I agree with the sound card,  I'd run a  live CD and see if that flies, if not pull the sound card and try again.  My question, besides installing a server and adding X is there a boot option to ignore the sound hardware? mike <div>On 3/5/07, Max Luebbea <<a href="mailto:max.luebbe@gmail.com">max.luebbe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Wasn't trying to start a political debate, we've all got our differences of opinion when it comes to this. All I was trying to say is that there is a solution in the standard repositories that works well for the problem sent out to the list. -Max<div> <div>On 3/5/07, Freddy Martinez <<a href="mailto:freddymartinez9@ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> freddymartinez9@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I would be opposed to installing any non-free drivers however. I'll take my freedom.<div> <div>On 3/5/07, Max Luebbe <<a href="mailto:max.luebbe@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> max.luebbe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Seconding what everyone else has already said - I used to admin a research lab that ran nothing but Ubuntu Linux (No windows machines on my watch!) and when building boxes I explicitly chose NVidia graphics because the binary drivers worked well and provided awesome performance. One of the last boxes I put together was a dual xeon with an agp 6600GT. Temporary workaround for getting screwed by lousy creative drivers is to enable your ac97 on your motherboard if you've got it via the bios. If you are looking for better audio than that and are willing to spend a few dollars, you can probably find a sound blaster 5.1 live card for $10 or so somewhere on the internet, and this card behaves well under linux. If you're having problems or haven't tried this yet, this is the way to get stable nvidia drivers for your card: sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx sudo nvidia-glx-config enable then restart x or reboot if you're feeling lazy, and you should be up and running. Hope that helps. -Max <a href="http://www.intentionallyobsolete.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> www.intentionallyobsolete.com</a><div> <div>On 3/5/07, Eddie Martinez <<a href="mailto:eddiemartinez@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> eddiemartinez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> from the research i did a month or so ago on a creative soundblast audio card, Creative doesn't like linux, or at least their audio cards. On 3/5/07, RJ Marsan <<a href="mailto:rjmarsan@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> rjmarsan@gmail.com </a>> wrote: > i <3 the 6600gt, works great with the latest nvidia drivers, even got aiglx > workin. > other than the sound card, which i have no experiance with, sounds like > you're good ta go > > On 3/5/07, Freddy Martinez <<a href="mailto:freddymartinez9@ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">freddymartinez9@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: > > > > Its the sound card most likely. Creative does not support that card (afaik > > from my research last year). Anyone else have ideas? > > > > On 3/5/07, Kendall Brown <<a href="mailto:kendallbrown@earthlink.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> kendallbrown@earthlink.net</a>> wrote: > > > > > > Hello: > > > > > > I know you're not a support channel but I hope you don't mind if I make > > > a request of your team.  If you're not completely immersed in another > > > project I'd like to ask that someone looks into providing support for > > > NVIDIA based components on motherboards and graphics cards?  I've heard > > > such wonderful comments on the stability and functionality of Linux and > > > I'd really like to see this for myself but I have yet to find any > > > version of Linux that works on my computer without locking up at some > > > point during the installation. > > > > > > Gigabyte K8NSNXP Socket 754 > > > Sempron +3400 > > > XFX GeForce 6600GT > > > 2GB RAM > > > X-FI Creative sound card > > > > > > Something in this combination doesn't like Linux and causes my computer > > > to freeze every time. > > > > > > -- > > > Ubuntu-us-chicago mailing list > > > <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Ubuntu-us-chicago@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago </a> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best, > > Freddy Martinez > > Kubuntu. 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