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1st time with Linux

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From: Engstrom1
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 00:00
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I have semi succesfully installed Red Hat Linux 5.2 on my intel pentium 200
machine.  I say semi because I was unable to activate WidowsX with my Trident
9750 video card, unable to get my sound, printer will not print, and modem is
not working either.  Now I have visited Redhat.com and in the hardware
compatibility area it says that if it is not listed it is not supported.  None
of the above hardware was listed on redhats web page. I am wondering if anyone
has had success in getting any of the following hardware to work properly and
how they have accomplished it.

The video card is a Trident AGP bus 9750 3D card with 4mb ram.  I have
installed a Cirus Logic 5430/40 PCI card and WindowsX runs.  I am trying to get
the AGP card to work as I run programs under MS Windows that require a 3D card.
 

The sound on my system comes from an onboard sound system. The motherboard is a
Topgun 5571.  If anyone has had luck getting the sound to work here I would
like to know how.  I do have sound working with the PC speaker but it lacks
quality.

The printer is an HP Deskjet 820Cse Pro.  I have tried all the available
deskjet versions included with Red Hat 5.2 but non seem to work.  I do not see
any signals being sent to my printer either.  The data light stays off when I
try to print. I am printing fine under MS windows so I a sure my connection is
working fine.  Help!!!  I need to print man pages to figure out this whole
linux thing.

Finally my modem is a Diamond SupraMax 56i voice PCI.  Can it work?  Is there
any bbs in the 303 area code I could check out?  I don't think i would be able
to connect to aol under linux,  am i right?  Any help would be greatly
apprieciated.

Thanks in advance for any help,
David Engstrom
United Press

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Date: 1999/01/21
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