Re: Frustrated with 5.1 and Geode

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Don Cupp <doncuppjr@...> wrote:
> I had to go digging, but I did confirm that the Geode GX is i686 compliant.

Hmm. Apparently the Geode GX (nee Cyrix MediaGX) actually does have a
cmov instruction, so Don is probably right that the problem is nbi.
Only other possibility is if Crux/TS depends om the NOPL instruction
not available in GX, which isn't very likely.

Mike

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> From: Mike Eriksen <thinstation.mike@...>
> To: thinstation-general@...
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 2:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Thinstation-general] Frustrated with 5.1 and Geode
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> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:22 PM, zx81 <zx81@...> wrote:
>> Hi Mike
>>
>> But Wyse 3150SE has a GeodeGX and apparently is supported in TS5.1, isn't
>> it? My boxes are these:
>> http://www.tul.com.tw/Global/pdf_link/TC3520%20Spec%20(050927).pdf
>
> Sorry no, that's a i586. TS-5.x requires a i686.
>
>> Do you think that Thinstation will work in them? 2.2 works, but slow,
>> probably because the VESA driver does not fit 100% with Geode, the mouse
>> cursor does not move smooth...
>
> If you are happy with 4:3 screens you should have a fair chance of
> something better than the VESA driver in TS-2.2.2. Actually with
> certain chipsets you'll get away with 16:9 (Some VIA and Nvidia).
> Forget about Intel. But the pdf doesn't reveal the video chipset, so
> you'll have to do some digging yourself. If you don't know include
> package lshw and run that,
>
> Mike
>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:22:48 +0200
>> From: Mike Eriksen < thinstation.mike@...>
>> Subject: Re: [Thinstation-general] Frustrated with 5.1 and Geode
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>> TS-5.x doesn't work with Geode GX as it isn't an i686 class processor.
>> A Geode NX will work.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "zx81" <zx81@...>
>> To: thinstation-general@...
>> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:46:16 +0200
>> Subject: Frustrated with 5.1 and Geode
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Sorry for my english, I'm not english-spoken...
>>
>> I've some boxes Epatec powered with Geode GX processor, seems same
>> hardware
>> that Wyse 3150, I use them just for RDP (Windows 2003 Server).
>>
>> Runing with Thinstation 2.2 with rdesktop the performance es very poor, in
>> same enviroment a very old PC with Windows 95 works a lot faster, so I've
>> downloader TS5.1 to try if with Xorg7 (with Geode support) and freerdp
>> works
>> better.
>>
>> The first issue is that if I use the machine WYSE-3150SE there is a small
>> bug, in /machines there is no WYSE-3150SE, but a WYSE3150SE exists so I've
>> changed the build.conf and it compiles ok.
>>
>> When I replace thinstation.nbi and thinstation.nbi.zpxe in my TFTP server
>> the boxes reboot inmediatly after get a IP from DHCP. If I use
>> thinstation.nbi from 2.2 and thinstation.nbi.zpxe from 5.1, the boxes
>> boots
>> but after the image is loaded, a checksum error appear and it stops.
>>
>> I've compiled the image a few times, allways checksum error (and using
>> thinstation.nbi from 2.2, because the version generated with 5.1 does not
>> works). I've installed 5.1 in a VMWare enviroment, but don't think this
>> cause any problem.
>>
>> Any hint? Does anybody have TS5.1 & Wyse 3150 (or any Geode GX thin
>> client)
>> working?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>>
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