Hi Gustin and Ralf
Thanks for the replies.

I didn't know I can build the newer driver on debian-etch too, but downloaded the latest xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.3.tar.bz2 tarball and will try to build it later today.


I can keep my BIOS set to IDE, to see if the video driver works, but would like to use the SATA controller of course.
Can I just switch this setting in the BIOS back to SATA after installing the newer kernel from Synaptic ? Or should that newer kernel be installed when the BIOS is already set to use the SATA controller, so it can configure itself to use SATA ?


For the update of the BIOS , I'll have to find out what mobo it is exactly that I've bought, but thanks for the advice Ralf.

I'll go back to play some music in the studio and test UbuntuStudio a bit more (it just recognised the midisport 2x2 USB , I installed fxload from synaptic and didn't have to edit any files or add scripts like before with older Ubuntu versions Tomorrow, I'll bring the box back here and try the kernel upgrading.


Yesterday night, when I played keyboard while switching channels in Muse, it crashed, but the most of the time, I could just play and make music. I'll do some more tests to see how much delay I've got with recording audio and midi, or if there are any other problems.

If there aren't any problems left, it would be nice for the community to have some low budget supermarket PC model to point to as "Linux-compatible" , especially for a musician-oriented distribution I guess. Maybe some DSP genius isn't interested in OS theory/politics, but wouldn't it be great to have him programming in and for open-source ?


Cheers, and thanks again ;-)
Peter





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Just for completeness of information:

peter@ubustudio:~$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0)


00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]


00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller


00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller


00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller


00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration


00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control


00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller


02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3450
02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV620 Audio device [Radeon HD 34xx Series]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)


04:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 2380
05:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)*
*
peter@ubustudio:~$ lsusb


Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000*
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000*
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000*
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000*
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000*


Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000*
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2228 Standard Microsystems Corp. 9-in-2 Card Reader
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

*The ICE1712 card was not included in the supermarket deal ;-)


On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Peter Geirnaert <peter.geirnaert@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Gustin and Ralf
Thanks for the replies.

I didn't know I can build the newer driver on debian-etch too, but downloaded the latest xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.3.tar.bz2 tarball and will try to build it later today.



I can keep my BIOS set to IDE, to see if the video driver works, but would like to use the SATA controller of course.
Can I just switch this setting in the BIOS back to SATA after installing the newer kernel from Synaptic ? Or should that newer kernel be installed when the BIOS is already set to use the SATA controller, so it can configure itself to use SATA ?



For the update of the BIOS , I'll have to find out what mobo it is exactly that I've bought, but thanks for the advice Ralf.

I'll go back to play some music in the studio and test UbuntuStudio a bit more (it just recognised the midisport 2x2 USB , I installed fxload from synaptic and didn't have to edit any files or add scripts like before with older Ubuntu versions Tomorrow, I'll bring the box back here and try the kernel upgrading.



Yesterday night, when I played keyboard while switching channels in Muse, it crashed, but the most of the time, I could just play and make music. I'll do some more tests to see how much delay I've got with recording audio and midi, or if there are any other problems.


If there aren't any problems left, it would be nice for the community to have some low budget supermarket PC model to point to as "Linux-compatible" , especially for a musician-oriented distribution I guess. Maybe some DSP genius isn't interested in OS theory/politics, but wouldn't it be great to have him programming in and for open-source ?



Cheers, and thanks again ;-)
Peter







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> Hi Gustin and Ralf
> Thanks for the replies.
>
> I didn't know I can build the newer driver on debian-etch too, but
> downloaded the latest xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.3.tar.bz2 tarball and
> will try to build it later today.
>
> I can keep my BIOS set to IDE, to see if the video driver works, but
> would like to use the SATA controller of course.
> Can I just switch this setting in the BIOS back to SATA after
> installing the newer kernel from Synaptic ? Or should that newer
> kernel be installed when the BIOS is already set to use the SATA
> controller, so it can configure itself to use SATA ?

I don't know, but you can test it, I don't think you will lose data by
testing this. It's definitive possible to change the kernel modules at
any time. Suse e.g. only knows sda, no hda any more, but also IDE can
used this way, anyway there e.g. was a problem with secondary drives and
it was possible to change the kernel modules.

I've got AMD 690G and ATI SB600 chipsets, storage is done by the SB600
and CHS and LBA are inconsistent. It's not a problem for me, but I guess
because of this inconsistency RAID won't be possible.

