From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 22 20: 2:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tool.epix.net (tool.epix.net [199.224.64.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462C314F95 for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 20:02:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mrushton@epix.net) Received: from default (svcr-247ppp56.epix.net [205.238.247.56]) by tool.epix.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/1999032301/Philippe Levan) with ESMTP id XAA05593; Sat, 22 May 1999 23:02:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199905230302.XAA05593@tool.epix.net> From: "mrushton" To: "Christopher Michaels" , , "Ludwig Pummer" Subject: Re: Cyrix Media GX and FreeBSD Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 23:04:03 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I would recommend that you _not_ get the Media GX for a desktop system. I > currently have a small Oasis-branded Media GX 180MHz box running as a DNS > server. > > Last I checked (a few months ago), XFree86 did have support for the > MediaGX's graphics chipset, but it wasn't very functional (you were limited > in how the modelines could be set up). Additionally, the MediaGX was made > to be cheap, not necessarily good. You could probably get better graphics > performance with a cheap S3 card. > I think I am going to get an AMD K6-350 for my experimental Linux/Free-BSD system (Whatever I decide to put on it) That Media GX is good for a cheap PC or an upgrade. As I was saying I built a PC for my Niece with a Media GX running Windoze 95. I thought the PC died today. It would not start. The lights would go on an nothing happened. I was freaking out. I thought that I was going to by another motherboard (and other parts for her) It turned out that : 1. The power cable for the PC was in a loop. I have seen Wyse 50 terminals not work because the cable was in a loop. Something to do with the magnetic/RFI from the cable. 2. The power strip was not into the wall outlet all the way. I don't think the neutral was making contact. I also moved it to another outlet on the wall and everything fired right up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Rushton mrushton@epix.net Some favorite Fallen Flag roads : D&H LV CNJ DL&W PNER The Laurel Line Some favorite fallen Collieries : Huber Harry E (Bucket of Blood) Sullivan Trail Prospect Railroad and Anthracite Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/6444 http://NEPA.railfan.net NERAILANDCOAL mailing list http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/nerrandcoal -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message