Re: Brand-new notebook useless with Linux...

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Willy Tarreau wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 06:58:00PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > I just bought a new notebook.  Here is the output from lspci using the latest
> > pci.ids file from sourceforge:
> 
> You seem to be surprized by the contents. When I recently changed my 
> work notebook (dead screen on the previous one), it took me nearly 6
> months to find one which suits my needs (serial, floppy, ...) and to
> ensure that everything in it was supported. I've refused several ones
> because there was no clear indication that they hosted supported hardware.
> So I'm a bit amazed by your reaction, you seem to have bought the first
> cheap K8 you saw in a store.

Incidentally, Is that a Compaq R4000?
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