On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 02:14:31AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > When you consider hardware for linux, you do not look for 'linux > compatible' on the box (maybe in a few rare cases). Linux supports > chipsets. If the device has chipset XYZ and there is a driver/kernel > module for chipset XYZ, bingo! you have a 90% chance that it will work > out of the box. Now you may need to do a few incantation to get it to > work! but that where 'debian tech support' comes in :-)
i'm not a newbie, but thanks for the reply. the problem is a lot of hw doesn't tell you what it really is. especially cheap usb stuff. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]