From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 24 19:44:39 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8528C16A46C for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:44:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EE8013C4B6 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:44:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l8OJidFS046265; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:44:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l8OJic6H046264; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:44:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:44:38 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Erich Dollansky Message-ID: <20070924194438.GB46179@thought.org> References: <20070923002958.GA30250@thought.org> <46F5CA23.1010000@pacific.net.sg> <20070923222444.GA38331@thought.org> <46F705B3.2000908@pacific.net.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46F705B3.2000908@pacific.net.sg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 21 of service to the Unix community. Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Vhat kind of *simple* video card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:44:39 -0000 On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 08:32:51AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > Sometimes it gets into a mode where it is super slow. Do you, > > or anybody else have a clue why?? > > > it could be caused by a faulty hard disk. Sometimes, after a reboot, the video is bright and the resolution small--large type. Usually, the system clock seems normal. Are there any tools to run to test the processor speed? Any other tests? It's a new drive, somewhere around 160GB. I never ran any drive tests. ...Yet! > > Is the system just waiting? > > > Also:: would a simple Matrox Millennium serve as a new video > > board? I do not need/want anything gamer-fancy, so am looking > > for something simple, like a MM with 8 or 16megs of video > > memory. > > > This is the kind of card to go for then. thanks much, gary > > Erich -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org