Re: avoiding installation woes

[Mary Sandoval <msandov MATH Purdue EDU>]

Hi,

I have heard that IBM Thinkpads are now being shipped with the Neomagic
Video Card, which is not supported by XFree86 or Metro-X.  Might be worth
checking out if you are interested in an X Server.
Good Luck!

Please reply to:  msandov math purdue edu

On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Toni Kazic wrote:

> Dear Savants,
>
> I am contemplating purchase of one of two Thinkpad 560s for installation of
> RedHat 4.2:
>
> 	E -- 166 MHz MMX
> 	X -- 266 MHz MMX
>
> either with the proprietary IBM SCSI CD-ROM or a Sony 6X device.  Both
> would have the Megahertz 33KB/10baseT dual modem/ethernet PCMCIA card
> (XJEM3336 I think the number is).
>
>
> I'd appreciate hearing of any experiences people have had (a) running Linux
> on either of these MMX chips; (b) hardware incompatibilities with CD-ROMs;
> (c) problems accessing both modem and ethernet functions; (d) anything
> else!
>
>
> Having had problems with supposedly compatible hardware the last time has
> made me a bit more wary, and I've found very little besides Kei's video
> driver trauma experience in the archives.  I'll summarize responses and
> post to the list.
>
>
> Thanks for your help and happy Thanksgiving,
>
>
> Toni
>
>
>
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