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  From: Andrew Galdes <AGaldes@elders.com.au>
  To  : Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@sa.pracom.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:25:53 +0930

RE: USB support in 2.2?

to be honest, the mdk 8 has a really cool "control panel" (if you like)
which is the atractive feature im looking at. im sure you've seen it. i have
only seen it on their www.mandrake.com web site.

so do you (or anyone in adelaide - cbd) have a copy of mbk 8???

would be really good!

Andrew Galdes

Elders Help Desk
1300 363 523
agaldes@elders.com.au

"The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Toby Corkindale [mailto:tjcorkin@sa.pracom.com.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2001 10:16 AM
> To: Andrew Galdes
> Cc: 'Linux Group'
> Subject: RE: USB support in 2.2?
> 
> 
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Andrew Galdes wrote:
> 
> > A
> >
> > a dead end? i have no problems - as such. i have heard 
> about this mdk 8 not
> > being very ... complete/stable. either way, im a mandrake 
> fan and wont to
> > give it a go. Is there anyone in the city who has this on 
> cd, which i could
> > borrow?
> 
> The official word from Linus & Alan is that all new 
> development should be
> done with the new kernel. They also said they wouldn't accept 
> new drivers
> and stuff for 2.2 unless they are also produced for 2.4.
> Plus, 2.2 just doesn't scale up as well, with filesystem, 
> process, threads,
> memory, etc. limits. 2.4 is faster too, has more features, 
> better design,
> better support for new hardware, and has been nice and stable for me.
> 
> Check out the various webpages detailing the differences 
> between the two
> kernel branches, and you'll see what i mean ;)
> 
> basically, if 2.2 works for you, you may as well stick with 
> it, but as soon
> as you need something nifty, just swap to 2.4 -- you'll want to do it
> eventually  anyway.
> 
> 
> Toby
> 
> >
> > -----
> >
> > just upgrade to mandrake 8 and you'll get the 2.4.x kernel, 
> usb support and
> > apps, etc. etc. easily. Stick with mandrake, don't go to redhat.
> >
> > You could just upgrade the kernel + utils manually, but if 
> you've never
> > compiled something before, it'll probably take you a week 
> of trial and error
> > before you get anywhere.
> >
> > 2.4 kernels are just simply much better.. 2.2 is a dead end..
> >
> > TC
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, James Mclean wrote:
> > >
> > > Andrew,
> > >
> > > > right now i have my usb mouse (with an adaptor) going 
> into the ps2
> > > > port.
> > > > what do i need to do to use USB?
> > > Why would you want to use a mouse with USB? Sure USB is 
> cool, but i dont
> > see
> > > how a mouse can make any use of it, it only needs PS/2. 
> The PS/2 port was
> > made
> > > for the mouse/kbd so use it. Sure having a USB scanner 
> with no external
> > power
> > > is good, so save the USB port for that!
> > >
> > > > i am using Mandrake 7.2 with no modification to the kernel.
> > > More than likely check if you have 2.2.18 (or did 
> manduckshit 7.2 have a
> > 2.4.xx
> > > kernel??)
> > > you will need to RTFM then recomple and RTFM again.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
>  Toby Corkindale
>  UNIX Developer, Core Tech R&D
>  Technology SA, Pracom Ltd
>  288 Glen Osmond Road
>  Fullarton,	5063
>  South Australia
>  Tel: +61 8 8202 9075
>  Fax: +61 8 8202 9001
>  mailto:Toby.Corkindale@sa.pracom.com.au
>  http://www.sa.pracom.com.au/
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