•   RedHat 9

This document presents the these compatibility testing results.

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System  Configuration as Tested
Company	Viglen Ltd.
Model	Contender Pro
BIOS  Revision	Award Medallion 6.0
Main Board and Chipset	Asus P4S533-VM
Processor	Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
RAM	256MB
HBA	N/A
Motherboard Features and Capabilities	N/A
Display Adapters (AGP/PCI)	SiS 650 32MB
Serial  Ports	1
Parallel  Ports	1 (bi-directional)
USB  Ports	4
I/O Ports and Buses	zero (0) ISA slots; three (3) PCI slots; and one (1) AGP slot.
Network Interface	SiS 900/7016CI
CDROM	Sony IDE CD-RW/DVD DDU1612
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	SiS 7012
Floppy Drive	Standard 1.44MB IDE Floppy
Hard Drive	Western Digital 20GB IDE WD200EB-00CPF0
Keyboard	Viglen 101-Key Keyboard
Mouse	Mouse as tested is a standard PS/2 mouse.
Miscellaneous Hardware	None

Testing Results

The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.

Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.

Test	Comment	Result
Installation Testing
CD-ROM Installation		PASSED
NFS/FTP Installation		PASSED
Device Auto Probing	RedHat 9 failed to autoprobe the video card correctly. AppLabs had to manually select the SiS 630 video driver. Sound card was found but the sound module detected was listed as 'disabled'. The BIOS must be changed to Non-Plug and Play OS for the soundcard to be properly detected via OSS or ALSA.	FAIL
Base System Testing
Kernel Compatibility		PASSED
LILO / GRUB Compatibility		PASSED
Heavy I/O Test	(Not required for Workstation Test)	N/A
Network Test		PASSED
Network Load Test	(Not required for Workstation Test)	N/A
SMP Test	(Only required for multiprocessor systems)	N/A
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility		PASSED
X Server Compatibility		PASSED
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility	In order for sound to be properly detected, user must change BIOS to Non-Plug and Play OS.	PASSED
Advanced Sound Availibility		PASSED
Advanced Sound Compatibility		PASSED
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Setserial Compatibility		PASSED
Throughput Testing		PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Mouse
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Test		PASSED

Notes and Observations:

The sound card showed up as detected but the module was disabled. This was because the BIOS was set by default to a Plug and Play OS. This must be changed to Non-Plug and Play BIOS. The ALSA sound module can be downloaded from the http://www.alsa-project.org/ website and installed. The direct URL to the driver/module is: http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa/ftp/driver/alsa-driver-0.9.5.tar.bz2

The SiS 630 video driver must be manually selected. This driver (sis) is the correct driver for the SiS 650 chipset.

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