Re: (Newbie) Compatibility while I am fumbling.

[Brian Durant <durant@cbn.net.id>]

Wow, thanks for the very clear, concise and informative answer. Let me 
ask while I am at it, if you think that I would still get this Debian 
support in a a stock 2.4 kernel in 3 rev. 1 or is there something 
specific with the hardware that you needed to use the 2.4.18-k7 kernel?

Cheers,

Brian

Shyamal Prasad wrote:

>    "Brian" == Brian Durant <durant@cbn.net.id> writes:
>
>    Brian> While I am fumbling with problems getting Debian to install
>    Brian> on my daughter's computer, I have been speculating about
>    Brian> Debian support for the hardware on my box (considering a
>    Brian> Win2k Pro and Debian 3 rev.1 dual boot). I have been
>    Brian> looking for info on my SOYO SY-K7V DRAGON Plus!
>    Brian> motherboard, AsanteFast Ethernet and built-in motherboard
>    Brian> ethernet card (shows in Win2k Pro to be a VIA Rhine II Fast
>    Brian> Ethernet),............
>
> I use the same mother board you do. All the hardware on the board I've
> tried to use works (which means I have no idea about the smart card
> reader). The built in ethernet is supported with the via-rhine module,
> the sound is supported via cmpci. The serial and parallel ports work
> out of the box. 
>
> I disabled acpi, and apm does the job of powering on/off correctly and
> the BIOS will automatically restart after a powerfailure
> correctly. lm_sensors took a little work, but the sensors now work
> fine. I used a USB keyboard and mouse so that works too (hotplug with
> the usb-uhci driver). 
>
> I'm running 2.4.18-k7 and a stock Woody r1 system.
>
> Best regards,
> Shyamal
>
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