System Type:  Workstation
Test Completed:  July 24, 2003

The Viglen Genie Pro is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following Linux distributions compatible with this system.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System  Configuration as Tested
Company	Viglen Ltd.
Model	Genie Pro
BIOS  Revision	BIOS BZ87510A.86A.0030.P06
Main Board and Chipset	Intel D875PBZ
Processor	Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
RAM	256MB
HBA	N/A
Motherboard Features and Capabilities	N/A
Display Adapters (AGP/PCI)	Nvidia GeForce 2 MX/MX400 64MB RAM
Serial  Ports	1
Parallel  Ports	1 (bi-directional)
USB  Ports	5
I/O Ports and Buses	zero (0) ISA slots; five (5) PCI slots; and one (1) AGP slot.
Network Interface	Intel Pro/1000 CT
CDROM	Sony IDE DVD/CD-ROM DDV1612
Audio Chipset / Sound Card	Intel 82801DB Integrated Sound
Floppy Drive	Standard 1.44MB IDE Floppy
Hard Drive	Maxtor IDE 20GB 6E020L0
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	Sound card was found but the sound module detected was listed as 'disabled'. Module had to be manually selected for sound to work. Network card also did not detect properly and had to be selected manually after updating drivers from Intel's website.	FAIL
Base System Testing
Kernel Compatibility		PASSED
LILO / GRUB Compatibility		PASSED
Heavy I/O Test	(Not required for Workstation Test)	N/A
Network Test	Network card did not auto probe and detect properly. It had to be selected manually after updating drivers from Intel's website. Driver as selected is '10/100 Adapter Base Driver'.	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	Sound card did not auto probe successfully and had to be selected manually. Sound card module selected was 'snd-intel8x0'.	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 did not auto probe successfully and had to be selected manually. The sound card showed up as detected but the module was disabled. The correct module had to be downloaded from the 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 After manually selecting the 'snd-intel8x0' the sound worked properly.

The network card did not auto probe and detect properly. It had to be selected manually as '10/100 Adapter Base Driver'. The drivers for this NIC can be downloaded from Intel's website at: http://support.intel.com The direct URL to the driver is: ftp://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/linux/pro100_pro1000.tar.gz

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