Re: Helping with Hardware

2010-12-08 Thread Alan Cox
> got dual-display working at 1920x1080 each, one of which is rotated. I > don't have MIDI working, nor can I use the surround sound. I just have > basic stereo. Its probably worth joining the alsa-devel list for this and asking there how you can help. Most problems like the one you describe are d

Re: Helping with Hardware

2010-12-07 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 12:45 -0800, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > Is there some registry somewhere where we tell people what we are > using There's Smolt. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't

Re: Helping with Hardware

2010-12-07 Thread Phil Meyer
On 12/07/2010 01:45 PM, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Alan Cox wrote: >>> My question is, how can I contribute to Fedora and thus the larger >>> Linux community through getting my hardware better supported? Or is it >>> just not suitable for a lay-person who knows how

Re: Helping with Hardware

2010-12-07 Thread Jonathan Gardner
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Alan Cox wrote: >> My question is, how can I contribute to Fedora and thus the larger >> Linux community through getting my hardware better supported? Or is it >> just not suitable for a lay-person who knows how to program but >> doesn't already have a background i

Re: Helping with Hardware

2010-12-07 Thread Jonathan Gardner
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: > On 12/07/2010 02:20 PM, Jonathan Gardner wrote: >> I've been using Linux for over 10 years, and I've been with Red Hat >> since the 7.2 days and I've been using Fedora since it was first >> announced. >> >> I've never gotten around

Re: Helping with Hardware

2010-12-07 Thread Alan Cox
> My question is, how can I contribute to Fedora and thus the larger > Linux community through getting my hardware better supported? Or is it > just not suitable for a lay-person who knows how to program but > doesn't already have a background in these things to get involved? It depends a lot what

Re: Helping with Hardware

2010-12-07 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 12/07/2010 02:20 PM, Jonathan Gardner wrote: > I've been using Linux for over 10 years, and I've been with Red Hat > since the 7.2 days and I've been using Fedora since it was first > announced. > > I've never gotten around to dealing with hardware issues seriously, > instead content to let thin

Helping with Hardware

2010-12-07 Thread Jonathan Gardner
I've been using Linux for over 10 years, and I've been with Red Hat since the 7.2 days and I've been using Fedora since it was first announced. I've never gotten around to dealing with hardware issues seriously, instead content to let things be and just hope the next release fixes the problems I s