> For the update of the BIOS , I'll have to find out what mobo it is
> exactly that I've bought, but thanks for the advice Ralf.

As root run: dmidecode

This will give you the information about your mobo.

> I'll go back to play some music in the studio and test UbuntuStudio a
> bit more (it just recognised the midisport 2x2 USB , I installed
> fxload from synaptic and didn't have to edit any files or add scripts
> like before with older Ubuntu versions Tomorrow, I'll bring the box
> back here and try the kernel upgrading.
>
> Yesterday night, when I played keyboard while switching channels in Muse,

I'm impressed, MusE is absolute unable to run on any of my Linux.

> it crashed, but the most of the time, I could just play and make
> music. I'll do some more tests to see how much delay I've got with
> recording audio and midi, or if there are any other problems.
> If there aren't any problems left, it would be nice for the community
> to have some low budget supermarket PC model to point to as
> "Linux-compatible" , especially for a musician-oriented distribution I
> guess. Maybe some DSP genius isn't interested in OS theory/politics,
> but wouldn't it be great to have him programming in and for open-source ?

ALDI PCs are good, but if you built a computer yourself, you can get all
you need for half of the price. And everyone who is able to run a Linux,
because he was reading and learning about Linux, also is qualified to
learn how to built a computer himself, in less of the time he needs to
know something about Linux.

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Peter Geirnaert wrote:
> *The ICE1712 card was not included in the supermarket deal ;-)

*lol*

By the way, I disabled all 3.5 mm jack plug high definition audio
devices and HDMI too, because what isn't there, can't cause troubles.

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Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> ALDI PCs are good, but if you built a computer yourself, you can get
> all you need for half of the price. And everyone who is able to run a
> Linux, because he was reading and learning about Linux, also is
> qualified to learn how to built a computer himself, in less of the
> time he needs to know something about Linux.
>
Around here we have a store called Future Shop (now owned by best buy).
Their web based deals are sometimes impossible to beat in terms of
price. My DAW is in fact an older HP that I picked up for around $400
CDN a couple of years ago from them. The older 939 pin AMD64 works
really well under Linux.

Having said that, if you are building a DAW it really does pay to
research your hardware regardless of the OS. I learned this lesson
years ago before I made the switch the Linux (buggy VIA chipset, AMD
Athlon Thunderbird = painful Cubase experience).

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Here's the info I got about the mobo:

peter@ubustudio:~$ sudo dmidecode

*** Version: AMD Phenom(tm) 8450 Triple-Core Processor**********
*** Voltage: 1.5 V
*** External Clock: 200 MHz
*** Max Speed: 2100 MHz

*** Current Speed: 2100 MHz
*** Status: Populated, Enabled
*** Upgrade: Other
*** L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005
*** L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006
*** L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007
*** Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

*** Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*** Part Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*** Core Count: 3
*** Core Enabled: 3
*** Characteristics:
*** *** 64-bit capable

Handle 0x0005, DMI type 7, 19 bytes

Cache Information
*** Socket Designation: L1-Cache
*** Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
*** Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
*** Location: Internal
*** Installed Size: 384 KB
*** Maximum Size: 384 KB

*** Supported SRAM Types:
*** *** Pipeline Burst
*** Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
*** Speed: Unknown
*** Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
*** System Type: Data
*** Associativity: 4-way Set-associative


Handle 0x0006, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
*** Socket Designation: L2-Cache
*** Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
*** Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
*** Location: Internal

*** Installed Size: 1536 KB
*** Maximum Size: 1536 KB
*** Supported SRAM Types:
*** *** Pipeline Burst
*** Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst
*** Speed: Unknown
*** Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC

*** System Type: Unified
*** Associativity: 4-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0007, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
*** Socket Designation: L3-Cache
*** Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 3

*** Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
*** Location: Internal
*** Installed Size: 2048 KB
*** Maximum Size: 2048 KB
*** Supported SRAM Types:
*** *** Pipeline Burst
*** Installed SRAM Type: Pipeline Burst

*** Speed: Unknown
*** Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
*** System Type: Unified
*** Associativity: 4-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 5, 24 bytes
Memory Controller Information
*** Error Detecting Method: 64-bit ECC

*** Error Correcting Capabilities:
*** *** None
*** Supported Interleave: One-way Interleave
*** Current Interleave: One-way Interleave
*** Maximum Memory Module Size: 512 MB
*** Maximum Total Memory Size: 2048 MB

