Asus M2N68-VM Motherboard
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From: Stefan Patric on 13 Dec 2009 16:45 On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:57:54 +0000, Lurker wrote: > I had a new computer built using the above mother board, currently > running Slackware 12.2. I had hoped that it being new it would be > 'future proofed', to a greater or lesser degree. However on installing > Slackware 13 I found that neither the on-board graphics nor the on-board > ethernet connection would function. I find it strange that the kernel in > 12.2 manages to get all the components of this motherboard to work yet > the newer 2.6.29.6 Kernel doesn't. > > I am looking for a graphic and network card that will function with the > 2.6.29.6 Kernel. I am however curious as to why the older one works the > full range of on-board functions and a newer one won't! Have you contacted Slackware about the problem and any solutions? That would have been the first place I would have gone to. But it does sound strange. I just upgraded to Fedora 12 on my 64-bit system that has around a 4 year old Abit MB with onboard LAN and sound. Never had any hardware issues, and I started on it with Fedora Core 6. Could be you only need to run a particular kernel module. Slackware's "basic" install kernel is fairly generic. Contact Slackware. Stef
From: Vlad_Inhaler on 14 Dec 2009 02:41 On Dec 13, 12:57 pm, Lurker <brokenj...(a)linuxmail.org> wrote: > I had a new computer built using the above mother board, currently running > Slackware 12.2. I had hoped that it being new it would be 'future > proofed', to a greater or lesser degree. However on installing Slackware > 13 I found that neither the on-board graphics nor the on-board ethernet > connection would function. I find it strange that the kernel in 12.2 > manages to get all the components of this motherboard to work yet the > newer 2.6.29.6 Kernel doesn't. > > I am looking for a graphic and network card that will function with the > 2.6.29.6 Kernel. I am however curious as to why the older one works the > full range of on-board functions and a newer one won't! > -- > Lurker Looking the beast up: - Integrated Nvidia® Geforce®7Series Shader model3.0 DirectX 9 graphics processor, Dual VGA output support: RGB & DVI / RGB & HDMI * Due to the chipset limitation, simultaneous output for DVI and HDMI is not supported. - PHY Gigabit LAN The expansion slots are: 1 x PCIe x16 1 x PCIe x1 2 x PCI
From: Vlad_Inhaler on 14 Dec 2009 09:23 On Dec 14, 2:53 pm, Lurker <brokenj...(a)linuxmail.org> wrote: > Vlad_Inhaler andrew.willi...(a)t-online.de Monday 14 Dec 2009 07:41 wrote: > > > Looking the beast up: > > - Integrated Nvidia® Geforce®7Series Shader model3.0 DirectX 9 > > graphics processor, > > Dual VGA output support: RGB & DVI / RGB & HDMI > > * Due to the chipset limitation, simultaneous output for DVI and > > HDMI is not supported. > > - PHY Gigabit LAN > > > The expansion slots are: > > 1 x PCIe x16 > > 1 x PCIe x1 > > 2 x PCI > > I'm afraid that I have no idea what any of that means, or if there is a > solution to it. > -- > Lurker The point is, that is the hardware which is not running for you - the particular hardware which the newest Slackware does not seem to support. Network cards are cheap, if you have one spare you could put into one of your PCI slots until you get the problem sorted. The video card is a larger problem. Yours appears to be a year or two old and I really don't see why you should be having a problem. Nvidia (and ATI, Intel) cards are pretty well supported. Where I have a problem is with a Via video card but even that works (sort of) under Opensuse, which is what I use. Got that one, googling "linux Geforce 7 Slackware" got me http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-installation-40/cant-start-x-with-slackware-13-on-hp-pavilion-dv9000-nvidia-757540/ - known problem, with a fix. I'll leave the other one to you.
From: Darren Salt on 14 Dec 2009 10:35 I demand that Vlad_Inhaler may or may not have written... > On Dec 13, 12:57 pm, Lurker <brokenj...(a)linuxmail.org> wrote: [snip] >> I am looking for a graphic and network card that will function with the >> 2.6.29.6 Kernel. I am however curious as to why the older one works the >> full range of on-board functions and a newer one won't! > Looking the beast up: > - Integrated Nvidia� Geforce�7Series Shader model3.0 DirectX 9 > graphics processor, > Dual VGA output support: RGB & DVI / RGB & HDMI > * Due to the chipset limitation, simultaneous output for DVI and > HDMI is not supported. I've found 'lspci -k' output for this board (not hard to find online). It seems that the graphics hw is a GeForce 7050PV; it should be supported by the taintware, but also try the open-source drivers. (I note that you've posted a link to a possible fix in a later posting. Anyway, I'm sticking to Intel and slightly older ATI...) > - PHY Gigabit LAN The same lspci output says "nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet" and reports forcedeth as being the driver in use. This should be fine (the driver is distributed as part of the kernel), but it's possible that there are hardware bugs which require use of a newer kernel which has workarounds for them. (ISTR something about MAC addresses being reversed with some nForce Ethernet hw.) Suffice it to say that I have an nForce4-based board here which requires forcedeth for the on-board Ethernet interface; all is working well. [snip] -- | Darren Salt | linux at youmustbejoking | nr. Ashington, | Doon | using Debian GNU/Linux | or ds ,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army | + http://www.youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk/ & http://tartarus.org/ds/ Wharbat darbid yarbou sarbay?
From: notbob on 14 Dec 2009 13:24
On 2009-12-14, Lurker <brokenjohn(a)linuxmail.org> wrote: > I'm afraid that I have no idea what any of that means, or if there is a > solution to it. Then it's about time you learned. This is not a babysitting group. http://www.pctechguide.com/11Motherboards.htm nb |