Just a quick note to let everyone know that Frizbe has officially launched it’s Hardware Compatibility Database and BeOS Hardware store. A Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) that covers all the different variations has been needed for a while, since The Be Site seemingly vanished. Hopefully Frizbe will help fill that void. So get over there and help build an important resource by entering your hardware specs.
mmmm…
mmmm… registered but can’t login… i wanna add a couple of items. Anyone has the same problem?
BTW, i checked their site couple of weeks ago, and their systems are wwaayyy sweet 🙂
In Response To DaaT @ 06/20/2001 10:33:47 AM
Re: mmmm…
if you’re having problems, logout then log back in again to reset your cookie. You should be good to go.
In Response To frizbe @ 06/20/2001 11:22:37 AM
Re: mmmm…
Thanks, i’ll try that. Just don’t mention my cookie in public again, ok? Appreciate it 😉
In Response To frizbe @ 06/20/2001 11:22:37 AM
Re: mmmm…
I can’t login either. And since I’m not logged in, I can’t log out. When I try to login I see a screen flash welcome back, but when I get back to any page on the site it says I am not logged in. Currently in Windows, using Opera 5.11 and IE 5.5.
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/20/2001 1:01:17 PM
Re: mmmm…
Yes, it was the same, since i wasn’t logged in i couldn’t log out. What you want to do is close all IE/Opera windows open then go to the site again.
Worked for me, already added some items 🙂
In Response To DaaT @ 06/20/2001 1:11:03 PM
Re: mmmm…
still not working. I even manually deleted all of my IE cookies. wacky.
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/20/2001 1:30:21 PM
Re: mmmm…
ok…. well, I’m installing windows right now so I can test this. sorry folks. It looks like there are some cookie issues in the windows world.
I Never bothered to test windows, and that is my bad, my appologies, If you are on a mac or in BeOS using ‘any’ browser you should be just fine. those all seem to be just fine. I’m at work right now and have a win 2k box next to my mac so I’ll test that, but those of you having problems, if you could try using netscape or try posting from netpositive or opera within beOS and post back whether yit worked or not, that would be great.
In Response To frizbe @ 06/20/2001 1:54:51 PM
Re: mmmm…
I’m in win at this moment. Never logged in before, just registered, and did not have to, added hardware with no issues. 🙁
Login problems solved
the problem has been solved. Turns out IE and opera didn’t like the name I was using for my cookie. So the cookie has a new name and all browsers now work.
If you are having problems logging in…
1.) clear your cache
2.) re-login
because I changed the cookies name a lot of people will need to clear their cache and re-login as the cokkie now has a different name but pages in your browser’s cache are looking for the old cookie which may no longer be there. A frustrating issue, but a necessary fix. I appologize for any frustrations my cookie setting has caused anyone. with any luck, the issue will blow over throughout the day, as people reload and clear their caches. thanks for being patient.
_frizbe
In Response To frizbe @ 06/20/2001 3:20:44 PM
Re: Login problems solved
Sweeeeet! Thanks, it works now.
big list eh
wow, compatability, thats a list of oh…..20 devices
MY DEVICES WORK BETTER IN QNX THAN IN BE!!!! THATS SAD!!!
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/21/2001 2:23:01 PM
Re: big list eh
huh, I could have sworn last time I checked the list had 438 items in it.
when did it drop to 20?
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/21/2001 2:23:01 PM
Re: big list eh
What’s sad, is that people like this person don’t see the potential of having a working compatibility list again. I mean, for BeOS users, it’s almost as nice as it is for the Linux world to have the LDP (Linux Documentation Project) Fortunately for us, Be is alot easier to use ; )
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/21/2001 5:25:42 PM
Re: big list eh
and has less customization, which eaquals less power for the user
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/21/2001 6:02:02 PM
Re: big list eh
And less troubles, and less kernel recompilations, and less headaches, and less time spent on getting a system up and running, and less … 😉
In Response To Deej @ 06/21/2001 6:45:16 PM
Re: big list eh
I’m actually curious…. does QNX have a hardware compatibility list? I’m ignorant and I don’t know how QNX works, but do drivers for redhat also work for QNX?
In Response To Deej @ 06/21/2001 6:45:16 PM
Re: big list eh
And a faster system, a sexier system, a more user-friendly system…
In Response To DaaT @ 06/21/2001 7:54:32 PM
Re: big list eh
And less trolls!
In Response To frizbe @ 06/21/2001 7:51:47 PM
Re: big list eh
try qnx.com
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/21/2001 6:02:02 PM
Re: big list eh
[quote]and has less customization, which eaquals less power for the user[/quote]
Bullshit. Since, in the *nix world, developers often take the lazy way out, and “having choice” usually becomes “completely usless defaults that you must spend 20 minutes editing before you come within spitting distance of anything that could reasonably be called ‘usable’.”
