On Sunday 02 December 2012 10:53:44 Todd Zuercher did opine: > Since LinuxCNC doesn't really support 64bit that is kind of a moot > point. Most CNC machine applications don't need hi-res graphics, so > most users are fine with the default generic vesa driver graphics, at > least that is all I'm using on mine. All this was fine for me since > the only thing the computer is used for is to run the machine. If I > need to do computer work, like cad cam or anything else, I use my > office computer where I can sit down in quiet. > One of the advantages of the D525MW board is its gfx. The one on the lathe is feeding a Samsung 22" 1920xsomething TV whose tuner died. My only problem is that it faces the shop door, and has a dual 32 watt HE tube light fixture right above it and only 2 feet away, so the display, while razer sharp, is washed out by ambient light. I've been looking for a smaller monitor with better brightness that I can mount over the lathe head, I've have a lot less crick in the neck after running the lathe as the only place to put that big honk is on top of the tool cabinet, itself about 64" high, so I am looking up at about a 40 degree angle. But all I can find at Staples is el cheapo stuff with half the resolution, for $140 and up. Sad state of affairs indeed. > ----- Original Message ----- > Hi all, > I'm looking for an ITX-sized motherboard that will work well with > linuxcnc. > > I now have an Atom DN2800MT which has a lot of positives: > - powered from a single DC-jack > - passive cooling (just a slow case-fan is enough I assume) > - HDMI output > > However there seems to be one *big* minus which is the CedarView > integrated graphics chip. First they are only available on recent > Ubuntu distributions and second only on the 32-bit versions (not > 64-bit). Thirdly I have now tried a fresh install of 12.04LTS (which > works, but the graphics are slow and the resolution wrong with the > generic driver) on this board and the cedarview graphics driver install > always fails rendering the machine unusable (garbled screen at bootup). > > The board has a single PCIE slot which I don't want to use for a > graphics card since I want to use it for a Mesa FPGA-card. > > Any ideas or suggestions? > > AW > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: > DESIGN Expert tips on starting your parallel project right. > http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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