[TriLUG] different versions of 7.2 for sale]

[Robert Floyd]

On Tuesday 30 October 2001 09:57 pm, Brent Fox wrote:
>
> If people can provide specific information about hardware that we don't
> detect properly, that would be a good start.  Like I said before, we can
> only detect the hardware that kudzu knows about.  Older ISA devices are a
> thorny issue, though, since they don't provide as much useful information
> about themselves as PCI and USB devices do.
>
> We've done testing to make sure that we install on all-USB machines
> (machines without PS/2 ports).  We don't do as much laptop testing as we
> would like, but most of that is due to lack of hardware.  Some laptops have
> some truly oddball components that makes hardware detection hard.  Early
> LCD panels are a problem too, because many of them can't be probed in the
> way CRT's can.  We use a program called ddcprobe to probe the monitor and
> video card, and it frequently can't talk to LCD panels.  The newer LCD's
> are better about this.

I have a Toshiba Satellite 2595XDVD running 7.1. The LCD has never configured 
correctly. The display is shifted up about 1/4". Suse and Mandrake both set 
it up correctly. I have a feeling this is also why I can't play MPEGs 
correctly. 

I'd love to upgrade to 7.2 and pay the $60 to support the local economy, but 
I need to make sure my hardware will be supported correctly (and I'd love to 
have out of the box support for my Archos Juke Box, but I understand there 
are more complex issues surrounding that USB device).

I work in Meridian, about two buildings down from Red Hat. If you're located 
there, I'd be happy to let you take a look at my notebook and use it as a 
guinea pig. I'm looking forward to getting Linux and a Windows emulator 
(Win4Lin?) that can support PCAnywhere so I can finally turn this into a 
Linux-only machine.

Robert Floyd
Durham, NC

"Extremism in the pursuit of OTR is no vice."