Reminder to self: When installing EL7 (RHEL7/CentOS7) on a old Acer Aspire 5520 laptop, fetch and install the following RPMs from elrepo.org:
- kmod-ath5k
- kmod-nvidia-304xx-304
- nvidia-x11-drv-304xx-304
- kmod-forcedeth
Output of lspci (to add searchable keywords to this post):
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2) 00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2) 00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2) 00:01.3 Co-processor: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2) 00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2) 00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) 00:04.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2) 00:04.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) 00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1) 00:07.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1) 00:08.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:09.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2) 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2) 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2) 00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C67 [GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M] (rev a2) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) 01:04.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) 01:04.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12) 01:04.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12) 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Closing thought: EL7 runs really well on this ancient laptop!