
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Hello,
Would anyone knwo how to format a zip diskette under linux ?
In both ext2fs and msdos ?
Thanks.
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Content-Description: filename="text1.html"
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Format Zip disks ?</TITLE>
<META NAME=3D"GENERATOR" CONTENT=3D"StarOffice/5.1 (Linux)">
<META NAME=3D"CREATED" CONTENT=3D"19990621;5064200">
<META NAME=3D"CHANGEDBY" CONTENT=3D"ollivier civiol">
<META NAME=3D"CHANGED" CONTENT=3D"19990621;5074400">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>Hello,</P>
<P><BR><BR>
</P>
<P>Would anyone knwo how to format a zip diskette under linux ?</P>
<P>In both ext2fs and msdos ?</P>
<P><BR><BR>
</P>
<P>Thanks.</P>
</BODY>
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron or PII?
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 14:25:01 GMT
David E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In article <ZmV73.1106$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bryan wrote:
: >Vaisbrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >: I saw somewhere than because of Linux's better (i.e. complete) usage of
: >: the CPU, it was tricky to overclock it, whichever the CPU model may be.
: >
: >in fact, just the opposite, imho. its known that linux heats cpu's up
: >less when the system isn't running at full 100% util. linux executes
: >the HALT instr which saves energy. 'doze, otoh, is ALWAYS in a busy
: True, but it's really more complicated than that. A linux system doing
: something like compiling the kernel is likely going to be pushing
: hardware a lot farther (and consequently may show negative effects of
: overclocking) than a typical Windows machine will. In situations
: like this, the idling really doesn't help.
yes, when linux is running at high capacity, it will surely stress the
whole system more than 'doze. but when both are 'idle', linux runs
cooler.
--
Bryan [at] Grateful.Net
http://www.Grateful.Net
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