Where can I get the right driver for this old hardware in Ubuntu 18.4
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I am really trying to install Ubuntu in my desktop, the problem: I has very old technology.
My motherboard is an: ASRock - N68C-GS4 FX.
8GB of RAM
AMD Radeon HD 5800 video card.
I am pretty sure I have enough power to use Ubuntu, but the drivers are so old they are not included in Ubuntu 18.4
I really want to use it, so Where can I get the right drivers for my PC?
This is what I got with sudo lshw -short:
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
system To Be Filled By O.E.M. (To Be Fill
/0 bus N68C-GS4 FX
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
/0/3/5 memory 288KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 6MiB L2 cache
/0/3/7 memory 8MiB L3 cache
/0/4 memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 8GiB DIMM Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.
/0/4/1 memory [empty]
/0/7 memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge MCP61 LPC Bridge
/0/1.1 bus MCP61 SMBus
/0/1.2 memory RAM memory
/0/2 bus MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2/1 usb2 bus OHCI PCI host controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller
/0/2.1/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/2.1/1/2 scsi6 storage USB DISK
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB USB DISK
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0/0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 14GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100 bridge MCP61 PCI bridge
/0/5 multimedia MCP61 High Definition Audio
/0/6 storage MCP61 IDE
/0/8 storage MCP61 SATA Controller
/0/8.1 storage MCP61 SATA Controller
/0/9 bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/9/0 display Cypress XT [Radeon HD 5870]
/0/9/0.1 multimedia Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5830
/0/b bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/101 bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/101/0 enp1s0 network QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/102 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 0
/0/103 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 1
/0/104 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 2
/0/105 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 3
/0/106 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 4
/0/107 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 5
/0/a scsi0 storage
/0/a/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 250GB SAMSUNG HD250HJ
/0/a/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 350MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 183GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 450MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 48GiB Extended partition
/0/a/0.0.0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 48GiB EXT4 volume
/0/c scsi4 storage
/0/c/0.1.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GSA-H10N
I think I should have no problems with AMD drivers... but still, in the install it just crashes when downloading them. And without them, the installation does not work correctly
Any help is much, much appreciated.
drivers graphics
asked Jan 25 at 18:57
John F101John F101
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I am really trying to install Ubuntu in my desktop, the problem: I has very old technology.
My motherboard is an: ASRock - N68C-GS4 FX.
8GB of RAM
AMD Radeon HD 5800 video card.
I am pretty sure I have enough power to use Ubuntu, but the drivers are so old they are not included in Ubuntu 18.4
I really want to use it, so Where can I get the right drivers for my PC?
This is what I got with sudo lshw -short:
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
system To Be Filled By O.E.M. (To Be Fill
/0 bus N68C-GS4 FX
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
/0/3/5 memory 288KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 6MiB L2 cache
/0/3/7 memory 8MiB L3 cache
/0/4 memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 8GiB DIMM Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.
/0/4/1 memory [empty]
/0/7 memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge MCP61 LPC Bridge
/0/1.1 bus MCP61 SMBus
/0/1.2 memory RAM memory
/0/2 bus MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2/1 usb2 bus OHCI PCI host controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller
/0/2.1/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/2.1/1/2 scsi6 storage USB DISK
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB USB DISK
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0/0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 14GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100 bridge MCP61 PCI bridge
/0/5 multimedia MCP61 High Definition Audio
/0/6 storage MCP61 IDE
/0/8 storage MCP61 SATA Controller
/0/8.1 storage MCP61 SATA Controller
/0/9 bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/9/0 display Cypress XT [Radeon HD 5870]
/0/9/0.1 multimedia Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5830
/0/b bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/101 bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/101/0 enp1s0 network QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/102 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 0
/0/103 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 1
/0/104 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 2
/0/105 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 3
/0/106 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 4
/0/107 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 5
/0/a scsi0 storage
/0/a/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 250GB SAMSUNG HD250HJ
/0/a/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 350MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 183GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 450MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 48GiB Extended partition
/0/a/0.0.0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 48GiB EXT4 volume
/0/c scsi4 storage
/0/c/0.1.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GSA-H10N
I think I should have no problems with AMD drivers... but still, in the install it just crashes when downloading them. And without them, the installation does not work correctly
Any help is much, much appreciated.
drivers graphics
asked Jan 25 at 18:57
John F101John F101
11
Which drivers in particular are you missing? Can you edit your question and include output ofsudo lshw -short? Generally modules are not removed from the kernel because they are old, unless they belong to an arch that is no longer maintained, or has other problems
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:09
@vidarlo the thing is I don't know! My install crashed as downloading the drivers I believe... Now I am about to install Ubuntu all over again!
