Hi there, When we install linux from one of the distributions like fedora or SuSE, there is no problem with hardware detection. But when we manually compile the kernel, how is it that we pass the information that I have so and so hardware and how appropriate drivers are loaded? Am I missing something? please throw light on this. -- Regards, B.Nagaprabhanjan. Mobile No: 9892163849 http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~nagaprabhanjan/ ------------------------------------- A bump in the road is either an obstacle to be fought or an oppurtunity to be enjoyed --- Its all upto you. ------------------------------------- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/