This document presents the results of the Linux Compatibility test, which included the testing of these distributions on the SGI 550:

• RedHat 7.0 English
• RedHat 7.0 Japanese
• RedHat 6.2 Korean
• RedHat 6.2 English
• RedHat 6.2 Japanese
• RedHat 6.2 German
• RedHat 6.2 French
• SuSE 7.0 English
• SuSE 7.0 French
• SuSE 7.0 German
• SuSE 6.4 English
• SuSE 6.4 French
• SuSE 6.4 German
• TurboLinux Workstation 6.1 Pro English
• TurboLinux Workstation 6.1 Simplified Chinese
• TurboLinux Workstation 6.1 Traditional Chinese
• TurboLinux Workstation 6.0 English
• TurboLinux Workstation 6.0 Japanese
• TurboLinux Workstation 6.0 Simplified Chinese
• TurboLinux 4.0 Traditional Chinese
• Alzza 6.1 Korean
• Caldera 2.4 eDesktop English
• Debian 2.2 English

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AppLabs' Linux compatibility testing of this system showed the SGI 550 to be compatible with the above listed Linux distributions. The SGI 550 is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

System Configuration
The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

System Configuration
SGI 550	Dual Processors @ 733 MHz; 256 KB RAM
The BIOS revision	System BIOS Version: V4.0; SMBIOS Version: 2.3; BIOS Release Date: May 12, 2000

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

An asterisk (*) by the PASS/FAIL designation indicates relevant notes exist in the notes section below.

Test	Comment	Result
Installation Testing
CD-ROM Installation		PASSED
NFS Installation		PASSED
Device Auto Probing		PASSED
System Setup
Kernel Compatibility		PASSED
LILO Compatibility		PASSED
SMP Testing	See notes below.	PASSED*
Display Adapter
Console Compatibility		PASSED
XWindows Compatibility	See Distributions Specific Notes Below	PASSED*
Sound Adapter
Basic Sound Compatibility	See Notes Below	PASSED*
Advanced Sound Availibility	See Notes Below	Yes*
Advanced Sound Compatibility	See Notes Below	PASSED*
Serial Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Setserial Compatibility		PASSED
Throughput Testing		PASSED
Parallel Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Mouse Ports
Kernel Detection		PASSED
Compatibility Testing		PASSED
Keyboard
Compatibility Testing		PASSED

* See notes below

Hardware Details

The following table defines the hardware configuration details for the tested system.

Hardware Configuration Information
Motherboard and Processor	The system tested included 2 Intel Pentium III Xeon processors clocked at 733 MHz and 256 MB RAM.
Display Adapters	The machine included an AGP Nvidia GeForce Quaddro display adapter with thirty-two (32) MB video RAM.
I/O Busses	The system includes a standard 1.44 MB floppy drive. There are one each of PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports. There are two (2) USB ports, six (6) PCI slots (four 32-bit, 2-64-bit); one (1)ISA slot; and, one AGP slot.
Network Interface	This system contained a Intel i82557/i82558 10/100 network interface on the main board.
Included Peripherals	The included CD-ROM is a 48X IDE ATAPI-type drive.
Miscellaneous Hardware	There are two serial ports present. There is one bi-directional parallel port.

Related Notes

All RedHat 7.0

1. NFS installer is broken on RedHat 7.0. Use ftp or CD-ROM to install.

All Distributions

1. Sound testing was completed using the Advanced Linux Sound system (ALSA) using the snd-card-via686a module from the ALSA 5.9 or 5.10 drivers package. On-board sound requires the ALSA drivers. Users can get the most recent ALSA files at:

http://www.alsa-project.org/

Users of TurboLinux 6.1 Pro English sound read the specific notes below for their distribution.

2. Video was tested using the GeForce (DDR) driver. The nVidia card which is packaged with the 330 is not a generic nVidia card, but is a VRx card made specially for the SGI workstations. Best results will be obtained with using the correct drivers supplied by SGI on the ProPack 1.3-VW.

All SuSE 6.4 Distributions

1. Users are advised not to turn on USB functionality in the BIOS as the system will no longer boot properly.

TurboLinux 6.1 Pro English

1. Sound is broken on this distribution and the ALSA utilities package won't compile from source due to missing GNU programs such as Bison and flex. To fix sound using ALSA, compile the ALSA drivers and libs from source and install. Use pre-compiled binaries for the ALSA utilities to set volume and un-mute.

2. SMP functionality is available only after a kernel recompile as the modules-info doesn't function correctly.

TurboLinux 4.0 Traditional Chinese

1. Users will need to upgrade their XFree86 to XFree86 3.3.5 or later to user any X server other than the VGA16 server.

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