my new comp!!

[Master of Reality]

what d'ya guys think of my new linux computer:
cant remember the mobo
AMD Duron 1GHZ
64 MB onboard video
onboard 3D sound
128 MB RAM (i'm getting more)
onboard 10/100 Ethernet card
came with a 20GB HD and a DVD drive
SiS 650 chipset for the onboard stuff

i am taking out the 20GB HD and replacing with a 40GB and a 2GB.
i put in a CD burner. (this stuff is outta my old comp)

I am also "selling" the video out of my old comp, 20 GB HD,  ethernet out of my old comp, keyboard, mouse that came with it.

all together i will be spending $300
I have yet to get the video to work with linux red hat 7.2 ( i need SiS 650 chipset drivers)

[voidmain]

http://www.webit.at/~twinny/linuxsis630.shtml

[Calum]

i've seen quite a few people with those chipsets recently, and they are not supported by default in linux, you need to go to Thomas' site there (which is moving soon!), as Main said, and get the stuff, and install it like he says.

Maybe i am a total dumbass, but i find it difficult to follow some of the info on that page, so if you or anybody else has success with the SiS630 or other SiS chipset, please post instructions or hints here. I will do the same as i am going to set up mandrake 8 next week with my crappy SiS630 video card. Oh yes, that goes for SiS630 modems too, any bright ideas, let's hear them! ta...

[badkarma]

dump the onboard video and just spend a few bucks (50 orso) for a geforce 2.....

that's my advice at least  

[Calum]

aha! some of us are stuck with the onboard shit and no alternative since we bought a LAPTOP!!!!!
i suppose i'll just have to nut it out instead of running away from the problem!  

[Master of Reality]

i guess one of the other mods wanted this in the linux forum   .

Yesterday i searched on google and got a link to www.webit.com/tw/sis630.html
i guess it was an old link or something, because it didnt work.

[Master of Reality]

My computer is still running.. not fast enough. Tux racer barely runs at all (cant race in it) is there somewhere in linux to set the CPU speed or something? The CPU was already installed on my mobo so i assume the mobo is set up correctly.

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by Master of Reality:
My computer is still running.. not fast enough. Tux racer barely runs at all (cant race in it) is there somewhere in linux to set the CPU speed or something? The CPU was already installed on my mobo so i assume the mobo is set up correctly.

I can't figure out where the hell that Tux Racer came from but I've tried it on several machines and he ain't going to win no race. I think it would certainly help to be running an accelerated X/GL server (I am with my Geforce and it is actually playable but still nothing like Quake III).     For non-accelerated servers run xbill, it's more fun anyway.

[ April 22, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

[Master of Reality]

even Xbill runs slow (as slow as my 200 MHZ pentium MMX with 80 MB RAM) I am using AMD Duron 1 GHZ with 128 MB RAM all of it was pre-installed and the only thing that i found a bit faster is mozilla. Do i not have something setup right?

[gnomez]

I don't know what is the matter; Red Hat 7.2 ran everything, tux racer included, as fast as it is supposed to on my computer. (700 mhz Athlon /w 128 MB RAM)  Of course I had to download the accelerated drivers for my GeForce 256 video card from nvidia, but after that it ran programs much faster.

[ab2ms]

try mandrake 8.2  I have it running flawlessly, and there aren't many probs I've seen with any chipsets so far. The CPU speed should be automatically set, but memory is sometimes mis-reported. I mixed and matched and all is well. cheap mobo, amd athlon XP 1700+, 256 meg DDR, geforce 4mx and the linux nvidia drivers are very nice.As a rule I stay away from onboard stuff. The motherboard has enough to do anyway.

[ April 23, 2002: Message edited by: wyzguy ]

[Master of Reality]

quote:Originally posted by wyzguy:
try mandrake 8.2  I have it running flawlessly, and there aren't many probs I've seen with any chipsets so far. The CPU speed should be automatically set, but memory is sometimes mis-reported. I mixed and matched and all is well. cheap mobo, amd athlon XP 1700+, 256 meg DDR, geforce 4mx and the linux nvidia drivers are very nice.

nice, my computer actually only has 64 MB RAM, the other 64 is used by my onboard video card

[ab2ms]

are you running KDE or Gnome or other? KDE is my choice, but memory intensive. these days even with linux 64 is low if you run any graphical environment. Gnome is noted to do better at limited memory, but some people don't see any difference. My first impression is that the memory is the hold up.

[voidmain]

xbill runs slow??? Then you have definite problems! I've run xbill on 386 machines and it was fast.

[Master of Reality]

ya, i'm gonna buy at least 128 MB of SD RAM or i might get some DDR RAM. does anyone know how much 128 MB chip of DDR RAM costs?