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:54
1
When did it crash? What did you do before it crashed? What was showing on screen? I've had Linux running on ancient hardware, without problems. That includes computers made before the Linux kernel...
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:57
HI! Thanks! The story is long, but you can check it out here: askubuntu.com/questions/1112533/problems-installing-ubuntu-18-4 (i included the sudo lshw -short output)
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:59
That story looks more like a hardware problem than missing drivers. Bad RAM may for instance lead to random crashes like what you expirience.
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 20:00
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I am really trying to install Ubuntu in my desktop, the problem: I has very old technology.
My motherboard is an: ASRock - N68C-GS4 FX.
8GB of RAM
AMD Radeon HD 5800 video card.
I am pretty sure I have enough power to use Ubuntu, but the drivers are so old they are not included in Ubuntu 18.4
I really want to use it, so Where can I get the right drivers for my PC?
This is what I got with sudo lshw -short:
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
system To Be Filled By O.E.M. (To Be Fill
/0 bus N68C-GS4 FX
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
/0/3/5 memory 288KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 6MiB L2 cache
/0/3/7 memory 8MiB L3 cache
/0/4 memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 8GiB DIMM Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.
/0/4/1 memory [empty]
/0/7 memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge MCP61 LPC Bridge
/0/1.1 bus MCP61 SMBus
/0/1.2 memory RAM memory
/0/2 bus MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2/1 usb2 bus OHCI PCI host controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller
/0/2.1/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/2.1/1/2 scsi6 storage USB DISK
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB USB DISK
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0/0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 14GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100 bridge MCP61 PCI bridge
/0/5 multimedia MCP61 High Definition Audio
/0/6 storage MCP61 IDE
/0/8 storage MCP61 SATA Controller
/0/8.1 storage MCP61 SATA Controller
/0/9 bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/9/0 display Cypress XT [Radeon HD 5870]
/0/9/0.1 multimedia Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5830
/0/b bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/101 bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/101/0 enp1s0 network QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/102 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 0
/0/103 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 1
/0/104 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 2
/0/105 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 3
/0/106 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 4
/0/107 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 5
/0/a scsi0 storage
/0/a/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 250GB SAMSUNG HD250HJ
/0/a/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 350MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 183GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 450MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 48GiB Extended partition
/0/a/0.0.0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 48GiB EXT4 volume
/0/c scsi4 storage
/0/c/0.1.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GSA-H10N
I think I should have no problems with AMD drivers... but still, in the install it just crashes when downloading them. And without them, the installation does not work correctly
Any help is much, much appreciated.
drivers graphics
asked Jan 25 at 18:57
John F101John F101
11
I am really trying to install Ubuntu in my desktop, the problem: I has very old technology.
My motherboard is an: ASRock - N68C-GS4 FX.
8GB of RAM
AMD Radeon HD 5800 video card.
I am pretty sure I have enough power to use Ubuntu, but the drivers are so old they are not included in Ubuntu 18.4
I really want to use it, so Where can I get the right drivers for my PC?
This is what I got with sudo lshw -short:
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
system To Be Filled By O.E.M. (To Be Fill
/0 bus N68C-GS4 FX
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor
/0/3/5 memory 288KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 6MiB L2 cache
/0/3/7 memory 8MiB L3 cache
/0/4 memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 8GiB DIMM Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.
/0/4/1 memory [empty]
/0/7 memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge MCP61 LPC Bridge
/0/1.1 bus MCP61 SMBus
/0/1.2 memory RAM memory
/0/2 bus MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2/1 usb2 bus OHCI PCI host controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller
/0/2.1/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/2.1/1/2 scsi6 storage USB DISK
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB USB DISK
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk 16GB
/0/2.1/1/2/0.0.0/0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 14GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100 bridge MCP61 PCI bridge
/0/5 multimedia MCP61 High Definition Audio
/0/6 storage MCP61 IDE
/0/8 storage MCP61 SATA Controller
/0/8.1 storage MCP61 SATA Controller
/0/9 bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/9/0 display Cypress XT [Radeon HD 5870]
/0/9/0.1 multimedia Cypress HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5830
/0/b bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/101 bridge MCP61 PCI Express bridge
/0/101/0 enp1s0 network QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet
/0/102 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 0
/0/103 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 1
/0/104 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 2
/0/105 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 3
/0/106 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 4
/0/107 bridge Family 15h Processor Function 5
/0/a scsi0 storage
/0/a/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 250GB SAMSUNG HD250HJ
/0/a/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 350MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 183GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 450MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/a/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 48GiB Extended partition
/0/a/0.0.0/4/5 /dev/sda5 volume 48GiB EXT4 volume
/0/c scsi4 storage
/0/c/0.1.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GSA-H10N
I think I should have no problems with AMD drivers... but still, in the install it just crashes when downloading them. And without them, the installation does not work correctly
Any help is much, much appreciated.
