[nzlug] New hardware - linux support?

[Robin Sheat]

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 20:53, Robin Sheat wrote:
> Hi, I'm seriously thinking about buying a new machine with these specs:
> Athlon64 X2 4600+ AM2 2.4Ghz 512Kb cache
> Asus M2N4-SLi AM2
> Gigabyte 7600GT PCIE Graphics card 256Mb DDR3
Just a note for anyone following, I got this machine today. So far, it's been 
running like a dream in Ubuntu AMD64. The worst problem is that I couldn't 
get my sound going. This was eventually solved by plugging in my speakers 
(which I'd unplugged while disentangeling cables). The second problem is that 
the graphics card wouldn't listen to what refresh rate I told it. My guess is 
that it was asking my monitor what it could do, and my monitor was 
saying 'sure, go for 85, I can take it'. However, my monitor starts to get 
blurry at that refresh rate, and so I typically drop it down to 75. No matter 
what I said in xorg.conf, it wouldn't change. This has been temporarily 
solved by stealing my flatmate's LCD, and long term by ordering a nice, new 
19" LCD for myself. 

I have tried to get Xgl/Compiz going, with no real success so far. I'll try 
more tomorrow. I also haven't tried to get 32-bit closed-source things going 
yet (like w32codecs and flash).

Robin.
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