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I'm looking to install Ubuntu on my 4th rig (one of two dedicated WCG crunchers), an X58 with a Xeon X5670 @ 4,2 Ghz. My 30 day windows trial has ended, lol

So, finding Ubuntu OS is no problem, but I'm looking for drivers for:
  • USB Drivers for the motherboard?
  • Rosewill RNX-N300UB USB Wifi Dongle
  • NV GT 220 Graphics Card
  • And Teamviewer for Ubuntu
...I think that's it. Where to go? I'm a complete Ubuntu NooB!
 
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If you use Ubuntu you should have an application called Driver manager (just search it up in the system) where it automatically detects most of the drivers and you can chose if you want proprietary drivers( ex from Nvidia directly) vs whatever open source drivers Ubuntu decides to use ( ex Nouveau for Nvidia cards) . If it doesn't give you what you need then I am afraid you are in for some hardcore command line fun.
 
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The first are installed by default, with the possibility of using the privative Nvidia driver as Vya Domus described.
The last one should be in the "store".
 
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I guess the only thing to do is try it
 
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You will find most things work, not having checked, I would be wary if that wifi dongle works. The rest is a doddle, only the teamviewer needs downloaded.
 
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I just ordered this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EQT0YK2/?tag=tec06d-20

Support list:

 
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Search for a list of kernel drivers, I think the only band with problems so far is Broadcom.
99% of hardware works out of the box on Linux.
 
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You don't need USB drivers or graphics drivers. I am sure the Linux kernel has support for both. If that Panda adapter is supported there really are no problems. The hardware is not the latest. I have a Haswell system and am happy with Linux hardware support.
 
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You don't need USB drivers or graphics drivers. I am sure the Linux kernel has support for both. If that Panda adapter is supported there really are no problems. The hardware is not the latest. I have a Haswell system and am happy with Linux hardware support.

In general you will find it easier to get drivers and such working in linux than in windows.

However, at the time when something is not working, you will gain skill points on the system making it work.

I just gave up gaming on linux after app. 10 years since I started overclocking again, and almost no tools are available.
 

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So, finding Ubuntu OS is no problem, but I'm looking for drivers for:
  • USB Drivers for the motherboard?
  • Rosewill RNX-N300UB USB Wifi Dongle
  • NV GT 220 Graphics Card
  • And Teamviewer for Ubuntu
1) What's the motherboard model and which USB ports? Regular 2.0 should work right away. Same goes for most older USB3.0 controllers on later boards.
If you have an older NEC(Renesas) USB 3.0 controller onboard - it should work out of the box, so as most AsMedia controllers.

2) Pretty much the same crap, as with my old ASUS PCE-N53... Gotta get the patched RTL8192 driver and manually install it.
The only problem you may encounter, is when you get a kernel update, you'll have to repeat the procedure again.
https://adamscheller.com/systems-administration/rtl8192cu-fix-wifi/

I've already suffered through several years of headaches with my N53(different chipset, same problem), so the long term advice - get one of the natively supported WiFi adapters instead.

3) http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/114719/en-us

4) https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/linux/
 
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Ohh and Sasqui, if you encounter any problems, don't hesitate to ask.
 

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USB Drivers for the motherboard?
Not needed, your motherboard is old enough where the Linux kernel should have direct support ootb. This is true for the X79 USB 2.0 ports as well as the extra controllers for the USB 3.0 on my P9X79 Deluxe.
Rosewill RNX-N300UB USB Wifi Dongle
I personally just got a Linksys AC1200 which has a Realtek RTL8812AU in it. It didn't work out of the box but, I only had to install the drivers but, there is a package with it in Ubuntu.
NV GT 220 Graphics Card
Open source drivers should be fine if you're planning on just crunching, so this should all just work ootb.
And Teamviewer for Ubuntu
https://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_i386.deb

You might find it a lot easier than you think to just dump Ubuntu on that box and start running with it.
 
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It does have USB 3.0 on the back. Honestly, no biggie if that doesn't work.
Yep, that's NEC D720200 controller. Should work out of the box in Ubuntu.
I have a PCI-e card with similar NEC D720202 controller and had no problems with Ubuntu 14.04 and later on several motherboards (including my old Rampage II GENE).
 
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Noob question... I installed Ubuntu 17.04 desktop/server x64. Everything went fine (even video drivers evidenced by the vid card fan dialing back when services start) but when I boot, it lands me on a command prompt to login. I login with user/pw. No problem and I get a message about updates, which I punch in, the asks for a pw again... do that no prob the it tells me no updates are available and a $ prompt again. Now I have tons of experience with DOS commands, batch files and some Unix keyboard magic... but wheres the GUI in Ubuntu? Did I not install something, or need to start something at the $ prompt?

