Re: wtf? (long and frustrated)
On Tuesday 11 March 2003 10:48 am, Glenn English wrote:
> Many thanks to all of you for the compassion and the information. The
> little sucker is making pictures now - I learned a lot about X in the
> past couple days.
>
> Next step is getting it to realize there's an Ethernet connector in
> it's (PCMCIA) NIC. But I expect that to be a pretty straightforward
> task now that I can actually use the machine and some of the
> configuration tools.
>
> I've got to agree with David Krider's complaints about the Debian
> install process. This isn't rocket science; it's just a hardware
> prober. If the 'lesser' distros can install in one try (and without
> rebooting several times), surely the mighty Debian can. This install
> process seems to be a test that must be passed in order to join the
> Debian community.
>
You might want to install the package discover. I have it installed on
my laptop, and it was able to find a lot of the hardware I have (sound,
NIC, etc).
John
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