On Thursday 30 May 2002 03:56, you wrote:
I've loaded 8.0 on AMD 5x86 (486 class) 133Mhz with 64Mb Edo-Ram (I think you should increase memory to 128Mb for Linux with KDE),
I think you're right. That would be my first move.
VGA 2Mb S3 Trio64V+, and 1.2Gb Hard Disk (You should have 3Gb HardDisk to install all of them). Suse and KDE 3.0 work fine on this computer. The only problem is not about the processor and motherboard chipset, because they all detected correctly.
Fair enough. But it's going to be slow. Any modern OS with a graphical desktop will be slow with this hardware. If it's not a problem for you, it's not a problem. I would be inclined to try fvwm2 or another lighter-weight way of running your desktop, you'll probably get a lot more speed, although it is not immediately as pretty.
First Problem: Suse cannot fix the Y2K compliance. Everytime I start the computer, I always set the year to 2002 from 2099. So please Mr. Suse Developer, you said that minimal requirement for this distro is i386. I think every computer from 386 until 486, have the Y2K problem.
I'm not sure what your point is here, are you complaining that it's SuSE's fault you've got non-y2k compliant hardware? In any event, I sincerely doubt that SuSE will recommend you run kde 2 or 3 on an i386. Set up ntpd on your machine and get the time from the network. And don't keep turning it off.
Second Problem: Suse cannot detect my soundcard. This is Creative Soundblaster ISA 16PNP, the most popular soundcard in the world! I've read the hardware database frow Suse website, they only support for Soundblaster 32, 64, and above.
It's good to read the hardware database before you specify the machine you intend installing on. It doesn't make much sense to read it post facto when your kit doesn't work. I've got one of those cards in the machine I'm on, and it's working here, though since SuSE 7.3 set it up automatically I can't tell you how. You might want to mess with the pnp settings in the bios, I think I have had better luck with pnp turned off at bios level, but I can't remember. It's easily undone if it doesn't improve matters.
Third Problem: Suse cannot detect my modem. This is PCI Modem with Rockwell-Connexant HCF chipset. This is not software modem, since this modem also support slow machine like 486 system (support 33Mhz FSB). I bought this modem 1,5 years ago!! I've checked from internet, and found that the driver for this modem still in beta version. Connexant still develop the driver for linux.
Buy an external modem that connects to the serial port as God intended. It was part of His Plan for unixworld. Mind you, so was free ice cream and that's still a way off. HTH Fergus
Hangga, Newbie in Linux for 1 Month ago Windows user from 1996