drivers graphics
drivers graphics
asked Jan 25 at 18:57
John F101John F101
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asked Jan 25 at 18:57
John F101John F101
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edited Jan 25 at 19:58
John F101
asked Jan 25 at 18:57
John F101John F101
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asked Jan 25 at 18:57
John F101John F101
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asked Jan 25 at 18:57
John F101John F101
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Which drivers in particular are you missing? Can you edit your question and include output ofsudo lshw -short? Generally modules are not removed from the kernel because they are old, unless they belong to an arch that is no longer maintained, or has other problems
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:09
@vidarlo the thing is I don't know! My install crashed as downloading the drivers I believe... Now I am about to install Ubuntu all over again!
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:54
1
When did it crash? What did you do before it crashed? What was showing on screen? I've had Linux running on ancient hardware, without problems. That includes computers made before the Linux kernel...
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:57
HI! Thanks! The story is long, but you can check it out here: askubuntu.com/questions/1112533/problems-installing-ubuntu-18-4 (i included the sudo lshw -short output)
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:59
That story looks more like a hardware problem than missing drivers. Bad RAM may for instance lead to random crashes like what you expirience.
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 20:00
|
show 5 more comments
Which drivers in particular are you missing? Can you edit your question and include output ofsudo lshw -short? Generally modules are not removed from the kernel because they are old, unless they belong to an arch that is no longer maintained, or has other problems
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:09
@vidarlo the thing is I don't know! My install crashed as downloading the drivers I believe... Now I am about to install Ubuntu all over again!
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:54
1
When did it crash? What did you do before it crashed? What was showing on screen? I've had Linux running on ancient hardware, without problems. That includes computers made before the Linux kernel...
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:57
HI! Thanks! The story is long, but you can check it out here: askubuntu.com/questions/1112533/problems-installing-ubuntu-18-4 (i included the sudo lshw -short output)
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:59
That story looks more like a hardware problem than missing drivers. Bad RAM may for instance lead to random crashes like what you expirience.
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 20:00
Which drivers in particular are you missing? Can you edit your question and include output of
sudo lshw -short? Generally modules are not removed from the kernel because they are old, unless they belong to an arch that is no longer maintained, or has other problems– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:09
Which drivers in particular are you missing? Can you edit your question and include output of
sudo lshw -short? Generally modules are not removed from the kernel because they are old, unless they belong to an arch that is no longer maintained, or has other problems– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:09
@vidarlo the thing is I don't know! My install crashed as downloading the drivers I believe... Now I am about to install Ubuntu all over again!
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:54
@vidarlo the thing is I don't know! My install crashed as downloading the drivers I believe... Now I am about to install Ubuntu all over again!
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:54
1
1
When did it crash? What did you do before it crashed? What was showing on screen? I've had Linux running on ancient hardware, without problems. That includes computers made before the Linux kernel...
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:57
When did it crash? What did you do before it crashed? What was showing on screen? I've had Linux running on ancient hardware, without problems. That includes computers made before the Linux kernel...
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:57
HI! Thanks! The story is long, but you can check it out here: askubuntu.com/questions/1112533/problems-installing-ubuntu-18-4 (i included the sudo lshw -short output)
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:59
HI! Thanks! The story is long, but you can check it out here: askubuntu.com/questions/1112533/problems-installing-ubuntu-18-4 (i included the sudo lshw -short output)
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:59
That story looks more like a hardware problem than missing drivers. Bad RAM may for instance lead to random crashes like what you expirience.
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 20:00
That story looks more like a hardware problem than missing drivers. Bad RAM may for instance lead to random crashes like what you expirience.
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 20:00
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Which drivers in particular are you missing? Can you edit your question and include output of
sudo lshw -short? Generally modules are not removed from the kernel because they are old, unless they belong to an arch that is no longer maintained, or has other problems– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:09
@vidarlo the thing is I don't know! My install crashed as downloading the drivers I believe... Now I am about to install Ubuntu all over again!
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:54
1
When did it crash? What did you do before it crashed? What was showing on screen? I've had Linux running on ancient hardware, without problems. That includes computers made before the Linux kernel...
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 19:57
HI! Thanks! The story is long, but you can check it out here: askubuntu.com/questions/1112533/problems-installing-ubuntu-18-4 (i included the sudo lshw -short output)
– John F101
Jan 25 at 19:59
That story looks more like a hardware problem than missing drivers. Bad RAM may for instance lead to random crashes like what you expirience.
– vidarlo
Jan 25 at 20:00