Re: compatibility searches

From: Curtis A. Little (c-little3_at_ti.com)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:48:45 -0600

Chris Cole wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:24:28 -0500, Rich wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi all
>> I have done searches for linux compatibility for my mobo, without any luck.
>>I am very leary because it is an all in one mobo and the last time I tried
>>was with slack 8.1. The video would not work (not even the console).
>>Anyways I read an article in max pc which rekindled my interest so I did
>>some searching but cannot find either good or bad about my mobo and linux
>>with the exception of a couple of vague references about a specific cdrw not
>>working (differing chipset than mine though). Oh yeah and there was the
>>persian linux site (cool looking language; reminds me of Bengali).
>>
>>The mobo stats are:
>>gigabyte ga-7vkmls
>>via km266 memory/agp/pci controller (pac)
>>via vt8233a low-cost v-link client highly integrated
>>
>>
>
>What you need to do is search for the chipset rather than the mobo. The
>chipset search space is rather larger than a particular variant of a mobo.
>A quick search for VIA KM266 threw this up:
>http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=1839
>
>Seems to suggest the chipset works fine. You need to do the same for the
>rest. However, I'd say for a mobo of this age you shouldn't have any
>problems as any issues would have been resolved by now.
>
>HTH
>Chris,
>
>
I have a cheapo pc with the very same components you have, which I
bought on a special. It originally had
lindows on it. I wanted to do more with it than what that installation
seemed to have, so I installed SuSE 9,0.
All components were correctly identified, and the appropriate modules
configured. It worked fine, with no
headaches on my part: I only had to do the regular system admin (user
accounts, network, e-mail, etc).
I'm currently looking for 3D support, but the system works fine.

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