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From: GT on 14 Nov 2007 03:22 Hi all, Small but all important question : I feel mandriva seems the best solution for my needs. However the biggest problem for me is the hardware recognition. There's always a problem. So, I understand recompiling the kernel is the solution for all hardware to be recognised to work properly. Q1 : Is this true? Q2 : How does one recompile the kernel? Q3 : This is for pro use, so getting this distro is a pretty serious matter. For instance I use a HP colour laserjet 2605dn which is not supported by any version of linux. Kernel compilation fixes this ? I thank you all. G.
From: foo on 14 Nov 2007 03:45 GT wrote: > Hi all, > Small but all important question : I feel mandriva seems the best > solution for my needs. However the biggest problem for me is the > hardware recognition. There's always a problem. Name the problem, or I call bullshit. > So, I understand recompiling the kernel is the solution for all hardware > to be recognised to work properly. If you paid for that advise, get your money back. > > Q1 : Is this true? No > Q2 : How does one recompile the kernel? Several ways to do it, if you need to ask, you wouldn't understand and you haven't bothered to do any research. > Q3 : This is for pro use, so getting this distro is a pretty serious > matter. What is your definition of "pro use" ? > > For instance I use a HP colour laserjet 2605dn which is not supported by > any version of linux. Kernel compilation fixes this ? OK, now I call bullshit. "HP Color LaserJet 2605dn" uses HPLIP version 0.9.11 or better. That makes it usable on any Linux distribution (within reason). > > I thank you all. > > G.
From: GT on 14 Nov 2007 05:50 Thanks for replying Bit Twister a �crit : > On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:22:15 +0100, GT wrote: > > I am not going to trim the post just so you can see what a waste > of bandwidth and store you consume with those settings. Nobody's asking you to > > Not on my system, I only buy hardware which is supported. well not everyone can. > >> Q1 : Is this true? > > No Ok, so false info > >> Q2 : How does one recompile the kernel? > > Install development packages, kernel source, run one of the kernel > config tools, followed by a make of modules, image, install and > creating an entry in your boot loader. So basically a mess. > >> Q3 : This is for pro use, so getting this distro is a pretty serious matter. > > Sorry can not see your question. What /pro use/ are you going to be doing. Well, not personal, scientific develepment in a professionnal environment. > >> For instance I use a HP colour laserjet 2605dn which is not supported by >> any version of linux. Kernel compilation fixes this ? > > No, again, guessing the HP driver package "hplip" would be where code > would be added to support the printer. This sentence does not make sense.
From: GT on 14 Nov 2007 05:57 foo a �crit : > GT wrote: >> Hi all, >> Small but all important question : I feel mandriva seems the best >> solution for my needs. However the biggest problem for me is the >> hardware recognition. There's always a problem. > > Name the problem, or I call bullshit. well, I install Linux, the hardware driver of whatever is not present. Example : get the screen to fit the "flat" panoramic screens. > >> So, I understand recompiling the kernel is the solution for all >> hardware to be recognised to work properly. > > If you paid for that advise, get your money back. Well, seems to be the consensus. Got a problem with the configuration ? Compile the kernel with everything connected. > >> >> Q1 : Is this true? > > No Right > >> Q2 : How does one recompile the kernel? > > Several ways to do it, if you need to ask, you wouldn't understand > and you haven't bothered to do any research.* Well if I know about recompiling the kernel I have probably looked into it already, seen that it is a pretty major step, evaluated the consequences and decided to get as much help/advice as possible before crashing the machine. If I did not need to ask, I wouldn't. > >> Q3 : This is for pro use, so getting this distro is a pretty serious >> matter. > > What is your definition of "pro use" ? > >> >> For instance I use a HP colour laserjet 2605dn which is not supported >> by any version of linux. Kernel compilation fixes this ? > > OK, now I call bullshit. > "HP Color LaserJet 2605dn" uses HPLIP version 0.9.11 or better. That makes it usable on any Linux distribution (within reason). Well, thank you, it is not that obviousn and yes I had looked into it. I think bullshit is too far away to hear. Whatever that means. > >> >> I thank you all. >> >> G. Thanks.
From: Rob on 14 Nov 2007 06:03
GT wrote: > Thanks for replying > Bit Twister a �crit : >> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:22:15 +0100, GT wrote: >>> For instance I use a HP colour laserjet 2605dn which is not supported by >>> any version of linux. Kernel compilation fixes this ? >> >> No, again, guessing the HP driver package "hplip" would be where code >> would be added to support the printer. > > This sentence does not make sense. It actually does you know! Also your printer *is* supported under Linux. See the reference below. From where did you get your information? It's obvously seriously flawed... Printer support is in drivers, not within the kernel itself... 'hplip' is /apparently/ the driver package which caters for, among others, the printer you mentioned above. Follow the link below. http://hplip.sourceforge.net/supported_devices/combined.htm HTH Rob. |