[TriLUG] CCI machine Linux compatability

[Andrew Perrin]

Faheem,

I have the prior tech-driven model (8307-UN2) and it works flawlessly, but
doesn't have the gigabit-ethernet built in, and the video in this one is
ATI, not nVidia.  Sorry I can't be more helpful!

ap

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu


On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Faheem Mitha wrote:

>
> Dear People,
>
> I am writing to ask whether anyone has any Linux experience with either of
> the two desktop machines described at
>
> (http://www.unc.edu/cci/index/ccishop/departmental.html)
>
> See http://www.unc.edu/cci/index/ccishop/fullconfiguration.html for more
> detail.
>
> Our department is thinking of purchasing a machine for use with Debian.
> We're currently thinking about the "technology driven line" one, but I'd
> be interested in hearing about the other "general corporate" one too.
>
> Specifically, potential problems seem to be with
>
> a) NIC
> b) Video card.
>
> >From the descriptions given, I'm not sure what to make of "Integrated
> 10/100/1000 MB ENET"  or "Integrated 10/100100 MB ENET". (I'm guessing the
> latter was a typo and should be the same as the former). Can anyone offer
> more detail about this? Is this the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 or similar?
>
> As for the video card, it would also be useful to have more information.
> The web page says "Intel Extreme Graphics 32MB" and "Open AGP slot NVIDIA
> QUADRO-4 64mb" respectively.
>
> As far as the former goes,
> http://www.intel.com/solutions/index.htm?iid=Corporate+Header_Solutions
> seems to be relevant. However, it seems to be a binary X module + needs
> kernel support.
>
> As far as the latter goes, I think Nvidia also has binary drivers. I don't
> think the nv driver in X supports this card. Am I correct?
>
> I see that Debian packages the nvidia driver, and the description
> explicitly mentions the Quadro chipset. I used these drivers once and they
> worked OK, but does anyone have any direct experience with the Quadro
> chipset, specifically how it works with recent 2.4 kernels? Also, has
> anyone any experience of using this with a flat-panel display?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>                                                              Faheem.
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