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J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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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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>>>>> But is no longer active, did it change? |
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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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>>>> https://wiki.debian.org/Hardware |
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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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>> |
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>> It works if you already have the right driver enabled tho. |
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>> |
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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 |
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That's true but in the past, I've ran into times where a driver wasn't |
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included. I ran into that once with a network card. The driver for it |
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had to be installed similar to how a video driver is. In that case, it |
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doesn't work. Could be a somewhat rare occurrence but worth mentioning. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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