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graphics and network ports built into motherboard

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Phantom
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graphics and network ports built into motherboard

#1 Post by Phantom »

I have a computer that I want to install linux on. Its graphics port and network port, and usb ports are built into the board (along with the ps/2 and other stuff that normally is. According to the manual, it is a P6STMT mainboard.
Congratulations on purchasing the P6STMT mainboard. The
P6STMT mainboard is a Micro ATX mainboard that uses a 4-
layer printed circuit board and measures 220 x 244 mm. The
mainboard features a Socket 370 that accommodates Intel
Celeron/Pentium III/Tualatin and VIA C3 processors supporting
frontside bus (FSB) speeds up to 133 MHz.
The P6STMT incorporates the SiS630ET chipset, which includes
integrated built-in video, audio, networking and communications
capabilities, and features the AC 97 audio codec.
The mainboard delivers high-level performance with an integrated
4xAGP controller, which is compliant with the AGP 2.0
specification. Two Bus Master Ultra DMA (UDMA) ports that
support four ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) devices.
The IDE also supports PIO Mode 3 and 4, UDMA33/66/100
IDE, and an ATAPI CD-ROM.
I'm not sure what company makes the board. I need to know what drivers to use for the built in network port (from the driver menu when I'm installing linux) and for the video card when I'm installing X-Window. The board came with a CD that contained all the required drivers for windows, but since I'll be using Linux, that won't be helpful (besides, I lost it...). I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

as for the usb ports; they aren't as important but if you have information for them, that would help too.
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#2 Post by lacek »

Get a knoppix CD, boot it, and look at the output of the
lspci
command. It will display what devices the motherboard have (chipsets and other interesting things). It will help you find out what is in the box.
If you can't deal with this output, just copy it here; we will try to decode it for you... :-)

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