Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-19 Thread yubing
thanks for your information i am a Linux Newbie, and have a lot of troube in fixing audio drvier. so i install knoppix on my computer. and it works. but the problem is i have install a lot of dummy stuff on my computer too, i wonder if there is a kind of live debian based cd like knoppix, but

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 08:35:17PM -0400, alex wrote: alex wrote: This is followup to my previously posted 'Integrated video and audio-OK for Linux?' What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-18 Thread Silvan
On Monday 17 May 2004 08:35 pm, alex wrote: It looks like there is no shortcut to check compatibility with a KNOPPIX CD other than try to make all the devices work. A suggestion. Grab the DeMuDi image from AGNULA. (No URL handy, but it's easy to google up I'm sure.) It's a special version

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread alex
Carl Fink wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:56:41PM -0400, alex wrote: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. I'd prefer to use terminal

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread alex
Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. Why

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 07:58, alex wrote: Carl Fink wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:56:41PM -0400, alex wrote: You could suppress the graphical environment, but why? Of course, I'd have to boot the CD. It's just that I'd prefer to work in terminal mode. what is wrong with CTRL-ALT-[ F2

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread alex
alex wrote: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. There seems to be some misunderstanding about this. First, testing a computer with a

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread Katipo
alex wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. Why not just try Knoppix on it?

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread Kent West
alex wrote: I realize that the surest way to do a Linux compatibility check is to do a full installation of everything. But, how would you perform a quick check with a KNOPPIX CD under the conditions mentioned above? [ie, without getting the attention of a salesdroid] You probably will have to

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-17 Thread alex
alex wrote: This is followup to my previously posted 'Integrated video and audio-OK for Linux?' What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer.

KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread alex
This is followup to my previously posted 'Integrated video and audio-OK for Linux?' What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. I'd prefer to

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:56:41PM -0400, alex wrote: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. I'd prefer to use terminal commands to

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread Dan Lawrence
On 16 May 2004, you wrote in linux.debian.user: You're going to have to boot off the CD to do the test. Once you do that, Knoppix will try to boot into its graphical environment anyway. There's no way to use a shell from it without booting. Sure you can. Just give the command knoppix 2 at

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:20:44PM -0700, Dan Lawrence wrote: On 16 May 2004, you wrote in linux.debian.user: You're going to have to boot off the CD to do the test. Once you do that, Knoppix will try to boot into its graphical environment anyway. There's no way to use a shell from it

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores, something that could be done in a matter of a few minutes per computer. Why not just try

Re: KNOPPIX CD to check computer's linux compatibility?

2004-05-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 16, 2004 at 08:56:41PM -0400, alex ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: This is followup to my previously posted 'Integrated video and audio-OK for Linux?' What I'm looking for is a way to run quick compatibility checks with a KNOPPIX CD on display computers in computer stores,