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On Monday, April 20, 2020 2:26:38 AM CEST Dale wrote: |
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> thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > On 04/19/2020 04:11 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> >> thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> >>> There used to be webpage http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ |
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> >>> where use could paste output of: lspci -n |
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> >>> |
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> >>> But is no longer active, did it change? |
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> >> |
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> >> That site seems to be gone. I did find some other info. Maybe one of |
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> >> these links will help replace it. |
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> >> |
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> >> https://www.linuxjournal.com/supportedhardware |
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> >> https://linux-hardware.org/ |
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> >> |
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> >> https://wiki.debian.org/Hardware |
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> >> |
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> >> https://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility/ |
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> >> |
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> >> Each site has its own way. One lists links to distro sites, another |
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> >> probes your system to see if everything is supported, I didn't test |
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> >> that, and others seem to list hardware separated by type, network, video |
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> >> etc etc. |
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> >> I seem to recall using that site long ago. If I recall correctly, it |
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> >> would find the correct kernel drivers etc for each piece of hardware. |
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> >> Certainly made things easier when trying to do a install on a new |
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> >> system. Sad to see it is gone. |
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> >> |
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> >> Dale |
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> >> :-) :-) |
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> > |
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> > I think using: lspci -kn |
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> > will do the trick, it lists the kernel driver in use. |
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> If I recall correctly, it has to be enabled already for it to show |
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> that. If you have a limited boot media that doesn't support some piece |
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> of hardware, it won't help. It works more to confirm the driver is |
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> loaded than anything. If doing a new install, or more important about to |
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> purchase new hardware, those types of sites can be of real help. Also |
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> true if you run windoze and want to switch or dual boot. I suspect that |
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> site that does the probing thing is for people using windoze but wanting |
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> to switch. |
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> It works if you already have the right driver enabled tho. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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If you boot from one of the "enable everything" live distributions, you will |
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find it. |
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I miss HCL as well. |
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-- |
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Joost |