*- F Bonte wrote about "supported hardware" > Dear sir, > I just bought two distributions of Linux ( SuSe and Redhat) they bought don't > support my hardware. I would like to check if debian can help me out. If so I > will be happy to download the distribution or buy it from a reseller. > > VideoCard is a Diamon Fire GL 1000 PRO ( permedia 2 chipset) on agp > Mouse is a intellimouse ( on PS/2) > CD-rom is atapi > HD is a WDC caviar on extended IDE > > > thanks > Frits Bonte > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Hardware support is mostly a kernel issue not a distribution issue. However the hardware you list is all supported. The Diamond Fire GL 1000 PRO is supported under X by the XF86_3DLabs Xfree86 server. I don't think this server driver is in the X packages v3.3.2.3 that are currently available with any of Debian's distributions(stable, frozen, unstable). But you can download the XF86_3DLabs binary from the ftp.xfree86.org and use it until Debian's X packages are upgraded to v3.3.3(after Debian 2.1 is released), the detail of this can be found at, http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9812/msg03370.html. Good luck, -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
