Motherboards for new Ubuntu install

[Baruch Siach]

Hi Amichai,

On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 02:57:23PM +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> Download the Windows drivers from the MpBo site, extract the files, look up
> the relevant strings in the .inf files and Google it for Kubuntu
> compatibility....

I tried that. The trouble is that the Windows driver (according to its file 
name: "mb_driver_lan_atheros_813x_815x_816x.exe") covers a wide range of NIC 
chips. This is not a driver tailored specifically for this board. So the list 
of PCI IDs in the driver's .inf file is not a indication for what is actually 
installed on the board.

baruch

> How about starting a Linux-IL maintained HW DB - every member runs lshw on
> their machine and uploads it to a site with the Distro their running...
> 
>   Amichai Rotman
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> 
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Dotan,
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:29:31PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>
> > wrote:
> > > > You'll need to access a running
> > > > machine to extract the PCI ID information, though, since Gigabyte's
> > manual is
> > > > not very helpful.
> > >
> > > Is that the chicken, or the egg?
> > >
> > > In other words, if I did have access to a running system, I would
> > > already know if it works or not!
> >
> > This board surely runs Windows. You can extract the PCI ID from its "Device
> > Manager", or whatever it's called there.
> >
> > Also, some BIOSes list PCI devices with IDs in the initial screen.
> >
> > baruch

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