RE: [OFFTOPIC]
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From: tacitus <indorlaw at zdnetonebox.com>
To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: RE: [OFFTOPIC]
> 1. if you have an internal modem, it probably won't work in linux.
Beg to differ. See, among others:
http://linmodems.org/
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
http://www.enst.fr/~bellard/linmodem.html
Most internal modems sold today are actually winmodems (i.e. software
driven). Try searching for "linux winmodem" or similar, both thru search
engines and at download sites (Tucows has a huge Linux collection). Also,
every Linux distro includes a /howto/winmodem.htm.
> 2. the video support is sketchy in my experience. the drivers tend to be
> generic, and may give only moderate performance, or poor resolutions.
> there are exceptions. unfortunately the uneven performance can be with
> older cards or chips or brand new supersonic ones. if you have an older
> compaq, for example, you may not be able to get graqphics modes at all.
When all else fails, try Slackware. Once I tried to install Linux with a
"Datas" monitor (ever heard of it?). When the Slackware setup failed to find
a working config, it told me to get the monitor manual or tech specs (well,
it had come with a sheet, all of 10 cm long) and practically built me a
"driver". Worked, too.
> 3. the usb support is embryonic. the current stable kernel (2.4)
> apparently has better support, but i don't think that kernel has reached
> the commercial distros yet.
Got it working with Red Hat 6.2 -don't know others.
> 4. things like soundcards have a tendency simply not to work.
Again, Red Hat 6.2.
Cheers. Luck. Not that you'll need it, of course.
Gerardo
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