On 4/20/06, Stephen Liu <satimis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Lonni, > > > > I ran Ubuntu 5.10 Live CD successfully on this PC. Broadband > > > connection can be setup. How long can I browse Internet depends on > > > luck. Finally the PC also hung. > > > > > > I'm now searching around on Internet trying to find out a solution. > > > Have you checked to see whether there's a newer BIOS for this > > motherboard? I'm not running into this problem on the MCP51 > > motherboard that I have here (although its not the same one as > > yours). > > Contacted ASUS local distributor, technical support section. They said > not a problem connecting with BIOS. But they won't support Linux. That's not terribly surprising. Did you go to their website and actually look for a newer BIOS? > > A CD came with A8N-VM motherboard. There are Linux drivers on it to > solve the issue of nVidia chipset problem. Their installation requires > kernel compilationg. I'm now search for the relevant kernel source. I'd be extremely surprised if whatever drivers Asus is shiping on a CD are somehow newer/better than what is in an FC5 kernel. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
