Fedora Queries for Laptop

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Don't get an Epson scanner.. I used to have a perfection 1650 and it worked
great with Linux, but I had to replace it and my V200 photo hardly works. 
I installed the proper driver but it will only scan in two resolutions. 
300dpi is one of them which is fine but I also need 600dpi and the driver
won't do it.  I had to install a Windows VM who's sole purpose in life is
to scan.

I also have a USB drive which gives me no problems.

On Fri, 30 May 2008 23:52:01 +0100, Joe Desbonnet <joe at galway.net> wrote:
> The only areas where I tend to have problems with Fedora (and other
> Linux distros) is:
> 
> 1. ACPI related issues (sleeping -- or waking up after a sleep to be
> more accurate)
> 2. Audio *in* -- audio out always works, but getting the mic to work
> for skype etc is very, very, very, very hard. For me anyway.
> 
> Re playing video etc -- the secret is to install the right software.
> Redhat have a very strict open source / no patent policy, so a fresh
> Fedora install would seem useless when it comes to playing the most
> popular formats out there (MPEG despite being an "open" standard is
> riddled with patent issues).
> 
> Go to http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/
> and install software such as mplayer  and you then have capabilities
> that would far exceed what comes bundled with Windows and Mac.
> 
> The only other problem I've encountered is playing (deliberately)
> broken DVDs: there are a few free Windows players  which work with
> Wine (Windows emulator). Takes a bit of work to get them working, but
> googling around you'll find many tutorials on this.
> 
> Finally: remember that with modern hardware you can run virtual
> machines with almost no performance penalty. So the few bits of
> Windows software that you really need to run and that won't work with
> Wine -- just create a  Windows VM and run them in a window (you'll
> need an Windows install CD/DVD and a licence key to get started)   The
> only thing I havn't yet achieved is to run a virtual Mac :-(  That
> would be nice.
> 
> J.
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Kevin J. Cummings
> <cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
>> Jigar Sutaria wrote:
>>>
>>> I have Dell Inspiron with all latest configuration. I want to know
>>
>> In the Linux world, the phrase "all latest configuration" is a
> meaningless
>> one.  See below.
>>
>>> following work with Fedora or not
>>> If they are working any configuration required or not (Any document
>>> reference that can help me knowing this)
>>>  1. Bluetooth data/voice
>>> 2. USB Flash Drive
>>> 3. USB Hard Drive
>>> 4. Playing Movies VCD/DVD
>>> 5. Playing Music
>>> 6. Telephony Tools
>>> 7. Microphone
>>> 8. Webcam
>>> 9  Scanner/Cameras
>>
>> And the answer is ...   *maybe*
>>
>> You need to provide more details of the particular devices.
>> Bluetooth tends to work, but, not being a bluetooth user (other than my
>> laptop supports it), I can't give you any details.
>>
>> USB Flash drives tend to work fairly well.  The USB Storage device
> interface
>> seems to be well solved on Linux.  You will probably have more problems
> with
>> the filesystem type on the USB stick than with the stick itself.
>>
>> Ditto for USB hard drives, though, there was a USB Hard Drive that had
>> problems on Linux because the manufacturers ignored the USB storage
> standard
>> and implemented an ms only shortcut which caused the drives to fail to
> work
>> properly on Linux.  There were solutions published for how to get around
>> this, but ultimately, the manufacturers were at fault.
>>
>> Movies (multimedia in general) is problematic.  Some solutions may not
> be
>> "legal" in some locations.  Getting around DRM is illegal in some
> countries.
>>  Solutions exist.  You will need to find them.
>> Read as much as you can in the Fedora Release Notes about multimedia,
> and
>> the supporting documents (like FedoraGuide.info).
>>
>> The same with Music, but, in general, there are enough tools out there
> that
>> can either play or convert odd codecs into something that *is* playable.
>>
>> There are a number of Telephony tools out there.  It depends on your
> exact
>> requirements.  Skype, MythPhone, Ekiga, and others exist.
>>
>> If you are having problems with your microphone, post about them here.
> Most
>> microphones are a simple device and should work with the Linux sound
>> systems.  Note, Pulseaudio in F9 is new and different from previous
> versions
>> of Fedora.  There are still a few rough spots with it on some hardware.
>>
>> Webcams are a different matter.  Not all webcams work.  You *will* need
> to
>> know the chipset it uses and arrange to use the appropriate driver for
> it
>> (if one exists).  Many of the drivers out there are still ALPHA quality,
> a
>> few are BETA quality, and others work well enough for general use. 
> YMMV,
>> and you need to be aware.  Laptop Manufacturers change the underlying
>> hardware at a whim because of supply/demand issues and versioning
> without
>> thinking of us poor Linux users.
>>
>> Most cameras work as USB (or Firewire) storage devices, and can be
> mounted
>> directly into your files system.  Of course, then you have to navigate
> to
>> the proper subdirectory to actually find your pics/vids. Others can use
>> tools like gphoto2 to access your camera memory directly.  Again, YMMV,
> and
>> it depends on which camera you have.  Older cameras are more likely to
> be
>> problematic than newer ones.
>>
>> Scanners need to be twain compatible in order to work correctly.  What
> bus
>> does it use?  USB is common today, SCSI and Parallel was common a few
> years
>> ago.  Parallel port scanners have the worst support.  They are also the
>> least common today.
>>
>> IHTH!
>>
>> --
>> Kevin J. Cummings
>> kjchome at rcn.com
>> cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
>> cummings at kjc386.framingham.ma.us
>> Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
>>
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