A7N8X Deluxe and Linux

[Emc2]

Some basic searching brings up the fact that linux and this motherboard are not very compatible right now. I currently have this motherboard and am in Linux right now. In other words it works, but not all the way. No onboard sound, no onboard NIC (PCI 3com NIC being used for now), no nothing.

However, I found a guy how has found a solution for redhat linux, but I'm in Mandrake 9. Is it much different, and would you linux gurus even think it's worth it right now?
http://homepage.mac.com/mpeters/A7N8X/

the nForce2 chipset will almost inevitably gain linux support in a matter of time, but I kinda want sound, now.

[Chiguy]

I just got this board today. I think I will be putting Redhat 9 on it tonight. I'll post how that goes.

[Telexen]

I think if you search around Mandrake support forums for a while you'll find a solution. Most distrobutions have solutions for it at this point...they're just hidden in support forums.

[Xtreeme]

Yea, I herd this mobo even has "official" nvidia drivers for linux.

LOL I just checked for ya. First page.

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Right there in BLUE> linux and freebsd drivers
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html

All official like. Hehe might have to give her ago myself.

[Xtreeme]

"Linux nForce Driver


Version: 1.0-0261
Release Date: June 11, 2003



Release Highlights for 1.0-0261:

Added kernel patch to support nForce GART
Added "spdif_status" module parameter to audio driver to enable/disable S/PDIF support for compatability
Fixed bug in audio driver that was causing MSI nForce board to only use 2 channels
Fixed mmap bug in audio driver causing Quake III to hang.
Fixed Red Hat Linux 9 build issue with remap_page_range().
Fixed problem with rebuilding SRPM on Red Hat Linux 9.
Added Red Hat Linux 9 and Mandrake Linux 9.1 binary RPMs.
This page contains drivers and documentation for the nForce chipset. The chipset includes hardware support for IDE disk control, ethernet networking, audio support, win modem support, and a USB controller. These packages have support for ethernet networking and basic ACI audio. USB and IDE hardware will work with standard Linux drivers. There is no win modem support."

Its got yer AGP-audio-lan and ide drivers too. Madrake and redhat.

[Chiguy]

Thanks for the heads up on the Linux drivers.

RH9 installed pretty smoothly last night. The only problem I found so far was that the Nvidia LAN wasn't there.