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Re: [SLE] First Impressions of 7.3
- From: chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 10:37:41 +0000
- Message-id: <1004351861.3bdd31755573c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
> > I'm going to shove all data on tape and fresh install it as I have
> > too much cruft on this box at the mo.
>
> Probably wise :)
I've fallen down that hole once ... that was one time too many ;)
> I wouldn't say there's anything really dodgy. I've had problems with APM
> (trivial), with 3D graphics (hardly critical - and probably just because
> my card isn't up to it!) and sound (which is annoying, but again not
> system-threatening, though I have had lock-ups with some alsa mixers
> under Gnome).
Can you detail the 3D graphics problems at all, and do they involve the NVIDIA
3rd party rpm patches? I'm using a Nvidia GF2u and would like it to work fine
(although I cant remember the last time I touched Unreal Tournament / Tribes
2 :P ).
Do you know which version of ALSA ships with 7.3? 0.5.? was shipped with 7.2
whereas 0.9.x is current version. Seemed a bit strange to me. Could be the
root of the lockups as 2.4.10 is way ahead version-wise and time-wise compared
to ALSA. My sound card locks up all the time, but it does that on win2k and
NetBSD/OSS drivers too. It appears to be VIA KT266 + Envy24 = PCI latency
problem.
> > I chose ext3 for the root fs, and haven't seen any problems so far. When
> > I had to reset to get out of the mixer lockup, the partition fsck'd
> > fine. Performance seems normal - the hdparm test reports the same sort
> > of figures (though that might be filsystem independent?)
Ok. as long as it "feels solid" to a few people I'll probably use it. I'll
stress the box for a few days just to see. I was using ReiserFS on 7.2 without
a hitch.
Thanks for the info,
- Chris.
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> > I'm going to shove all data on tape and fresh install it as I have
> > too much cruft on this box at the mo.
>
> Probably wise :)
I've fallen down that hole once ... that was one time too many ;)
> I wouldn't say there's anything really dodgy. I've had problems with APM
> (trivial), with 3D graphics (hardly critical - and probably just because
> my card isn't up to it!) and sound (which is annoying, but again not
> system-threatening, though I have had lock-ups with some alsa mixers
> under Gnome).
Can you detail the 3D graphics problems at all, and do they involve the NVIDIA
3rd party rpm patches? I'm using a Nvidia GF2u and would like it to work fine
(although I cant remember the last time I touched Unreal Tournament / Tribes
2 :P ).
Do you know which version of ALSA ships with 7.3? 0.5.? was shipped with 7.2
whereas 0.9.x is current version. Seemed a bit strange to me. Could be the
root of the lockups as 2.4.10 is way ahead version-wise and time-wise compared
to ALSA. My sound card locks up all the time, but it does that on win2k and
NetBSD/OSS drivers too. It appears to be VIA KT266 + Envy24 = PCI latency
problem.
> > I chose ext3 for the root fs, and haven't seen any problems so far. When
> > I had to reset to get out of the mixer lockup, the partition fsck'd
> > fine. Performance seems normal - the hdparm test reports the same sort
> > of figures (though that might be filsystem independent?)
Ok. as long as it "feels solid" to a few people I'll probably use it. I'll
stress the box for a few days just to see. I was using ReiserFS on 7.2 without
a hitch.
Thanks for the info,
- Chris.
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