Author: Dan Homan
Date: 06:26:23 07/21/99
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On July 21, 1999 at 06:36:02, Gunnar Andersson wrote: >On July 21, 1999 at 01:34:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Just because you (Vincent) haven't sold a linux version yet is totally, >>100% meaningless, in the world of computing. Linux is now the most installed >>unix system around. Companies like RedHat have streamlined the installation >>via CD to the point that beginners (even students) are getting it up in no >>time at all... > >Depends on what you want to do and what you mean by "beginner"; I've been using >various PC OSes sice 1986 and Unix (Solaris) since 1990 but have during the >eight months I've been experimenting with RedHat 5.2 not been able to use either >the modem or the soundcard. RH installation supposedly takes care of this but >they still don't work. Digging into the documentation and fooling around with >minicom etc didn't help me either. > >I really like Linux and would like to use it more but the fact that I can't even >configure my rather standard system keeps me from doing this. > >Of course the reason for my failure might be that I'm a complete klutz but the >answers I got from comp.os.linux.setup didn't help me (and were sometimes >contradictory). The only modems that should be a problem are "winmodems". These are rather common now and will not work with linux. Some plug and play modems might be a little difficult, but you can most easily solve those problems by booting into Win95/98 first and then launching linux. Plug and Play sound cards can also be a problem, but the solution is the same - launch Win95/98 first then launch linux. You will need to setup your sound card the first time you do this, but after that it should work everytime you boot Win95/98 first followed by linux. The reason this scheme works is that Win98/99 sets up the plug and play devices and that information is preserved as long as you don't power down the machine. An alternative is plug and play software for linux (pnpconfig?), but this can be rather difficult to use. Oh, some Plug and Play devices have a switch to turn the plug and play features off. - Dan > >/ Gunnar
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