On 9/24/06, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Could you provide a small list of motherboard models that you have been using on desktop/workstation systems running linux, for the last 6 months?
I have MSI K8NGM2 with AMD 64 3000+ and 1GB RAM Onboard Nvidia card detected by Knoppix 3.6 , Ubuntu/Kubuntu 6.06 and SuSE 10.1 Ubuntu 5.10 refused to boot. Some other knoppix based live CDs booted fine. Installed latest Nvidia drivers to get XGL working on SuSE 10.1. No problems with XGL.
Onboard sound was not detected by Knoppix 3.6 and SuSE 10.1 But Ubuntu 6.06 had no issues with the sound.
Initially machine had only Linux installed on it but Internet access was irratic. I thought it to be MTNL problem due to rain. After installing Windows, Linux refuses to ping even router. Online Tux magazine blames this problem on windows but no solution was available 2 months back. Dont have time to experiment with reinstalling various distros and windows again and again. And since Internet is not working on Linux my family members are not booting in Linux even for normal jobs :-( Will try to resolve this in coming Diwali vacations and will post here if successful.
For Linux single boot machines running Ubuntu 6.06 I would recommed this mobo.
Regards Aseem