Good article here, but doesn't help me a bit: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-17-04
 
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Noob question... I installed Ubuntu 17.04 desktop/server x64. Everything went fine (even video drivers evidenced by the vid card fan dialing back when services start) but when I boot, it lands me on a command prompt to login. I login with user/pw. No problem and I get a message about updates, which I punch in, the asks for a pw again... do that no prob the it tells me no updates are available and a $ prompt again. Now I have tons of experience with DOS commands, batch files and some Unix keyboard magic... but wheres the GUI in Ubuntu? Did I not install something, or need to start something at the $ prompt?

Good article here, but doesn't help me a bit: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-17-04

If you installed Ubuntu server there is no GUI. Although you can install one, it is not usually recomended for servers.
 

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Noob question... I installed Ubuntu 17.04 desktop/server x64. Everything went fine (even video drivers evidenced by the vid card fan dialing back when services start) but when I boot, it lands me on a command prompt to login. I login with user/pw. No problem and I get a message about updates, which I punch in, the asks for a pw again... do that no prob the it tells me no updates are available and a $ prompt again. Now I have tons of experience with DOS commands, batch files and some Unix keyboard magic... but wheres the GUI in Ubuntu? Did I not install something, or need to start something at the $ prompt?

Good article here, but doesn't help me a bit: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-17-04
What @m0nt3 said. If you installed Ubuntu Server instead of Ubuntu Desktop, you don't have the GUI installed. You can either reinstall Ubuntu Desktop instead of server or you can try running:
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sudo apt update; sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
Once it's installed, just:
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sudo shutdown -r now
...and it should be used after reboot.
 
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It sure looked like the install for server/drsktoo was one install, maybe I missed a download or selected the wrong option during setup. Other than that small detail :rolleyes:, I'm getting somewhere! Thanks

Shout out to moderators ...can this thread be relocated to the Linux forum???
 

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If that one gives you trouble you can try this one (also a Panda):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00762YNMG/?tag=tec06d-20

Just picked it up for one of my Ubuntu crunchers and it worked right out of the box

I'm on Ubuntu 17.04 desktop now. My router shows up over the Panda I got with no drivers, but even after entering the passkey, it won't connect. Wired is fine.

After trying to follow the Panda instructions for installing the Lunix driver, I was about to do bad things to my keyboard. Trying to edit files with no write permissions, commands that don't work, yadda yadda yadda...

I figured I try installing and running WCG, so I followed the instructions, two commands appeared to run without a hitch but nothing shows up in the GUI. Im about ready to use up my Win 8 licence :/
 

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I'm on Ubuntu 17.04 desktop now. My router shows up over the Panda I got with no drivers, but even after entering the passkey, it won't connect. Wired is fine.
I'm running an older version (12.04 LTS).. not sure if that's the difference. All I did was plug it in, put in my passkey, and restart the rig- didn't seem to pick up my network at first but the restart did the trick I guess?
 
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I figured I try installing and running WCG, so I followed the instructions, two commands appeared to run without a hitch but nothing shows up in the GUI. Im about ready to use up my Win 8 licence :/

What commands did you run? I can't remember if i did the sudo apt-get install boinc-manager boinc-client or if I did it through synaptic package manager. Either way installed without a hitch on my laptop and ryzen rig running Mint. It might have even installed ok, hit start and type boinc and see if it comes up. When you open it it just prompts you for your team, username, password and bingo. In theory anyway! :p
 
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I'm on Ubuntu 17.04 desktop now. My router shows up over the Panda I got with no drivers, but even after entering the passkey, it won't connect. Wired is fine.
It should work right out of the box, it's plug and play. Try another USB port and restart as @Norton suggested.

I figured I try installing and running WCG, so I followed the instructions, two commands appeared to run without a hitch but nothing shows up in the GUI. Im about ready to use up my Win 8 licence :/
Open "GNOME Software", type BOINC in the search bar and install.
 
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I'm running an older version (12.04 LTS).. not sure if that's the difference. All I did was plug it in, put in my passkey, and restart the rig- didn't seem to pick up my network at first but the restart did the trick I guess?

Me thinks I'll install an earlier version, step #1

What commands did you run? I can't remember if i did the sudo apt-get install boinc-manager boinc-client or if I did it through synaptic package manager. Either way installed without a hitch on my laptop and ryzen rig running Mint. It might have even installed ok, hit start and type boinc and see if it comes up. When you open it it just prompts you for your team, username, password and bingo. In theory anyway! :p

I should double check that I did reboot... I'm quite certain I did!

How do I install the Linux application on Ubuntu or other Debian-based distributions?
In order to install the Linux application on Debian-based Linux distribution such as Ubuntu Linux, you will need to run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install boinc-client boinc-manager

The application will be configured to automatically run when you restart your computer.

You will also need to attach your application to World Community Grid by running the following command:

sudo -u boinc boinccmd --project_attach http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org <Account Key>

Your <Account Key> can be found on your My Profile page.

Edit:

Open "GNOME Software", type BOINC in the search bar and install.

Where do I find "GNOME" ?
 
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