From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 03:14:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1805116A4CE for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 03:14:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from boleskine.patpro.net (boleskine.patpro.net [62.4.20.155]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B43F943D45 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 03:14:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patpro@patpro.net) Received: from [192.168.0.1] (cassandre [192.168.0.1]) by boleskine.patpro.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7385112E for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 12:14:51 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v612) In-Reply-To: <40236CFE.8090409@plea.se> References: <40236CFE.8090409@plea.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Patrick Proniewski Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 12:14:50 +0100 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.612) Subject: Re: via EPIA motherboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 11:14:54 -0000 On 06 f=E9vr. 2004, at 11:31, Holger Hoffmann wrote: > > My main purpose is to setup a small, fanless multimedia playback=20 > freebsd > > box, so any piece of info is valuable (driver support, computational > > power, tv-output problems, ...) > Did that with the 500Mhz box, playing DivX was ok but definitely not=20= > good. I have to admit that I used a "quick and dirty" approach and=20 > took advantage of X and xine/mplayer instead of looking for stuff that=20= > e.g. might work without X neither did I tweak any parameters or=20 > switched off deamons I didn't need. So I guess you _can_ make it run=20= > faster/smoother/better than I did almost "out of the box". ok, so I guess the M6000 should be quite ok with a carefully tuned=20 kernel/system (and it has really better video than the 500 model=20 according to the review mentionned earlier). Also, I suppose I could go with a M9000 and slow fans, but I try to get=20= rid of noise. > Problems: read the handbook, took me almost a day to figure out why=20 > TV-out wasn't working when I saw that you have to change a jumper so=20= > that the plug changes from SPIF (or whatever) sound to TV-out. > I used the video drivers provided by VIA for X Free on (I think) Red=20= > Hat Linux without any problems. Ok, thanks a lot! patpro --=20 je cherche un poste d'admin-sys Mac/UNIX (ou une jeune et jolie femme riche) http://patpro.net/cv.php