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I can't find Linux drivers for all my hardware
Aloone_Jonez:
That's a shame. :(
Thanks for looking for me though.
What do you think of the driver wrapper idea?
Do you think I should post it on a Linux developer forum?
hardware companies that don't support Linux.
Aloone_Jonez:
The printer/scanner combination, uses separate windows drivers for the print and scan functions, and it comes with some crap photo editor, that you don't have to install if you don't want to.
I never tried the normal Linux scanner settings, perhaps I should give them a go.
What's wrong with asm?
It's fast, reliable, and compact.
There is only one real disadvantage:
It's not portable.
But who cares.
Drivers aren't supposed to be portable.
If Linuxant has a wrapper for Windows wifi drivers why can't someone just write wrappers for printer and scanner drivers?
By the way I would be very surprised if you don't notice any performance boost if you switched to the classic theme and turned off the menu transition effects. They didn't bother me or my system, things just got quicker when I switched them off.
insomnia:
S3 ProSavage:
driver instructions + downloads
http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html
(or buy NVidia)
quote:someone just needs to write one for Linux in ASM
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Whould be a very bad idea.
ASM has a lot of compatibility problems and whould make your system a mess.
To much ASM code also makes your system very slow.
[ July 15, 2004: Message edited by: insomnia ]
WMD:
quote:Originally posted by insomnia:
S3 ProSavage:
driver instructions + downloads
http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html
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Ha! FOUND! :D
Here's a direct download link for XFree86 4.3:
http:/www.probo.com/timr/xf43sav-27t.tgz
Extract to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers and change the XF86Config driver name to "Savage."
[ July 15, 2004: Message edited by: WMD ]
hm_murdock:
quote:If Linuxant has a wrapper for Windows wifi drivers why can't someone just write wrappers for printer and scanner drivers?
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Horribly different mechanisms go into running network shit than running printers and crap.
quote:By the way I would be very surprised if you don't notice any performance boost if you switched to the classic theme and turned off the menu transition effects. They didn't bother me or my system, things just got quicker when I switched them off.
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1GHz Coppermine P3 - 512MB RAM, GeForce 4 video, 7200RPM ATA133 drive.
That's why my machine doesn't give a shit. I have a mediocre processor, but I actually support it with sufficient RAM, a decent (read: not shitty integrated) vid card, and a good HD.
BTW, you coulda found the driver yourself. There's this thing we have in modern times called "Google". Try it sometime.
type in
"S3 Savage" "XFree86 driver"
to save you the trouble of having to undertake this seemingly daunting task, here you go...
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22S3+Savage%22+%22XFree86+driver%22&sourceid=firefox&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
What you need is the very first link.
[ July 15, 2004: Message edited by: JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder ]
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