I’d rather have useful, thought-out defaults, than have an OS which I spend more time configuring than using.
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/21/2001 6:02:02 PM
Re: big list eh
Less power? It seems to me that when I’m mixing 13 tracks of audio in 3dMix on BeOS – in real time – compared to the problem of skipping MP3’s in Linux (only one played at a time, of course), I have all the power I need. Certainly more power than in Linux or QNX.
I guess my idea of power must be different from yours.
In Response To Big Al @ 06/22/2001 08:38:37 AM
Re: big list eh
odd, ive NEVER had such a problem in linux, what soundlib/player and distro were YOU using??
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/22/2001 1:48:56 PM
Re: big list eh
Using Mandrake 8.0 it skipped occasionally but X crashed several times a day. I moved on to RedHat 7.1, which was stable as all get-up, but still skipped.
And yes, I’ve seen (and used) the hack to give XMS priority. But that’s why I use BeOS – so I don’t need to do the hacking.
HOPE that answers YOUR question, Mr. Anonymous (I saw you LIKED to use CAPITALS so I HOPE this is MORE comfortable for YOU).
[Edited at 14:02 Jun 22 2001 by Big Al]
Good to see
a new hardware compatibilty list up. I just ordered a new scanner based on this information.
Great job guys.
In Response To Big Al @ 06/22/2001 08:38:37 AM
Re: big list eh
eh, linux is made to filter out the untechnical morons, so its good you dont like it
In Response To Deej @ 06/21/2001 6:45:16 PM
Re: big list eh
eh, linux is made to filter out the untechnical morons, so its good you dont like it
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/23/2001 10:21:32 PM
Re: big list eh
Right, so since you like Linux, you are a technical moron, and that’s a big deal.
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/22/2001 1:48:56 PM
Re: big list eh
I have the same problem when booting to Linux. It’s the same hardware on which I run WinNT and BeOS 5.0. Linux really sucks, with regards to responsive GUI and media playback.
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/23/2001 10:21:13 PM
Re: big list eh
And people wonder where the Linux community has gotten the bad rap?
As the president of the “Untechnical Morons” club, I *am* using Linux as a file, print, dial-in, email, web and database server. Shockingly, with my miniscule technical understanding I set it all up myself. And you know what? I *do* like Linux for certain services (but it was nice of you to make assumptions without knowing a thing about me).
But there are many in the Linux community that continue to push the OS as a desktop replacement. Well, it won’t be a replacement of anything on MY desktop. I patched the kernal to get higher priority for XMS, but why bother? And I still can’t mix 13 tracks of audio realtime in Linux like I can in BeOS. Or did I miss a program out there that will do it for me? Maybe you could enlighten me.
Even though the position of President at the Untechnical Morons club has been taken, I hear there’s room in the Pompous Jackass club. I’m sure you’d qualify.
And that ends my grumpy post of the evening. Cheers.
In Response To Big Al @ 06/24/2001 9:42:10 PM
Re: big list eh
REALLY!? OH BOY!!
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/21/2001 2:23:01 PM
Re: big list eh
QNX won’t boot on my system (Promise Ultra/66 UDMA controller), let alone give me hardware OpenGL (ATI Radeon). Or speed, since QNX doesn’t seem to support UDMA modes at all…
/me tweaks the troll
– chrish
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/24/2001 10:48:04 PM
Re: big list eh
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
-Mark Twain
In Response To chrish @ 06/25/2001 09:53:33 AM
Re: big list eh
QNX blows
In Response To Big Al @ 06/25/2001 09:59:35 AM
Re: big list eh
lol, if I cared what anybody thinks of me I wouldnt be caught dead at any beos site
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/25/2001 11:16:37 AM
Re: big list eh
naw doy, but beos blows harder
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/21/2001 2:23:01 PM
Re: big list eh
anyway, thanx yall, i was hoping the idiotics would give me a good response, you have proven your numbness to me
In Response To Anonymous @ 06/25/2001 1:39:58 PM
Re: big list eh
but then again what’s the right word for trolls? “troll suck”? nah, sounds
too soft.. “trolls blow” is repetitive.. maybe “trolls go home”?
oh and since during the last few weeks some *nix trolls have been picky
on languages (got to find something to argue over when you’re done
re-hasing “linux rules you 4ll sill1 BeOS b4sat4rds” for the hundredth time, eh)
english is not my n.t. so feel free to use that as a flame target.
PS: reading the beginning of this thread, it seems trolls can’t count either.. but we
already knew that they freeze into stone at dawn and can’t read either
so no surprise really.