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I am trying to upgrade the nvidia drivers - will post progress but it is not clear to me how to do this with a diskless MD. | I am trying to upgrade the nvidia drivers - will post progress but it is not clear to me how to do this with a diskless MD. | ||
| + | Setting resolution to 800X600 in the AVWizard gives a usable kde session. | ||
If anyone reading this knows of a solution to any of my problems please edit the page :-) | If anyone reading this knows of a solution to any of my problems please edit the page :-) | ||
Revision as of 11:31, 24 September 2008
Contents
Core (Hybrid)
This was my desktop - didn't have to buy anything:
- Motherboard: ASUS P5NSLI v1.XX
- CPU: Intel Core2 Socket 775
- RAM: 1G
- Graphics card: NVidia G7 [GeForce 7600 GS]
- Digital Stellite Receiver: SkyStar 2 (Technisat)
- HDD: 1T
- LMCE_CORE_u0710_i386 runs in UI2 with alpha blending
R&D Media Director when booted off the LAN
This is my current desktop running Ubuntu Hardy when booted off the HDD
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7N400
- CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1.49GHz
- RAM: 1G
- Graphics Card: GeForce 6200 (AGP 8X)
- runs in UI2 overlay (alpha blending not supported)
Requirements
Need to build a diskless MD with the following characteristics:
- Compatible
- Silent
- Reasonably Priced
- Available in New Zealand
- Not 'out of production' (September 2008)
Status
Ordered the following from Eden Computers for delivery on 20 September 2008:
- Motherboard: ASUS M2N SLI NVIDIA nForce560 SLI ATX
- CPU: AMD Athlon64X2 5000+ 2.6GHz HT2000FSB 512KBx2
- RAM: Corsair PC2-6400 DDR2-800 2X1GB C5 TWIN2X
- Graphics card: ASUS EN8400GS Silent 512MB PCI-E HD-TV DVI-I HDCP
- Case: Silverstone LC13 HTPC Black
- PSU: Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W V2.6
- CPU Fan: Cooler Master GEMINII S CPU Cooling Fan
- DVDRW: Samsung SH-S223F 22X SATA DVD-RW Black
Setup experience
Setup begins Sep 22, 2008
Connect PS2 keyboard and USB Mouse, 22" LCD screen using DVI cable, a pair of crappy $20 PC speakers.
Boots from LAN successfully, installation begins but stops with a blank screen before the wizard starts. I connect using the DVI plug not the VGA so the "known bug" shouldn't be a problem ([1]) Anyway, I read somewhere that pressing 1, 2, 3, etc changes the output so I press "1" and I get a picture.
This lets me go through the setup wizard - and I have working MD. But I can't select the native res for my display (1680X1050) and have to go with the closest match. Plug in a Fiire Chief dongle and Fiire Chief kicks in automatically. Remove the mouse.
Not sure it is 100% successful though.
Here are the immediate problems I have noticed:
- The Launch Manager window and the KDE Desktop are in such poor resolution that I cannot read the text
- KDE desktop crashes with a message XDesktop - ????? ?????? Crash Handler (can't read the message due to the poor resolution)
- Pictures and video display OK but I suspect I am not getting the full res capability of my card and screen (not sure how to test this)
- Fiire Chief volume control doesn't work - have to adjust volume manually using the speaker's volume knob
- Fiire chief cursor sometimes freezes and sometimes drifts - very annoying - didn't have this problem with my other MD
24 Sep 2008 I am trying to upgrade the nvidia drivers - will post progress but it is not clear to me how to do this with a diskless MD. Setting resolution to 800X600 in the AVWizard gives a usable kde session.
If anyone reading this knows of a solution to any of my problems please edit the page :-)
