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Linux Compatibility Tested Acer Veriton 7500GE
Linux Compatibility Testing Results

System Type:  Workstation
Test Completed:  January 6, 2003

The Acer Veriton 7500GE 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.


  •   RedHat 8.0

This document presents the compatibility testing results.

System Configuration

The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System  Configuration as Tested
Company   Acer Incorporated
Model   Acer Veriton 7500GE
BIOS  Revision   1.09
Main Board and Chipset   Intel iFW82845GE
Processor   Intel Pentium 4 3.06G
RAM   512 MB DDR-RAM
HBA   EIDE
System Features and Capabilities   All the power and performance of a high-end Desktop in a smart, space-saving design. Amazing processing scalability with the Intel Pentium 4 Hyper-Threading processor Developed to support new 333MHz DDR memory.
Display Adapters (AGP/PCI)   GeForce 4 MX440
Serial  Ports   2 16550a UART
Parallel  Ports   1 Bi-Directional
USB  Ports   6 USB Ports
I/O Ports and Buses   3 x 32bit PCI slots; 1 x AGP;
Network Interface   On-Board BroadCom BCM4401
CDROM   Pioneer 16x CDROM
Audio Chipset / Sound Card   ALC2002A
Floppy Drive   Standard 1.44MB
KeyBoard   Keyboard as tested is a 101-key generic.
Mouse   Mouse as tested is a Logitech 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   PASSED
Base System Testing
Kernel Compatibility   PASSED
LILO Compatibility   PASSED
Heavy I/O Test   PASSED
Network Test   PASSED
Network Load Test   (Not required on Workstation Test) N/A
SMP Test   (Only required multiprocessor systems) N/A
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility   PASSED
X Server Compatibility   PASSED
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility   N/A
Advanced Sound Availibility   N/A
Advanced Sound Compatibility   N/A
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 Linux Lan function weren't detected during the normal install. After installation download the driver file comlinux.zip from http://service.acer.com.tw/service/acer/download/index.jsp then setup it.

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