2008/8/10 Russell Miller <duskglow@xxxxxxxxx>: > >> >> >> In all fairness Russel, unless you specifically want to mess with this >> problem, the common way is to use Livna/Atrpms.. Livna even has a >> kernel independent package whose name i can't remember which >> will/should work with any kernel. >> >> So really, you chose the toughest way if you ran into that problem. > > How so? Livna repo isn't installed by default from what I can see - maybe > you know to do that and maybe I could have looked it up if it had occurred > to me - but how would a newbie know to do that? A newbie would likely either stick with the OSS drivers, (assuming they get at least 1024x768) or they would Google it, or they would give up. Also, I personally think that Fedora should have an explicit warning against use by computer newbies (ie. people not interested in fiddling with their install at all) -- this is a separate topic, but I fee that Fedora's FOSS idealism (which I like) currently stands in the way of ease of use due to he behavior of most hardware manufactures. >> Also, how is hardware support Linux (the kernel) fault and not the >> people from whom you purchased, with money, your hardware? > > I'm not saying it is. I already specifically said that I know the kernel > guys aren't at fault for most of this. I really don't *care* who's at > fault. It's just not working, and that's my point. Fair enough. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
