MSI K9N6PGM2-V and Ubuntu Compatability

[Keith Clark]

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 09:38 -0600, Willis Taylor wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 15:05 +0000, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> wrote:
> > Re: MSI K9N6PGM2-V and Ubuntu CompatabilityDid you get the drivers
> > from the Via site?  Which ones did you need?
> 
> >Were you able to get the machine up and running and then download the
> >required drivers?
> 
> >Thanks,
> 
> >Keith
> 
> Keith,
> ... To the best of my recollection everything fire up and the only thing
> I had to play with was the video driver.  It fired up, in 8.04LTS with a
> screen at 480x640 and the best I could get with the generic driver was
> 600x800.  I then took the info from the install and data sheet and
> googled the video model + "ubuntu" and found that the correct driver was
> to be found in synaptic and loaded it from there.  The machine left here
> with 1024x768 and I seem to recall that it would go higher, might be
> wrong.
> 
> 

Thanks Willis!  I appreciate the information.  I'm building a machine
for my son for Christmas and just want to be prepared.  I am buying the
parts and we are going to assemble it together.

Keith