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Hardware compatibility list
Most likely the best place to test and report your hardware is the Hardware Compatibility List.
Compatibility & Drivers
General Linux driver issues, general and special Linux hardware information and driver sites.
- "Why Isn't There A Driver For … ?"
- "Why Doesn't Mandrake Include The Driver For … ?"
- Installing A Vendor Driver
- General Linux Hardware Information Sites
- CD Writers
- Digital Cameras
- Graphic Cards
- Image Scanners
- ISDN Cards
- Laptops
- Modems
- Ethernet Cards
- Parallel Port Devices
- Printers
- Sound Cards
- USB & Firewire
- Video, TV, Webcams
Hardware Configuration
Usually GNU/Linux should be able to detect and configure your hardware on its own. But what to do if not?
- 1 Is A Device Supported?
- 2 Do You Need To Configure The Device Anyway?
- 3 Finding the Right Driver
- 3.1 The Name Of The Device
- 3.2 Scanning The System For Information And Drivers
- 3.3 Trial And Error
- 4 Configuring The Driver
- 4.1 User-space Configuration
- 4.2 Kernel-space Configuration
- '/etc/lilo.conf' vs. '/etc/modules.conf'
- Boot-time Configuration
- Run-time Configuration
Mandriva Laptops
Recent pages on hardware compatibility:
And some old notes: Laptop Notes {Dec. 18, 01}Webcams
Some info about compatible webcams
Mp3 players-iPod
What Mandriva users have to say about their mp3 player.
Printing With CUPS
The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) replaces the ancient LPD printing subsystem in ML 7.2. Till Kamppeter, the CUPS man at M, has contributed this encompassing article explaining the ins and outs of this new system.
Due to the rather extensive nature of this article, it has its own index.
Index For 'Printing With CUPS'
Wireless
How to set up wireless networking.
- Prism: Devices based on Intersil's Prism chipset
Hardware Titbits
Hardware related tips by Mandriva-Linux users.
- Installation on Laptops
- Installing the Rage 128 X server
- Installing a 3dfx Voodoo3 2000
- Pro Audio Spectrum 16 w/SCSI fix
- ESS-Solo 1 for Mandrake Linux
- Logitech cordless wheel-mouse (4 buttons)
- Printing On A HP Deskjet 600C
- Intel IStation 56k
- Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM
- Configuring The Domex DMX3194UP SCSI Adapter
- Guillemot Prophet II (Kyro II) In Mandrake Linux 8.1
- Configuring And Using A 'Disk On Key' Portable Drive
'Scanning In Linux' Mandrake Linux user Marcel Pol talks about SANE, OCR and more {Mar. 19, 02}
nVidia On Mandrake
Installing and configuring the proprietary nVidia driver. Once you are done, you can play some nice games ;).
Page TwoRemovable Storage Devices
Floppies, CD-R, ZIP, ORB … All of these and lots more are supported by GNU/Linux. These pages tell you the essentials.
- The Floppy Device Controller
- Floppies
Formatting, Low Level
Formatting, High Level - Floppy Tape Drives
IDE Hard Drives
The most popular storage device in the PC world. Here you'll get to know some basics, limitations and - of course ;-) - tuning tactics.
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