Installation problem

[Alan Duval]

Ioannis Vranos wrote'

> > Alan Duval <amoht at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> > 
>   
>>> > > > ?> I had a ASUS M3A MB and AMD 64 Athlon X2 CPU which I hadn't used and
>>> > > > ?> decided to make a PC using it. It will install WIN XP but Ubuntu 8.04,
>>> > > > ?> 9.04, Linux Mint 7, 32 bits, Linux Mint 8 KDE 64 X86, Fedora 10 Live,
>>> > > > ?> and Knoppix 6.21 all have problems namely when I open Open Office or
>>> > > > ?> Firefox the screen freezes. GOS is the only OS that works without
>>> > > > ?> freezing and that was originally installed on a removable HD on another
>>> > > > ?> computer with a different MB. This is all strange as GOS is based on
>>> > > > ?> Ubuntu 8.04. Does anyone know why opening Open Office or Firefox should
>>> > > > ?> cause the system to freeze with the other operating systems?
>>>       



> > Thanks Lucio for your advice. I spent a lot of time looking at various sites
> > but still none the wiser. Some users have had a lot of problems with the 
> > ASUS M3A board but some had no problems.
> > Also, looking up compatible motherboards was frustrating. Some good Linux sites 
> > with lots of motherboards listed but most several years old and few for 2010.
> > I think they should remove any older than 1 year as they wouldn't be available
> > for purchase.
>   


Did you check the motherboard temperatures? It may be overheating. Did
you overclock the CPU/graphics card?


Haven't checked the motherboard temperatures but would not think that would be a problem as 
I can start from cold and install a live OS, e.g. Knoppix 6.2, Ubuntu 9.04, Suse 11.2, Linux Mint 7 or 8, but as soon as I try to use Open Office or Firefox the screen freezes. 

No! I haven't overclocked the graphics card.




>>>> > >>> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:03:48 +0300
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> > 
> > *>>> From: Ioannis Vranos <cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr>*
> > 
> > *>>> What is your graphics card? Have you enabled its driver?*
> > 
> > *>>> Also, do you have any sound issues? Do music files/CDs play OK?
> > 
> > 
> > *
> > 
> > *Thanks Ioannis for your questions. I have an ASUS graphics card installed.*
>   


Which brand is the GPU (e.g. NVIDIA)?

Don't know what chip the graphics card uses. All I know is that it is a basic ASUS card
which just supports VGA connection. Seems to work OK with GOS and WIN XP.




> > 
> > *It's a fairly basic one. I don't know the model number as I bought it quite a while ago.*
> > 
> > *I didn't know that I have to enable its driver. Where would one find a linux driver for*
> > 
> > *it,  and how does one enable it?*
>   


You may check System::Administration::Hardware Drivers.


Did that. It's driver wasn't enabled so I enabled it in GOS but that didn't make any difference to GOS.

How would one enable it with another OS if there's a problem with installation?




Regards,

Alan Duval