nvidia mcp61p chipset and ubuntu?

[101m4n]

i am planning to buy this motherboard bundle
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?MBB-2402G
and i was hoping if anyone could tell me if the chip set is compatible with or has drivers for Linux Ubuntu 9.10. any help would be much appreciated.

[system7]

Should be fine. VIA sound shouldn't cause problems on a Foxconn M61PMV:

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_overview.aspx?ID=en-us0000412


Pros: This is an excellent budget motherboard. The time from power on to the booting of the hard drive is extremely fast. I can push the power button and have Ubuntu 9.04 completely loaded in 30 seconds with an Athlon X2 5200+.

The onboard video card also works well. I was able to install Ubuntu from a live CD in 1080p.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186155

[101m4n]

rofl :xgrin:
two things:
one:
you have answered the question i posed by my last thread "what motherboard am i likely to get with this particular mobo bundle" or something along tose lines :thumbs:
and two:
i'm pretty newbie to the world of Linux and i haven't a clue what via is:huh:

[system7]

VIA 1708B is the sound chip. I have a VIA 1708S myself, and the whole thing works fine in Ubuntu on my Intel 41G board.

I haven't tested with my current graphic card, which is new enough to have issues with hardware acceleration on Ubuntu's suggested graphics driver. But I believe ATI are up to date on their Linux drivers for the HD 5xxx series.

In other words, if you use a graphic card more than 6 months old, Ubuntu will support it out of the box. Any newer and you may need to hack around a bit. Nvidia 6100 chipset is well supported.

It's usually wireless that gives issues in Linux. Check for compatibility if you buy a card. That and Canon printers being a bit hopeless. :D

[101m4n]

ty very much
i plan to use the pc as a sort of media center type thing so printers wont be much of a problem =] but i might add a 9400gt or a 9500gt later (i have found drivers for the 9 series on the nvidia website)

thank you for all your help

[system7]

system7's guide to Ubuntu 9.04 for noobs:

http://forum.novatech.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11761

Quite good, if I do say so myself...:rolleye:

[101m4n]

lol will take a look:D