*** Supported Speeds:
*** *** 70 ns
*** *** 60 ns
*** Supported Memory Types:
*** *** SIMM
*** *** DIMM
*** *** SDRAM
*** Memory Module Voltage: 3.3 V
*** Associated Memory Slots: 4
*** *** 0x0009

*** *** 0x000A
*** *** 0x000B
*** *** 0x000C
*** Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities:
*** *** None

Handle 0x0009, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
*** Socket Designation: DIMM0

*** Bank Connections: 0 5
*** Current Speed: 161 ns
*** Type: ECC DIMM
*** Installed Size: 512 MB (Single-bank Connection)
*** Enabled Size: 512 MB (Single-bank Connection)
*** Error Status: OK

Handle 0x000A, DMI type 6, 12 bytes

Memory Module Information
*** Socket Designation: DIMM1
*** Bank Connections: 0 5
*** Current Speed: 163 ns
*** Type: ECC DIMM
*** Installed Size: 512 MB (Single-bank Connection)
*** Enabled Size: 512 MB (Single-bank Connection)

*** Error Status: OK

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
*** Socket Designation: DIMM2
*** Bank Connections: 0 5
*** Current Speed: 165 ns
*** Type: ECC DIMM
*** Installed Size: 1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)

*** Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)
*** Error Status: OK

Handle 0x000C, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
*** Socket Designation: DIMM3
*** Bank Connections: 0 5
*** Current Speed: 167 ns

*** Type: ECC DIMM
*** Installed Size: 1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)
*** Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)
*** Error Status: OK

Handle 0x000D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information

*** Internal Reference Designator: J1A1
*** Internal Connector Type: None
*** External Reference Designator: PS2Mouse
*** External Connector Type: PS/2
*** Port Type: Mouse Port

Handle 0x000E, DMI type 8, 9 bytes

Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J1A1
*** Internal Connector Type: None
*** External Reference Designator: Keyboard
*** External Connector Type: PS/2
*** Port Type: Keyboard Port


Handle 0x000F, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J2A2
*** Internal Connector Type: None
*** External Reference Designator: USB1
*** External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)

*** Port Type: USB

Handle 0x0010, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J2A2
*** Internal Connector Type: None
*** External Reference Designator: USB2
*** External Connector Type: Access Bus (USB)

*** Port Type: USB

Handle 0x0011, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J4A1
*** Internal Connector Type: None
*** External Reference Designator: LPT 1
*** External Connector Type: DB-25 male

*** Port Type: Parallel Port ECP/EPP

Handle 0x0012, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J2A1
*** Internal Connector Type: None
*** External Reference Designator: COM A

*** External Connector Type: DB-9 male
*** Port Type: Serial Port 16550A Compatible

Handle 0x0013, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J6A1
*** Internal Connector Type: None

*** External Reference Designator: Audio Mic In
*** External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones)
*** Port Type: Audio Port

Handle 0x0014, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J6A1

*** Internal Connector Type: None
*** External Reference Designator: Audio Line In
*** External Connector Type: Mini Jack (headphones)
*** Port Type: Audio Port

Handle 0x0015, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information

*** Internal Reference Designator: J6B1 - AUX IN
*** Internal Connector Type: On Board Sound Input From CD-ROM
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Audio Port


Handle 0x0016, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J6B2 - CDIN
*** Internal Connector Type: On Board Sound Input From CD-ROM
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified

*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Audio Port

Handle 0x0017, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J6J2 - PRI IDE
*** Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE

*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0018, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J6J1 - SEC IDE

*** Internal Connector Type: On Board IDE
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0019, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information

*** Internal Reference Designator: J4J1 - FLOPPY
*** Internal Connector Type: On Board Floppy
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x001A, DMI type 8, 9 bytes

Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J9H1 - FRONT PNL
*** Internal Connector Type: 9 Pin Dual Inline (pin 10 cut)
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None

*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x001B, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J1B1 - CHASSIS REAR FAN
*** Internal Connector Type: Other
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified

*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x001C, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J2F1 - CPU FAN
*** Internal Connector Type: Other

*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x001D, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J8B4 - FRONT FAN

*** Internal Connector Type: Other
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x001E, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information

*** Internal Reference Designator: J9G2 - FNT USB
*** Internal Connector Type: Other
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x001F, DMI type 8, 9 bytes

Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J6C3 - FP AUD
*** Internal Connector Type: Other
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other


