Re: More on the VIA KT133 chipset misbehaving in Linux

Dylan Griffiths
2001-01-29T18:40:35Z

Mark Hahn wrote:
> mine (gigabyte ga-7zm) shows NONE of these under 2.4.0 or the last
> 100 or so pre-2.4 kernels. I have no idea what it does on obsolete kernels.

The symptoms have occured on a Gigabyte 7-ZX-1 and a 7-VX-1. I have a bit
of a suspicion that the 250W power supplies aren't enough for it, but won't
be able to check this until after LWE.

> > 3) The clock drifts slowly (more so under heavy load than light load),
> > leaking time.
>
> this is perfectly normal for all computers; it's why ntpd exists.
> I collect my ntp drifts, and they look perfectly normal (compared
> to drifts over the same period on two other linux boxes and a Sun 420R.)

This isn't 5 seconds in a month or two like my old K6-III/EPoX MVP3-G
setup. This is 10 minutes every 9-12 hours. When I woke up this morning,
my clock was off by 15 minutes. That's a bit abnormal

> > I think #2 is because e820h memory detection is not properly implemented on
> > the KT133 chipset, or because of some silly BIOS bug that VIA has not
>
> perhaps you should upgrade your bios.

Very much so. I'll have to wait until I can get a DOS boot disk, though,
since flashing doesn't work well in Linux ;)

> #1 is usually a sign that gpm/X are not talking the same mouse protocol
> as your mouse. my board gets along swimmingly with my mouseman/fx
> (I've probably never had anything else on it.)

No GPM. Logitech PS/2 mouse with imps2. Microsoft Intelli PS/2 mouse does
the same.

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