On 31 Jul, Alex Page wrote: > 1) I've got a "3Com 10/100 LAN PC Card" PCMCIA NIC in my laptop. I can't > find any information about Linux drivers on 3Com's (very poor) website. > Where can I found out whether Linux drivers are available for this product? The 3com pcmcia nics seem to work ok. I've only had experience with the 10baseT versions though. > 2) Ditto for the inbuilt Toshiba 56k modem I've got a Satellite XCDT490, my internal modem doesn't work at all, but I think it's just plain broken (don't have windows, so I can't test it). I've seen other people (on the toshiba-linux mailing list) that have had good results with the lucent drivers. > 3) Sound drivers - the internal soundcard works well under Win98, and I'd > rather like it to continue working under Debian... Sound shouldn't be a problem. > 4) Dual monitor support - under windoze, I have my mail client / ogg player > on the laptop's LCD, and do the rest of my work on my monitor. How easy is > this to replicate under Linux? This I can't say, it sounds like you're talking about dual-headed support, it should be possible, but I can't say how you'd go about it. jim
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