Re: New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu

2008-06-02 Thread Luke Yelavich
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On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 04:10:51AM EST, Thomas Novin wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 20:57 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > What motherboard did you buy? Without model numbers, it is difficult
> > to make anything but the vaguest suggestions.
> > 
> 
> All that is in the Launchpad Bug but I can write it here aswell:
> 
> Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3.
> 
> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2741&ProductName=GA-EP35-DS3
> 
> South Bridge Intel® ICH9:
> 
> 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII4, SATAII5)
> supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices
> 
> GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
> 
> 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
> 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII0, GSATAII1) supporting up to 2 SATA
> 3Gb/s devices
> Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

I have this board, and while I haven't tried suspend/hibernate, this board has 
perfect Linux support, with a few quirks, as follows:
* For some reason it is not possible to boot from a SATA CD device connected to 
the Intel SATA controller, if the Intel SATA controller is in AHCI mode.
* To boot the live CD, I have to have my CD drive on the JMicron controller, 
with the Intel controller set to disabled in BIOS, which makes it behave like 
an IDE controller. The JMicron controller still works in AHCI mode however. I 
believe this will be fixed in the kernel soon, if it isn't already in 2.6.25+.

I used the alternate CD to install, as both my controllers are set to AHCI mode.

Hope this helps.

Luke
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Re: New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu

2008-06-02 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/2 Thomas Novin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> But before you do all that, contact the motherboard manufacturer and
>> let them know that Linux users buy their products too. If we don't let
>> the manufacturers know that we exist, how can we expect them to
>> support our OS?
>
> Yes I have. I got the idea earlier today so I haven't received any
> answer yet.
>

Thanks. I wrote to Gigabyte as well.

Dotan Cohen

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Re: New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu

2008-06-02 Thread Thomas Novin
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 20:57 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/6/2 Markus Hitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > As for the fix - well, you're invited to narrow down the source of
> > the problem yourself. Try with different options of the Install-CD's
> > F6 menu, locate the point of trouble, recompile the corresponding
> > piece of software, debug it ...
> 
> But before you do all that, contact the motherboard manufacturer and
> let them know that Linux users buy their products too. If we don't let
> the manufacturers know that we exist, how can we expect them to
> support our OS?

Yes I have. I got the idea earlier today so I haven't received any
answer yet. 

> What motherboard did you buy? Without model numbers, it is difficult
> to make anything but the vaguest suggestions.
> 

All that is in the Launchpad Bug but I can write it here aswell:

Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2741&ProductName=GA-EP35-DS3

South Bridge Intel® ICH9:

4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII4, SATAII5)
supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices

GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:

1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII0, GSATAII1) supporting up to 2 SATA
3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

Rgds

//Thomas Novin




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Re: New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu

2008-06-02 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/6/2 Markus Hitter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Does suspend and/or hibernate work better? Shutting down a computer
> completely is so last century ;-)

Seconded.

> As for the fix - well, you're invited to narrow down the source of
> the problem yourself. Try with different options of the Install-CD's
> F6 menu, locate the point of trouble, recompile the corresponding
> piece of software, debug it ...

But before you do all that, contact the motherboard manufacturer and
let them know that Linux users buy their products too. If we don't let
the manufacturers know that we exist, how can we expect them to
support our OS?

What motherboard did you buy? Without model numbers, it is difficult
to make anything but the vaguest suggestions.

Dotan Cohen

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Re: New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu

2008-06-02 Thread Thomas Novin
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 19:38 +0200, Markus Hitter wrote:
> Am 02.06.2008 um 18:09 schrieb Thomas Novin:
> > I bought a new motherboard a couple of weeks ago and ever since I have
> > +3 mins of bootup time and also my DVD reader/writer isn't  
> > available at
> > all.
> 
> This is a brand new mobo model? I'd say you're in luck it works at  
> all. Myself, I didn't always have this luck.

No, not really. It's almost 6 months now, first BIOS release date is 2007/12/14.

> > Anyone with a suggestion for a fix / workaround?
> Does suspend and/or hibernate work better? Shutting down a computer  
> completely is so last century ;-)

Suspend isn't an option for me since the power to the room where the
computer is located is cut every night.

Hibernate I have tried though and I have exactly the same problems there
(resume from Hibernate takes as long as a normal boot).

> As for the fix - well, you're invited to narrow down the source of  
> the problem yourself. Try with different options of the Install-CD's  
> F6 menu, locate the point of trouble, recompile the corresponding  
> piece of software, debug it ...

Ok, I'll try to find out was much as I can from there.

Rgds

//Thomas Novin


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Re: New motherboard not supported by Ubuntu

2008-06-02 Thread Markus Hitter

Am 02.06.2008 um 18:09 schrieb Thomas Novin:
>
> I bought a new motherboard a couple of weeks ago and ever since I have
> +3 mins of bootup time and also my DVD reader/writer isn't  
> available at
> all.

This is a brand new mobo model? I'd say you're in luck it works at  
all. Myself, I didn't always have this luck.


> Anyone with a suggestion for a fix / workaround?

Does suspend and/or hibernate work better? Shutting down a computer  
completely is so last century ;-)

As for the fix - well, you're invited to narrow down the source of  
the problem yourself. Try with different options of the Install-CD's  
F6 menu, locate the point of trouble, recompile the corresponding  
piece of software, debug it ...


Markus

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