System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2005-12-01 IBM® ThinkCentre M51 8104-E2U is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.
AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the IBM® ThinkCentre M51 8104-E2U:
Novell Linux Desktop 9 sp2 RedHat Enterprise Workstation 4.0
This document presents the compatibility testing results.
System Configuration
The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.
| System Configuration as Tested |
| Company | IBM |
| Model | IBM® ThinkCentre M51 8104-E2U |
| BIOS Revision | 2GKT16AUS |
| Main Board and Chipset | NA |
| Processor(s) | Intel® Pentium® 4 3.20GHz |
| RAM | 512 MB |
| HBA | Intel® Integrated 82801FB (SATA) |
| Motherboard Features and Capabilities | |
| Display Adapter | Intel® 82915G Express |
| Serial Ports | One (1) 16550 compatible |
| Parallel Ports | One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional |
| USB Ports | Six (6) USB 2 |
| I/O Ports and buses | |
| Host Bus Adapter | Intel® Integrated 82801FB (SATA) |
| Network Interface | Broadcom® 5705 10/100/1000 bcm5700 |
| Audio Chipset / Sound Card | NA |
| Optical Drive | HDLS CD-RW/DVD-ROM GCC-4243N, ATAPI |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital WD800JD (SATA) |
| Floppy Drive | None |
| Keyboard | Standard 101 Keyboard |
| Pointing Device | IBM® PS/2 Optical Mouse |
| Miscellaneous Hardware | |
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 |
| GRUB/LILO Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Heavy I/O Test | | PASSED |
| Network Test | | PASSED |
| Network Load Test | (Not required on workstation test) | NA |
| SMP Test | (Only required multiprocessor systems) | NA |
| Display Adapter |
| Console Compatibility | | PASSED |
| X Server Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Stand Alone Monitor | (Laptop Test Only) | NA |
| Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD | (Laptop Test Only) | NA |
| Sound Adapter |
| Basic Sound Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Advanced Sound Availibility | | PASSED |
| Advanced Sound Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Serial Ports |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Throughput Testing | | PASSED |
| Parallel Ports |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Mouse |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Keyboard |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
Notes and Observations:
1. Download the following 4 ALSA packages from the ALSA Sound project. Get the 1.0.10+ packages.
Older ones will not work. (the URL as of today is: http://www.alsa-project.org/ )
alsa-lib
alsa-drivers
alsa-utils
alsa-oss
2. Unpack and install all packages in the order alsa-lib, alsa-drivers, alsa-utils, alsa-oss.
They are standard ./configure, make, make install type packages.
3. Reboot to get rid of the old broken stuff that was loaded.
4. Run alsamixer. Umute -everything- and raise the volume to a level where you can hear it.
It is utterly important is to unmute -master mono-, -wave-, and -master stereo- to get any sound at all.
(Note: I just used the RedHat sound control and it worked fine after reboot)
5. Now you can play sounds back, and the X mixer should work.
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