yes - "cured" :) don't think i did anything 2 limit memory sizing - config asks about the 16MB limit - but i think i answered correctly - btw/ it's an ASUS motherboard SIS AGP chipset (i believe) - oh yeah - i've rebuilt the kernel (several times) perhaps it wuz something i did - i'll dink with config when i get some time (and am in the mood) Xfree86 -vs - Win(or Lose)98 it's Xfree86 hands down - however - does anyone have any good graphics benchmarks that can authoritatively put this question 2 rest? oh and plz switch mom - don't wanna poison her perception of computing :) ..adlai.. ________________________________________________________________ LD Landis wrote: > Adlai.. > > That was it? Had me semi-spooked... (I never use Microsoft anything, but > found you question rather... well... alarming... who can argue with > someone else's experience... Glad it was only that, if that is what it > was)... > > Anyway, did you do something to limit the memory recognized to 16MB or is > that what the RH install did all by itself? I'd encourage you to file a > report that the default should be to use all memory, if you didn't do > anything to cheat yourself... > > Also, now that you're "cured"... what is the relative performance between > Win98 and XFree86? Just curious... (My mom has a hot box, but haven't > decided to switch her to Linux just yet... she struggles with Juno). > > rude bwoy wrote: > > > > ok - turns out - the system wuz only recognizing 16M mem. > > solution: use boot param mem=128MB > > > > as they say (or should say)in the milk commercial : got linux? :) > > > > muchos thanx [or thanks - as taste dictates :) ] to all that have > > responded in such a short period of time > > > > ..adlai.. > > > > -- > -- > Cheers, > --ldl > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > LD Landis [EMAIL PROTECTED] N0YRQ Voice 612/883-5511 Fax 612/883-6363 > HealthPartners, 8100 34th Avenue So, PO Box 1309, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1309 > Shape your life not from your memories, but from your hopes. (Borrowed) > Still programming for the day-job... haven't yet gotten that Microsoft PR job > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "PowerPoint -- the production platform of choice of the 'Big 6'." -me > "The harder truth is that just because a company is spending a large amount > on IT doesn't necessarily mean it's spending that money well." > -- InformationWeek, Dec 8 1997, Pg 66 in "Old Countries, New Technologies" > "But it sure is easier just to sit back and bitch than to actually try to > make yourself heard." -- Jim Edwards-Hewitt meanwhile... > "I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect > that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an > interpreter." -- Nicholas Petreley, InfoWorld editor. > Remember: The enthusiasm for having chosen "NT" is at its maximum at t=-1. > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
