Ken, Are you referring to one the VIA Mini-ITX boards with the C3s or EPIA-M's installed? I have one of those, and from the reading I have been doing, it seems I am going to have quite a time of it configuring it under Slackware. VIA distributes binary drivers for their C3/EPIA-M boards, but the modules are built for a limited number of distros running stock kernels. They do have drivers that are distro independent, but I understand that they require a good bit of configuration to get working.
If I weren't too worried about speed and wanted a small quiet box, I think I'd go more for one of the small form factor (SFF) boards and cases, such as Shuttle or Biostar. Right now, I am resisting the temptation to get a Shuttle SN45G to build as a firewall or PVR (if I get too frustrated with the VIA EPIA-M). Doesn't have the onboard video, so you can add a dependable video card of your own. If your experience with the C3 has been different though, let me know. I want to set this VIA board up as a PVR. Other than early, not-really-serious attempts to install the VIA video drivers, I haven't started messing with the VIA-specific parts of it yet. Still trying to get Freevo or MythTV to run on a Slackware distro. Cheers, Sean On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 03:57:28PM +0000, Ken Moffat hunted and pecked out: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, S. Barret Dolph wrote: > > > Well, my problems have much to do with hardware and it is time to get a new > > box. My old box ran for 6 years with Mandrake and never crashed. (X-windows > > crashed when setting up Matrox 450 though.) My question is what hardware is > > good to avoid. I only use my computer for work, no games, but I am on it at > > least 6 hours or more a day. I care mostly about stability and don't really > > care too much about speed. So more to the point are any of you aware of > > hardware that is a nightmare to install. Or a site which can help. > > > > Cordially, > > S. Barret Dolph > > Taipei Taiwan > > - > > If it's that old, your biggest problem on anything new might be noise! > For stability with an Athlon or P4, don't skimp on the power supply. If > you don't need a lot of power, maybe something based on a via C3 might do > - but make sure you install i586 or i386 binaries, gcc usually thinks > C3s are i686 but they don't have the 'cmov' instruction. > > Ken > -- > This is a job for Riviera Kid! > - -- Theo. Sean Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