Handle 0x0020, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J9G1 - CONFIG
*** Internal Connector Type: Other
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None

*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0021, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J8C1 - SCSI LED
*** Internal Connector Type: Other
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified

*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0022, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J9J2 - INTRUDER
*** Internal Connector Type: Other

*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0023, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
*** Internal Reference Designator: J9G4 - ITP

*** Internal Connector Type: Other
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0024, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information

*** Internal Reference Designator: J2H1 - MAIN POWER
*** Internal Connector Type: Other
*** External Reference Designator: Not Specified
*** External Connector Type: None
*** Port Type: Other

Handle 0x0025, DMI type 9, 13 bytes

System Slot Information
*** Designation: AGP
*** Type: 32-bit AGP 4x
*** Current Usage: In Use
*** Length: Short
*** ID: 0
*** Characteristics:
*** *** 3.3 V is provided
*** *** Opening is shared

*** *** PME signal is supported

Handle 0x0026, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
*** Designation: PCI1
*** Type: 32-bit PCI
*** Current Usage: Available
*** Length: Short
*** ID: 1
*** Characteristics:

*** *** 3.3 V is provided
*** *** Opening is shared
*** *** PME signal is supported

Handle 0x0027, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
*** Type: Video
*** Status: Enabled
*** Description:** To Be Filled By O.E.M.


Handle 0x0028, DMI type 11, 5 bytes
OEM Strings
*** String 1: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Handle 0x0029, DMI type 12, 5 bytes
System Configuration Options
*** Option 1: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Handle 0x002A, DMI type 13, 22 bytes

BIOS Language Information
*** Installable Languages: 1
*** *** en|US|iso8859-1
*** Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1

Handle 0x002B, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
*** Location: System Board Or Motherboard

*** Use: System Memory
*** Error Correction Type: None
*** Maximum Capacity: 8 GB
*** Error Information Handle: Not Provided
*** Number Of Devices: 4

Handle 0x002C, DMI type 19, 15 bytes
Memory Array Mapped Address

*** Starting Address: 0x00000000000
*** Ending Address: 0x000BFFFFFFF
*** Range Size: 3 GB
*** Physical Array Handle: 0x002B
*** Partition Width: 0

Handle 0x002D, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device

*** Array Handle: 0x002B
*** Error Information Handle: Not Provided
*** Total Width: 64 bits
*** Data Width: 72 bits
*** Size: 512 MB
*** Form Factor: DIMM
*** Set: None
*** Locator: DIMM0
*** Bank Locator: BANK0

*** Type: DDR2
*** Type Detail: Synchronous
*** Speed: 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
*** Manufacturer: Manufacturer0
*** Serial Number: SerNum0
*** Asset Tag: AssetTagNum0
*** Part Number: PartNum0

Handle 0x002E, DMI type 20, 19 bytes

Memory Device Mapped Address
*** Starting Address: 0x00000000000
*** Ending Address: 0x0001FFFFFFF
*** Range Size: 512 MB
*** Physical Device Handle: 0x002D
*** Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x002C

*** Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x002F, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
*** Array Handle: 0x002B
*** Error Information Handle: Not Provided
*** Total Width: 64 bits
*** Data Width: 72 bits

*** Size: 512 MB
*** Form Factor: DIMM
*** Set: None
*** Locator: DIMM1
*** Bank Locator: BANK1
*** Type: DDR2
*** Type Detail: Synchronous
*** Speed: 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
*** Manufacturer: Manufacturer1

*** Serial Number: SerNum1
*** Asset Tag: AssetTagNum1
*** Part Number: PartNum1

Handle 0x0030, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
*** Starting Address: 0x00020000000
*** Ending Address: 0x0003FFFFFFF

*** Range Size: 512 MB
*** Physical Device Handle: 0x002F
*** Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x002C
*** Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x0031, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
*** Array Handle: 0x002B

*** Error Information Handle: Not Provided
*** Total Width: 64 bits
*** Data Width: 72 bits
*** Size: 1024 MB
*** Form Factor: DIMM
*** Set: None
*** Locator: DIMM2
*** Bank Locator: BANK2
*** Type: DDR2

*** Type Detail: Synchronous
*** Speed: 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
*** Manufacturer: Manufacturer2
*** Serial Number: SerNum2
*** Asset Tag: AssetTagNum2
*** Part Number: PartNum2

