on Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 01:07:21AM +1200, cr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Saturday 21 June 2003 21:55, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> Well, I have no conscience whatever about stealing Micro$oft software. > The way I look at it, if I'm forced to use their software for any > particular application it's because M$ have managed to coerce almost > everybody into using it, squashed any competition, and got obscenely > rich by doing so. However, other shareware I do have a conscience > about, I've even registered some. ;) Fact is, you're *still* benefiting MSFT by using their software: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Rants/piracy.html > > And, just so I can join in the foray of the auto-detect flame-fest here, > > if a user doesn't know his hardware well enough to be able to pick it > > from a list he shouldn't be installing an OS in the first place. > > Errr, *wrong*. Much of my gear is second-hand, and of course the > first thing the original owners invariably do is lose the manuals. :( > My current motherboard is the first one I've ever had a manual for, > ditto my S3 VGA card, and I've *never* owned any monitor of a brand > that's been listed in the 'X' config options. It's a simple matter, in most cases, to dig up the information you need. First step is to take a look at the physical cards and note significant markings. Second: look at dmesg output, /proc/pci and other informational sources, most abstracted into my system-info script (see prior post in this thread). Google the identifiers you've found. You'll turn up the specifics, in many cases including online manuals. > Both with RedHat and Debian, I've found that 'X' configuration was > the biggest single problem. Both RedHat *and* Deb failed to come up > with any monitor setting that would work, failed to start X with > 'generic' monitor, and I had to experiment extensively with XF86Config > before it would work. In fact, if I run RedHat I use my S3 card > because I can't make it work with my on-board SiS/AGP video driver; > with Debian it's the opposite. SiS has a bad track record. As with too many vendors, they're slow to present specs and configuration information, though this situation continues to improve. There's information on SiS X driver support here: http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml > Yet, both RedHat and Mandrake's graphical installers and Debian's penguin > logo display fine with *whatever* card I'm running - what is it the > installers know that they won't tell X config ? :( Framebuffer != X11. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Comic tragedy: MobiliX sued by Asterix publisher over 'iX' trademark http://tuxmobil.org/mobilix_asterix.html
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