Frank,
mine is as follows:
BP6 cel 533, overclocked to 600.
NJ bios
Guillemot Cougar 32 mb (Riva TNT2).
No sound card, built for web server. Dual boot with win98.
BTW, abit distributes their version of linux in the bp6 retail box, it's
actually RH 6.2 with
some abit built utilities.
You may want to take a look at bp6.com, the message board and people there
are helpful.
There are so many BP6 boards out there, virtually no problem is new.
For linux, geocrawler.com has a nice searchable archive of many linux
related issues, esp. with
drivers. 2cpu.com has good links as well.
Sounds like your os is not detecting the correct video driver/settings,
which explains the display issue.
I had a very bad one, it flickered so much and made me dizzy, until used the
Xconfigurator to
auto probe the video card/monitor.
Now it's displaying correctly even though the card doesn't support linux.
If you think tulip driver is bad, try that on powerPC box. It's a nightmare.
Linux is powerful but requires enormous amount of baby-sitting, the
documentation is esp. problematic.
And no knowledgebase to search for work-around. I don't mind work on the
system, but the amount of time
spent sifting through info could be spent elsewhere. I reckon it's a
love/hate relationship.
Best,
Sheldon
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank J. Schmuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 7:33 PM
Subject: RE: Is RedHat Linux's worst ennemy?
> Hi Sheldon,
>
> One humbling thing about the community is how helpful everyone can be.
> Pertinent information:
>
> BP6 with dual 500 celerons.
> V4.51PG Bios (NJ).
> Aureal Vortex 8830 Audio.
>
> Everything stable in Win2000Prof. RedHat 6.1, 6.2 and Pinstripe do not
> auto-detect SMP. Win2k correctly detects dual processors.
> No sound in all three Linux installations. Win2k fine.
> The 3Com card that never worked was the 3Com 3C5098-TPO Etherlink III. I
> know have three LinkSys LNE100TX. These seem to be rock solid cards.
>
> Still can't figure how to print to my HP 1100.
>
> Things that are good: Pinstripe detects the settings of my ViewSonic
PT795
> much better than previous installs. They all seemed always out-of-bounds
> and always too small a font. Pinstripe is just perfect. Auto-detects and
> mounts both CR_ROMs, the jaz, and my "C" drive which is the Win2k hd.
>
> The only thing that keeps me running back to W2k is the lack of sound and
no
> SMP.
>
> I'd appreciate figuring out what I'm doing wrong. Its not like I'm new at
> this stuff. I've been fooling around with computers since my old TS1000
and
> TS2068. I really love the potential freedom of Linux and want to do
> everything possible to help StarOffice's spreadsheet to kill Excel in the
> workplace.
>
> I just wish things were easier at times. But they are getting better.
>
> Frank
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of schang
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 4:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Is RedHat Linux's worst ennemy?
>
> Frank,
>
> Don't know which version of linux you run, I just built a BP6 dual celeron
> box,
> the redhat 6.2 installed out of box, it automatically chooses the smp i686
> kernel for it. I was preparing for much worse.
>
> Also a cheap alternatives to the tulip cards is the DLink 530TX+
> which uses
> realtek 8139c driver which is not great, but works.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Sheldon
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Frank Schmuck, CFO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 3:53 PM
> Subject: RE: Is RedHat Linux's worst ennemy?
>
>
> > Is WinXX easier to use? Need some specifics?
> >
> > 1. Windows2000 auto-detects my BP6 dual processor system. All I have to
> > do to get the same level of service with Linux is to edit certain
> > setting, recompile the kernel, copy the new one to a new location and
> > then reconfigure LILO. Yeah, just about the same.
> > 2. Ever set up a printer? Ever do it successfully?
> > 3. How about monitors? At least you learn the term "screen refresh."
> > Now that's a useful term for a cocktail party. You end up buying twice
> > the monitor you need just so that it will work ok.
> > 4. Network cards - 3COM - works fine under Windowz, need to trash it for
> > Linux.
> > 5. How about sound? Hellooooooow? Still can't hear a thing.
> > 6. But my Linux system has been running for 24 months now without a
> > crash. Well,. I think it has. It has no sound, the NIC doesn't work
> > until I can get the new SMP tulip drivers, and I can't get the monitor
> > to work because I confused horizontal with verticals screen re-fresh,
> > but the little green light seems to be on, so I figure its been up
> > without a crash for 24 months - BEAT THAT Windows!
> >
> > I still love Linux, but I try and hid the bruises when I go out into the
> > Windows world. I say I fall down a lot. I mean, I really do still love
> > it. I bought RedHat at $110! Really, I do love it. Really. Its just
> > that tough love they all talk about.
> >
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
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