Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 12:14:50 +0100 From: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: via EPIA motherboard Message-ID: <AE6C171C-5895-11D8-8D87-0030654D97EC@patpro.net> In-Reply-To: <40236CFE.8090409@plea.se> References: <D7E6ECE7-5886-11D8-8D87-0030654D97EC@patpro.net> <40236CFE.8090409@plea.se>
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On 06 f=E9vr. 2004, at 11:31, Holger Hoffmann wrote: > > My main purpose is to setup a small, fanless multimedia playback=20 > freebsd > > box, so any piece of info is valuable (driver support, computational > > power, tv-output problems, ...) > Did that with the 500Mhz box, playing DivX was ok but definitely not=20= > good. I have to admit that I used a "quick and dirty" approach and=20 > took advantage of X and xine/mplayer instead of looking for stuff that=20= > e.g. might work without X neither did I tweak any parameters or=20 > switched off deamons I didn't need. So I guess you _can_ make it run=20= > faster/smoother/better than I did almost "out of the box". ok, so I guess the M6000 should be quite ok with a carefully tuned=20 kernel/system (and it has really better video than the 500 model=20 according to the review mentionned earlier). Also, I suppose I could go with a M9000 and slow fans, but I try to get=20= rid of noise. > Problems: read the handbook, took me almost a day to figure out why=20 > TV-out wasn't working when I saw that you have to change a jumper so=20= > that the plug changes from SPIF (or whatever) sound to TV-out. > I used the video drivers provided by VIA for X Free on (I think) Red=20= > Hat Linux without any problems. Ok, thanks a lot! patpro --=20 je cherche un poste d'admin-sys Mac/UNIX (ou une jeune et jolie femme riche) http://patpro.net/cv.php
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