On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Nick Kay wrote:
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> You may be having problems with m6 because of the pentium
> optimization that is built into this release. I can only suggest
> you upgrade your hardware or try rh6 (sorry mandrake folks,
> anyone have a better idea?)
Sure wait for the soon tobe compiled i386 version, but I personaly don't
have enough information to say that it's a cyrix problem or not.
Personaly I await the k6 optimizations.
> hih
> nick@nexnix
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> At 10:25 21/06/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >I have had MAJOR problems with my Cyrix board and Mandrake.
> >Random failures in all places, and especially in X, to the point it
> >was unusable. Strange, since the same box has been running old
> >Slackware for a year without a hiccup. So I tried Slackware 4.0,
> >with much better results. So far, no problem at all - except that
> >Slack is more trouble to set up.
> >
> >Irv
> >
> >On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> >> I have *heard* that Cyrix does not do well with Linux, period, but this is
> >> just hearsay. I don't recall what sort of video hardware you're using
> >> either... You really might want to consider getting a new processor and
> >> leaving that Cyrix for WinBlows or Dos or something else... I really
> haven't
> >> heard much good about the Cyrix chips after they virtually disappeared
> >> several years ago... IIRC, they were considered somewhat "buggy" even back
> >> when they made 486 chips.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Andrew Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >> > Please help,
> >> >
> >> > I've been trying to install and configure Venus now for well over a week.
> >> > I'm sure that I have set all my hardware up correctly during install, but
> >> > there seems to be a major problem, and it sounds as though others (with
> >> > Cyrix chips) have encountered it.
> >> >
> >> [SNIP]
> >> >
> >> > I only have Venus on my machine, and I know everything is set up
> correctly
> >> > (hardware wise). Is there a problem with Venus under Cyrix chips
> >> (P150+'s)??
> >> > etc..... I have had the advice to downgrade to 5.3 as it is more
> >> stable!!!!
> >> > But, is there a quicker answer?
> >> >
> >
> >
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