Best hardware probing live-distro?
in [UK Linux]
|
Prev: Grub using wrong menu file.
Next: alsaplayer daemon control (was: Re: sound sample rate issue: alsa/jack(ubuntu 9.04))
From: Dave Farrance on 5 Nov 2009 07:08 I've just bought an Acer Aspire Revo R3610 "net-top" computer (at only �160!) with Linpus Linux preinstalled. Unfortunately, it's only driving my 1920x1080 Asus VH242H monitor at a resolution of 1024x768, and offers no higher resolution, despite being connected by HDMI. I'll replace Linpus with another distro, but I'd like to do some hardware probing first. I downloaded the latest Knoppix (v6.01) and saved it to a flash and booted from that. Unfortunately, it's not the Knoppix that I remember from years gone by. It seems OK for office apps and simple browsing, but not for probing the hardware, peripherals and network. Which live-distro would do that these days? -- Dave Farrance
From: Justin C on 5 Nov 2009 09:59 On 2009-11-05, Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote: > I've just bought an Acer Aspire Revo R3610 "net-top" computer (at only > �160!) with Linpus Linux preinstalled. Unfortunately, it's only driving > my 1920x1080 Asus VH242H monitor at a resolution of 1024x768, and offers > no higher resolution, despite being connected by HDMI. I'll replace > Linpus with another distro, but I'd like to do some hardware probing > first. > > I downloaded the latest Knoppix (v6.01) and saved it to a flash and booted > from that. Unfortunately, it's not the Knoppix that I remember from years > gone by. It seems OK for office apps and simple browsing, but not for > probing the hardware, peripherals and network. Which live-distro would do > that these days? I believe Ubuntu is quite good at detecting hardware. Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea.
From: Phil on 5 Nov 2009 10:47 Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> writes: > I've just bought an Acer Aspire Revo R3610 "net-top" computer (at only > �160!) with Linpus Linux preinstalled. Unfortunately, it's only driving > my 1920x1080 Asus VH242H monitor at a resolution of 1024x768, and offers > no higher resolution, despite being connected by HDMI. I'll replace > Linpus with another distro, but I'd like to do some hardware probing > first. > > I downloaded the latest Knoppix (v6.01) and saved it to a flash and booted > from that. Unfortunately, it's not the Knoppix that I remember from years > gone by. It seems OK for office apps and simple browsing, but not for > probing the hardware, peripherals and network. Which live-distro would do > that these days? > I find Fedora 11 pretty good as a live USB distro. HTH Phil -- Old protocols never die. They just get migrated over TCP/IP.
From: Dave Farrance on 5 Nov 2009 13:00 Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote: >I downloaded the latest Knoppix (v6.01) and saved it to a flash and booted >from that. Unfortunately, it's not the Knoppix that I remember from years >gone by. It seems OK for office apps and simple browsing, but not for >probing the hardware, peripherals and network. Which live-distro would do >that these days? Just to make it clear, I mean a swiss-knife type distro with apps for probing the hardware, peripherals and network and reporting useful information rather than the boot-up probing. Not the distro that I'll eventually install. -- Dave Farrance
From: Geoffrey Clements on 5 Nov 2009 13:32
"Dave Farrance" <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote in message news:2g46f5h4gtu90hfl3eg669pbh5dhr6k2rr(a)4ax.com... > Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote: > >>I downloaded the latest Knoppix (v6.01) and saved it to a flash and booted >>from that. Unfortunately, it's not the Knoppix that I remember from years >>gone by. It seems OK for office apps and simple browsing, but not for >>probing the hardware, peripherals and network. Which live-distro would do >>that these days? > > Just to make it clear, I mean a swiss-knife type distro with apps for > probing the hardware, peripherals and network and reporting useful > information rather than the boot-up probing. Not the distro that I'll > eventually install. > http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page Although I'm not sure if it's got everything you want. -- Geoff |