LTS 6.06 and long-term viability

[ubuntu at rio.vg]

Collins Richey wrote:
> 
> The box has an nVidia MCP51 motherboard, and there are problems with
> sound and the network card. The sound card (snd_hda_intel driver does
> not work. The network card has some glitches that are fixed in the
> forcedeth driver at version 0.54 and above, whereas we are stuck at
> 0.48 on LTS 6.06. I've been told by nVidia personnel that the only
> kernel that is likely to make all the components of this board operate
> is the very latest experimental Fedora Core 5 kernel. The same nVidia
> personnel mutter about the rather mouldy version of the nViidia video
> drivers offered by LTS 6.06.

I can't speak for the rest, but why don't you just download the nVidia
video drivers and Forceware drivers from nVidia's website and install them?