On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about, Re: Idea.....:
> In a message dated 4/9/00 3:06:23 AM Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << What i would like to know is why you need such a tool, and just what
> hardware are you talking about. >>
> Mainly soundcards and printers-both of which seem to have compatibility
> issues in Linux (from experience). For example, Linux seems to have
> difficulty with SoundBlaster Live! cards and my BJC-210 printer. Although it
> will run on the BJ-210 driver, that's just a waste of color ink.
Alsa driver for the soundblaster live, and the answer to the cannon has
been discussed before here on this list, check out the archives.
http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Linux/47/0
> Video seems to have no big problem since most cards support OpenGL... Maybe
> there should be a similar thing for other devices.
I can say there is NO problem with video, as my Brooktree Bt878 works like
a charm with Kwintv.
>
> Bottom line being: If Linux doesn't support my stuff, I'm not going to buy
> another few hundred bucks worth of supported devices just to get running
> properly. Linux needs the capability to be compatible. In the meantime, I'm
> finding more productivity in Win95.
So Linux does support what you think it does not.
--
Regards Richard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
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