Just a quick note . . .
The newer, higher-end Inspirons (7500) are among those on which Dell
*does* offer Linux shipped, and on which Linux works quite well.
(That's what I'm using right now, in fact.)
On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, you wrote:
| WH Bouterse wrote:
| >
| > My latest attempt to bring two converts into
| > the Linux fold has met with another delay.
| >
| > Dell Deminsion XPS T 500
| > Diamond Viper Tnt 16mg AGP
| > PCI probe "No" blank out and return to screen
| > Same with going ahead with "yes"
| > "error /mnt/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ card not found"
| > I thought this card got recognized by L-M 7.0 ?
| > Are the drivers elsewhere?
| >
|
| Ummm, when the brand is Dell, not necessarily. Turtle Beach
| Montego sound drivers on the Aureal website are stated to work
| for all TBM sound cards EXCEPT Dell. Dell has enough buying
| power to have OEM-only versions of cards made to their specs, and
| often these DO require Dell drivers, even in Windows.
|
|
| > "Sound Card Yamaha Corp:YMF-724F {DS-1 Audio Controller]
| > is not supported"
| > The sound card gets recognized, but then I get the above?
| > Subsequently sound doesnt work. Even with sndconfig.
|
| www.opensound.org supposedly has a driver that works (but, with
| Dell, who knows?) for about $30 DEFINITELY try before you buy.
| They will let you download a driver that provides 3 hours of
| sound before you must use the unlock code.
|
| >
| > It found the Printer fine. An HP 600c
| >
| > This is a clean install on a new 20gig as /dev/hdb etc.
| > With NT on /dev/hda
| >
| > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
| >
| > Thanks
| >
| > William Bouterse
| > Alaska
|
| Dell offers linux on SOME of its machines. I have worked on some
| Inspirons and others not offered natively in linux by the
| manufacturer and my success rate is lower than it is with the
| rather proprietary Gateways and Compaqs. Again, this seems to be
| because Dell uses cards which are driven only by its own drivers
| even though they may appear to be similar to retail offerings.
|
| Civileme
|
| While Dell will most likely tell you they don't support linux on
| that model, usually the tech can save you hours of fruitless
| labor and searching by letting you know how proprietary the card
| is--in other words, call them and ask about drivers (in Windows)
| for the cards in question. If he refers you to a public website,
| it is likely that you can succeed. If not, best abandon the
| effort.
|
|
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