On Tuesday 11 March 2003 10:48 am, Glenn English wrote: > Many thanks to all of you for the compassion and the information. The > little sucker is making pictures now - I learned a lot about X in the > past couple days. > > Next step is getting it to realize there's an Ethernet connector in > it's (PCMCIA) NIC. But I expect that to be a pretty straightforward > task now that I can actually use the machine and some of the > configuration tools. > > I've got to agree with David Krider's complaints about the Debian > install process. This isn't rocket science; it's just a hardware > prober. If the 'lesser' distros can install in one try (and without > rebooting several times), surely the mighty Debian can. This install > process seems to be a test that must be passed in order to join the > Debian community. >
You might want to install the package discover. I have it installed on my laptop, and it was able to find a lot of the hardware I have (sound, NIC, etc). John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
