I've seen some people complain about the speed of SuSE 8.2 install. Now I haven't gotten my grubby little paws on 8.2 yet, but I've noticed the following with 8.0 Pro and 8.1 Pro. 1. CPU speed directly affects the install speed, even with the same optical drives and hard drives. This is because most rpm packages include configuration steps, which just happens faster on a faster CPU. I've witnessed this on many machines that got either just a CPU upgrade, all other components including mobo unchanged, as well as on machines that got a new cpu+mobo. 2. Both do a reboot after the first CD, and neither enable DMA on my CD-RW or DVD. Which means your install happens a hell of a lot slower. So what I do is when I boot off the CD, I wait for the screen where you select your language, hit Ctrl+Alt+F2, and do # /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc # /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdd (hdc and hdd being where my drvies sit as /dev/sr0 and /dev/sr1 - ide-scsi) Alt+F7 back to GUI install, and continue. After the reboot after the first CD, I do the same. This speeds up the process greatly. The effect of DMA=off on a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM is so great, that I get jerky playback on a DivX movie from CD on a AthlonXP 1800+ with 256Mb RAM and TNT2 graphics (with nVidia drivers installed and working). Hope this helps Hans == Download ringtones, logos and picture messages at Ananzi Mobile Fun. http://www.ananzi.co.za/cgi-bin/goto.pl?mobile
On Saturday 03 May 2003 23.29, H du Plooy wrote:
I've seen some people complain about the speed of SuSE 8.2 install. Now I haven't gotten my grubby little paws on 8.2 yet, but I've noticed the following with 8.0 Pro and 8.1 Pro.
<Snipalot> Now THIS is what we like!!! Tips and tricks for all to use. Thank you ever so much Hans. GREAT job! This will certanly help ME as i tend to install and reinstall on all kinds of boxes, and some of them are a wee bit older :) The install on a P133 with "only" 64 Megs of ram can be a looong wait :) Anything that speeds the process up is worth its bits in gold. Keep it up!!! -- /Rikard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rikard Johnels email : rjhn@linux.nu Web : http://www.rikjoh.com Mob : +46 70 464 99 39 ------------------------ Public PGP fingerprint ---------------------------- < 15 28 DF 78 67 98 B2 16 1F D3 FD C5 59 D4 B6 78 46 1C EE 56 >
The 03.05.03 at 23:29, H du Plooy wrote:
2. Both do a reboot after the first CD, and neither enable DMA on my CD-RW or DVD. Which means your install happens a hell of a lot slower. So what I do is when I boot off the CD, I wait for the screen where you select your language, hit Ctrl+Alt+F2, and do
# /sbin/hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc
I sugested you try this, yesterday I think :-)
The effect of DMA=off on a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM is so great, that I get jerky playback on a DivX movie from CD on a AthlonXP 1800+ with 256Mb RAM and TNT2 graphics (with nVidia drivers installed and working).
Yes, that's absolutely normal. I think I posted why in january, when you asked about it. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
Neither MPlayer or VLC will play standard DVDs, probably due to the deliberately missing modules as noted in the splash screen warning messages. Compile of VLC after compiling and loading all required modules failed due to errors in libdvdplay. Help with creating correct Suse 8.2 executables will be greatly appreciated. VLC works great with the unmentionable OS (MS). Robert Robinson
In a previous message, Robert Robinson wrote:
Neither MPlayer or VLC will play standard DVDs, probably due to the deliberately missing modules
Download MPlayer (www.mplayerhq.hu) or Xine (xine.sourceforge.net) and compile. If you can find ready-rolled rpms for 8.2, that would save you some time (I have xine rpms that you could try - ~4.5 MB). Xine seems to support DVDs more completely than MPlayer (e.g. MPlayer doesn't seem to support DVD menus). Compiling your own versions also means that you can include extra codecs not included in the distro (e.g. win32, quicktime). HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!
John, Thank you very much for the reply. I have the source code and codec modules for MPlayer and VLC. libdvdplay had errors on compile. The other routines were OK. I would appreciate an opportunity to try your xine rpm. I don't know of any MPlayer or VLC rpms that are available for Suse 8.2 that have the full DVD read capability. Robbie
In a previous message, Robert Robinson wrote:
I would appreciate an opportunity to try your xine rpm. I don't know of any MPlayer or VLC rpms that are available for Suse 8.2 that have the full DVD read capability.
It's on my website now - http://www.xl-cambridge.com/linux/ (you'll need to download libdvdcss, xine-lib and xine-ui). It works here :-) Do let me know how you get on. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
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