Handle 0x0032, DMI type 20, 19 bytes

Memory Device Mapped Address
*** Starting Address: 0x00040000000
*** Ending Address: 0x0007FFFFFFF
*** Range Size: 1 GB
*** Physical Device Handle: 0x0031
*** Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x002C
*** Partition Row Position: 1


Handle 0x0033, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
*** Array Handle: 0x002B
*** Error Information Handle: Not Provided
*** Total Width: 64 bits
*** Data Width: 72 bits
*** Size: 1024 MB
*** Form Factor: DIMM

*** Set: None
*** Locator: DIMM3
*** Bank Locator: BANK3
*** Type: DDR2
*** Type Detail: Synchronous
*** Speed: 333 MHz (3.0 ns)
*** Manufacturer: Manufacturer3
*** Serial Number: SerNum3
*** Asset Tag: AssetTagNum3

*** Part Number: PartNum3

Handle 0x0034, DMI type 20, 19 bytes
Memory Device Mapped Address
*** Starting Address: 0x00080000000
*** Ending Address: 0x000BFFFFFFF
*** Range Size: 1 GB
*** Physical Device Handle: 0x0033

*** Memory Array Mapped Address Handle: 0x002C
*** Partition Row Position: 1

Handle 0x0035, DMI type 127, 4 bytes
End Of Table



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Gustin Johnson wrote:
> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
>
>> ALDI PCs are good, but if you built a computer yourself, you can get
>> all you need for half of the price. And everyone who is able to run a
>> Linux, because he was reading and learning about Linux, also is
>> qualified to learn how to built a computer himself, in less of the
>> time he needs to know something about Linux.
>>
>>
> Around here we have a store called Future Shop (now owned by best buy).
> Their web based deals are sometimes impossible to beat in terms of
> price. My DAW is in fact an older HP that I picked up for around $400
> CDN a couple of years ago from them. The older 939 pin AMD64 works
> really well under Linux.
>
> Having said that, if you are building a DAW it really does pay to
> research your hardware regardless of the OS. I learned this lesson
> years ago before I made the switch the Linux (buggy VIA chipset, AMD
> Athlon Thunderbird = painful Cubase experience).
>


Perfect research isn't possible. ASRock K7VT2 and a Thunderbird @<
900MHz was fine with 98se and XP running Cubase SX, but the CPU run out
of resources when using Linux, while there was enough RAM, for Windows
256 MB was enough, for Linux I added 1 GB to have enough RAM. Chipset
was a VIA KT266A. Many Linux applications don't run on that machine,
audio and MIDI were fine, excepted of a too slow CPU.

I did research and so my new mobo, an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI with a BE-2350
CPU is fine for a "normal" Linux, but not for audio and MIDI production,
also K3b fails for several Linux, in several ways. If I try to burn an
ISO on a DVD-R with K3b it fails, if I burn the same ISO with 64
Studio's Nautilus it's fine. If I burn /home with 64 Studio's K3b
upgraded to Lenny, the User for the folders and files is changed to Root
(maybe not an error, but broken settings).

I once had a Linux compatible modem, all modem revisions should be fine
with Linux, but the hardware list ignored one chipset, exactly the one I
got.

It's impossible to do perfect research.

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Peter Geirnaert wrote:
> Here's the info I got about the mobo:
>
> peter@ubustudio:~$ sudo dmidecode
> [snip]

If I do the same I get this information:

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version: ASUS M2A-VM HDMI ACPI BIOS Revision 2201
Release Date: 10/22/2008
[snip]
Handle 0x0003, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Product Name: M2A-VM HDMI
Version: 1.XX
Serial Number: 123456789000
[snip]

I'm in a hurry. I didn't see this information for your mobo. Your board
still has AGP?

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Sorry the beginning wasn't copied:

64studio:/home/spinymouse# dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
60 structures occupying 1782 bytes.
Table at 0x000F0000.
[snip]

Done with my 64 Studio 2.1 Etch-Lenny-mix-install, I'm also running a
Suse 11.0, Suse 11.1 RC and a 64 Studio 2.1 default install.

You can try hwinfo as root, maybe you have to install it, but I guess
hwinfo doesn't tell something about the mobo, also take a look at /proc,
but for some Linux the information files in /proc seems to be empty and
I don't know if there is information about the mobo for any Linux.

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Try the MEDION and ALDI homepages to get information about the mobo,
resp. write an email to MEDION and ALDI. A friend has a ALDI PC too,
another than yours. There is a handbook where this information is given,
for his ALDI bundle.

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