Ho intenzione di realizzare un MediaCenter totalmente fatto in casa. Presto descriverò qui l'hardware a mia disposizione, ed i software che utilizzerò, intanto godetevi la documentazione che, piano piano, sto inserendo

Ecco l'output del comando lshw:

crazynet-server

  description: Computer
  width: 32 bits
*-core
     description: Motherboard
     physical id: 0
   *-memory
        description: System memory
        physical id: 0
        size: 639MiB
   *-cpu
        product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz
        vendor: Intel Corp.
        physical id: 1
        bus info: cpu@0
        version: 15.2.9
        size: 2GHz
        width: 32 bits
        capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up pebs bts sync_rdtsc cid xtpr
        configuration: id=0
      *-cache
           description: L1 cache
           physical id: 0
           size: 8KiB
   *-pci
        description: Host bridge
        product: 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
        vendor: Intel Corporation
        physical id: 100
        bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
        version: 02
        width: 32 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
      *-pci:0
           description: PCI bridge
           product: 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1
           bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 66MHz
           capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
         *-display UNCLAIMED
              description: VGA compatible controller
              product: NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
              vendor: nVidia Corporation
              physical id: 0
              bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
              version: a1
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 66MHz
              capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list
              configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
      *-usb:0
           description: USB Controller
           product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1d
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: uhci bus_master
           configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
      *-usb:1
           description: USB Controller
           product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1d.1
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: uhci bus_master
           configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
      *-usb:2
           description: USB Controller
           product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1d.2
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: uhci bus_master
           configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
      *-usb:3
           description: USB Controller
           product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1d.3
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: uhci bus_master
           configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
      *-usb:4
           description: USB Controller
           product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1d.7
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
           configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
      *-pci:1
           description: PCI bridge
           product: 82801 PCI Bridge
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1e
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
           version: c2
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
         *-multimedia:0 UNCLAIMED
              description: Multimedia controller
              product: SAA7146
              vendor: Philips Semiconductors
              physical id: 1
              bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
              version: 01
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=38 mingnt=15
         *-multimedia:1
              description: Multimedia video controller
              product: Bt878 Video Capture
              vendor: Brooktree Corporation
              physical id: 2
              bus info: pci@0000:02:02.0
              version: 11
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              capabilities: bus_master cap_list
              configuration: driver=bttv latency=32 maxlatency=40 mingnt=16 module=bttv
         *-multimedia:2 UNCLAIMED
              description: Multimedia controller
              product: Bt878 Audio Capture
              vendor: Brooktree Corporation
              physical id: 2.1
              bus info: pci@0000:02:02.1
              version: 11
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              capabilities: cap_list
              configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=255 mingnt=4
         *-multimedia:3
              description: Multimedia audio controller
              product: SB Live! EMU10k1
              vendor: Creative Labs
              physical id: 3
              bus info: pci@0000:02:03.0
              version: 07
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              capabilities: bus_master cap_list
              configuration: driver=EMU10K1_Audigy latency=32 maxlatency=20 mingnt=2 module=snd_emu10k1
         *-input
              description: Input device controller
              product: SB Live! Game Port
              vendor: Creative Labs
              physical id: 3.1
              bus info: pci@0000:02:03.1
              version: 07
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              capabilities: bus_master cap_list
              configuration: driver=Emu10k1_gameport latency=32 module=emu10k1_gp
         *-network
              description: Ethernet interface
              product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
              vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
              physical id: 5
              bus info: pci@0000:02:05.0
              logical name: eth0
              version: 10
              serial: 00:19:66:6b:ec:9e
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
              configuration: broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 latency=32 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 module=8139too multicast=yes
      *-isa
           description: ISA bridge
           product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1f
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: isa bus_master
           configuration: latency=0
      *-ide
           description: IDE interface
           product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1f.1
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           capabilities: ide bus_master
           configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
      *-serial UNCLAIMED
           description: SMBus
           product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
           vendor: Intel Corporation
           physical id: 1f.3
           bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
           version: 02
           width: 32 bits
           clock: 33MHz
           configuration: latency=0
*-scsi
     physical id: 1
     bus info: scsi@2
     logical name: scsi2
     capabilities: scsi-host
     configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-network
     description: Wireless interface
     physical id: 2
     logical name: wlan0
     serial: 00:60:b3:08:14:4a
     capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
     configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+wlanutg driverversion=1.52+Roper,06/01/2005,7.2.2.42 ip=192.168.1.10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

Come si può notare dall'output precedente, la mia scheda video è una nVidia GeForce FX 5200

    product: NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
    vendor: nVidia Corporation
    physical id: 0
    bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
    version: a1
    width: 32 bits
    clock: 66MHz
    capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list
    configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5

La scheda è stata automaticamente installata con i driver di default durante l'installazione di Ubuntu 8.04, ma ho la necessità di installare quelli che sono i driver ufficiali. Per questa operazione ho utilizzato Envy, un'applicazione opensource - e perfettamente integrata in Ubuntu - creata dallo sviluppatore italiano Alberto Milone. L'operazione è stata semplicissima:

1. Ho abilitato i repository “universe” and “multiverse”

Ora vediamo come installare i driver con Envy, inanzitutto assicuratevi di non aver driver installati per evitare problemi e che tutto sia pulito, dopo di che installate envyng che è presente nei repository di ubuntu, e potete scegliere fra envyng-gtk o envyng-qt, se avete Gnome si adatterà meglio envyng-gtk, se invece avete KDE si adatterà meglio envyng-qt.

Per installarlo quindi scrivete sudo apt-get install envyng-gtk o sudo apt-get install envyng-qt.

Dopo averlo installato apritelo e vi troverete una schermata come questa:

Ora selezionate Nvidia e scegliete se installare i driver Nvidia facendo la rivelazione Hardware automatica, se installarli manualmente scegliendo la versione, o se disistallare i driver Nvidia se li avevate installati in precedenza.

Infine fate click su Apply per applicare le modifiche, o su Quit per uscire senza salvare le modifiche.

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