Mike Powell -> Jeff Guerdat wrote:

 MP> When I first installed the latest Debian, it actually was slick enough.
 MP> Part of the problem I have had is that some things seem to
"disappear" the
 MP> first time I allow a kernal patch/upgrade to be installed.  Like some of
 MP> the modules disappear.  For example, on my laptop, I had it set up to use
 MP> the Windows drivers (via ndiswrapper (sp?)) for a wireless card.  That
 MP> worked fine until I installed the kernel upgrade.

 MP> It is easy enough to fix, I just haven't yet.

Yeah, I just built a quick script that will compile any modules I need for
each kernel (VMware and Virtual Box).  That way, all I have to do is reboot
into the new kernel and run the script.  I don't need to remember the
commands needed to do it, which would be a real problem with me.
ndiswrapper would be a good example of this.  BTW, what wireless chipset is
it?  Seems like part of the problem has been having the firmware files
available without having to download them (kind of a problem when you don't
have a connection).  I've noticed that the newer OSes are shipping many of
these files so that things have a better chance of working.  I guess
someone has been working on getting the legalese worked out (not a problem
if the driver is supplied by the manufacturer, as is done with Windows).

 MP> The other problems are mostly with folks who program their websites to only
 MP> work with Windows.  I mentioned multimedia in my original message.  I got a
 MP> little hacked a few weeks back when I visted a site that had some video
 MP> content.  They insisted that they were only able to show the videos to
 MP> Windows users.  HOWEVER, the video ads that preceded the desired video
 MP> worked JUST FINE on my linux machine.

 MP> I somehow don't believe that their videos are really Windows compatable
 MP> only!  ;-)

I've seen this with ABC's streaming shows.  It tells me that they only
support Windows and Mac.  So, I installed a user agent switcher into
Firefox and set it to report itself as IE7 under Vista.  Then it tells me I
need Flash 8 to view the content although I have Flash 9 installed.  Maybe
I just need to come up with a different user agent (Firefox under XP or
Mac?).  Of course, ABC could just take a little extra time to make it work
with Linux...

 MP> | Thanks for being a bright spot!
 +-[JG=>> MP]

 MP> Don't know that I've been called that before.  ;-)

Ok, I won't do it again, I promise!  ;)

-- 
Jeff Guerdat

Is it any wonder that we have a show called "Are You Smarter Than A 5th
Grader" and a President who isn't?         Alan Shore in "Boston
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