From: John P. Looney (valen at domain tuatha.org)
Date: Thu 11 Jul 2002 - 15:19:57 IST
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 02:12:59PM +0000, john sturdy mentioned:
> i just downloaded the linux code onto my laptop and it is not supporting my
> hardware. my printer will not print OR TURN ON anymore. i have tried to
> reinstall linux and my printer drivers (i don't have linux printer drivers
> though) and it still won't work.
Curious. If it won't turn on, I'd bring it back to the manufacturers.
What exactly do you mean by 'Linux code' ? Did you install a Linux
operating system on to it ? Linux doesn't use printer drivers, as such.
For more info on getting printers working under Linux, check out
linuxprinting.org - there is a lot of information there.
> also, my laptop has a winmodem. will this work under wine? i have not used
> wine b4 but i know it is better than window$.
Better at what ? Wine tries to turn Windows API calls into Linux ones.
Applications use APIs - not drivers or hardware. So no, Wine is no luck.
There is a Linux Winmodem Howto. Google will tell you where it is, and
then the howto will tell you what to do next.
Kate
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