Sure enough..<div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Steve Romanow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com">slestak989@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Bob,<br>
<br>
Go to System--Administration-- Hardware Drivers<br>
<br>
HTH,<br>
Steve<br>
<br>
(Sorry for the top post, stoopid blackberry.)<br>
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On 2/8/10, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Michael Mol <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > I installed a copy of Linux Mint on an<br>
>> > Acer Laptop last night, hoping it would<br>
>> > solve some display issues. The hardware<br>
>> > on the Acer 5000 does not seem to be<br>
>> > particularly well supported.<br>
>> > Anyway, at one point during the installation<br>
>> > it said something like "new drivers available<br>
>> > to support your hardware." I did not have<br>
>> > the network cable plugged in, and the<br>
>> > message went away.<br>
>><br>
>> It probably noticed your GPU or wifi chipset brand, and was going to<br>
>> suggest the proprietary drivers.<br>
>><br>
>> > Now, any suggestions about how I can go<br>
>> > about getting those updates post installation?<br>
>> > i.e., is there a standard way of updating drivers<br>
>> > for a machine? Is that just part of something<br>
>> > like Synaptic, or is there another, more direct<br>
>> > procedure?<br>
>><br>
>> It'll be distro-specific. I'm not particularly familiar with Mint, so<br>
>> I couldn't tell you.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> How is it done in some other distro's?<br>
> i.e., if support is not there already, how<br>
> does one go about it? I've never encountered<br>
> this before - things either just worked, or just<br>
> didn't work, but I don't remember seeing the<br>
> OS make a suggestion during installation.<br>
><br>
> The problem here is the display, naturally.<br>
> I compared the settings with those of Puppy,<br>
> which works just fine, and they are nominally<br>
> the same. Something's missing.<br>
><br>
> -- Bob<br>
><br>
><br>
>><br>
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