kernel version 2.4 is supposed to have much better support for "winmodems"... this
update is due out in the fall.
bgf wrote:
> I checked here and am now depressed. A couple of really good explanations here. But
> the only thing is that if I want to get Linux up and running, I have to buy another
> modem--other than the internal one--because Linux won't run that one. Argh. Oh well.
>
> Anybody know if there are plans to support this sort of thing? I wish I knew the
> first frigging thing about coding--I would start working on it. But, alas, I am a
> bonehead about such things.
>
> Oh well, have to go back to trying to get Linux running properly on my desktop.
> --
> bgf
>
> Theo Brinkman wrote:
>
> > Check out 'http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/' for a
> > more extensive list. The linux.org page seems a bit out of date.
> >
> > On another note, the 2540CDS is most likely the same as the 2545CDS.
> > Toshiba normally distinguishes between direct-sale and retail 'versions'
> > by using a 5 for the last digit of the 'retail model'. Also, the
> > 2545XCDT should only differ in that it has an active matrix screen.
> >
> > - Theo
> >
> > bgf wrote:
> > >
> > > I have seen this, I was just wondering if anyone had made a clean install on my
> > > specific machine. I'll probably dive in and give it a go anyway, but I was
> > > curious if anyone had blazed the trail. Linux.org doesn't list the Satellite
> > > 2540CDS specifically.
> > > --
> > > bgf
> > >
> > > Lorenzo Jimenez wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Reading so many laptop issues with Linux, this link will take to an specific
> > > > link to your laptop to guide you to make a Linux install:
> > > > http://www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html.
> > > >
> > > > Lorenzo
