[gentoo-user] New hardware: Primergy
Hi, I have a new old fujitsu siemens primergy with 2 processors and 1GB of RAM. I don't know the exactly model, but looking in google I deduced it's (F/C/P)200. The fact is that when I boot, I'm not able to see the 4 disks, and going into BIOS seems it only detects one (the other are [None]). after boot, I get this error: PCI: Unable to reserve mem region #1:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for device :00:09.1 iop0: device already claimed iop0: DMA / IO allocation for I2O controller failed I've tried with nodma, but no success. So, does anyone have any experience with this hw? Any advice, tip, whatever will be welcomed... Cheers, Arnau -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] New Hardware...
On Sunday 30 July 2006 04:46, Richard Fish wrote: > On 7/29/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I'm gearing up for a new hardware purchase and I find that I need a > > little help figuring out "what is" and "what isn't" linux compatible. > > For the most part today, this isn't really a concern [1]. Most > motherboard chipsets, network cards, USB controllers, IEEE1394 > controllers, etc are all supported, it is just a matter of selecting > the right kernel options. The exceptions are mostly wireless chipsets > and graphics cards. According to NVidia's list, as far as I can see, the nForce5 chipset is not supported... Does anyone have any experiences with that? > > The major problem today is the graphics card. If you don't mind > proprietary drivers, nvidia is the way to go. Just make sure you get > a card supported by their current (not legacy) drivers [2]. If you > don't want proprietary drivers, ATI Radeon 9250 boards are still > available and well supported, although I don't know about PCI-e > versions. Intel integrated graphics chips also have excellent > support, although I have never used one so I can't comment on the > performance. > > For wireless, Intel has excellent linux support. > > -Richard > > [1] http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html > [2] > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8762/README/appendix-a.htm >l Robert -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] New Hardware...
Jerry McBride wrote: Howdy, I'm gearing up for a new hardware purchase and I find that I need a little help figuring out "what is" and "what isn't" linux compatible. The days of pci, agp video and socket A hardware are slowly coming to a close and I'm itching to try something new. Does anyone here run any cutting edge hardware, like socket am2 motherboards and pci-e video cards? Sounds dumb, but I've no hands on experience with the new stuff and would love to hear from those with first hand knowledge. In particular, what hardware are you using and how does it work on your desktop? Any driver issues with xorg-x11, etc.? My goal is to build a desktop, taking full advantage of the current available video hardware... maybe even use xgl on it too. Anything would be welcomed. Feel free to email me off list if you desire. As far as video, I would recommend a motherboard with Intel graphics if you want to support open source. The latest stuff is roughly equivalent to a Radeon 9250. Intel is doing a superb job of supporting open-source drivers and is the _only_ company with fully open-source drivers on its newest hardware. If you still want open-source drivers but need better performance, check into a Radeon X800 XT or any X### where ### is less than 1000. Those will use the reverse-engineered r300 driver. I cannot recommend any non-Intel graphics outside of the Radeon series 8500-X850. Nobody in the open-source community will want to help or support you if you are using binary drivers, so there's nothing you can do if you hit a bug in them. With the recent news that AMD is buying ATI, perhaps more good news will surface that ATI will open up its drivers and specs once again. Thanks, Donnie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] New Hardware...
On 7/29/06, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Howdy, I'm gearing up for a new hardware purchase and I find that I need a little help figuring out "what is" and "what isn't" linux compatible. For the most part today, this isn't really a concern [1]. Most motherboard chipsets, network cards, USB controllers, IEEE1394 controllers, etc are all supported, it is just a matter of selecting the right kernel options. The exceptions are mostly wireless chipsets and graphics cards. The major problem today is the graphics card. If you don't mind proprietary drivers, nvidia is the way to go. Just make sure you get a card supported by their current (not legacy) drivers [2]. If you don't want proprietary drivers, ATI Radeon 9250 boards are still available and well supported, although I don't know about PCI-e versions. Intel integrated graphics chips also have excellent support, although I have never used one so I can't comment on the performance. For wireless, Intel has excellent linux support. -Richard [1] http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html [2] http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8762/README/appendix-a.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] New Hardware...
Howdy, I'm gearing up for a new hardware purchase and I find that I need a little help figuring out "what is" and "what isn't" linux compatible. The days of pci, agp video and socket A hardware are slowly coming to a close and I'm itching to try something new. Does anyone here run any cutting edge hardware, like socket am2 motherboards and pci-e video cards? Sounds dumb, but I've no hands on experience with the new stuff and would love to hear from those with first hand knowledge. In particular, what hardware are you using and how does it work on your desktop? Any driver issues with xorg-x11, etc.? My goal is to build a desktop, taking full advantage of the current available video hardware... maybe even use xgl on it too. Anything would be welcomed. Feel free to email me off list if you desire. Thanks, Jerry -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
