jtd wrote: > On Thursday 20 March 2008 08:33 pm, Rony wrote: > > >> Anyway, GNU compatibility is not just dependent on the >> chipset but also the BIOS of the motherboard. >> > > No. Linux or X does not depend on the bios at all. >
But what about lousy bioses ( that are M$ friendly but not GNU ) that add pain to the installation and device detection? > >> That is why 2 Intel >> 845 boards of different types will not have the same result in GNU. >> I faced this problem when trying out GLVA, GVSR etc. One of them ?? >> would not give screen resol. beyond 640x480 when installed out of >> the box. Similarly with AMD boards, it varies from case to case and >> on chipsets. >> > > The "same" chipsets are not quite the same from 1 rev to the next. > Some of them have bugs which will surface now and then. > > Hmm! -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
