On Thursday 10 Jan 2013 23:50:07 Johnny A. Solbu wrote: > In a blog post[1], someone I know have an idea for implementing some > autodetetion (for Debian in his case), that when a hardware device is > inserted will propose to install packages needed to operate the device. I > don't have that many external hardware devices that I plug in and out on a > regular basis, so I don't quite know how Mageia does this. So I wanted to > ask, do we have something similar to this that I can point him to, so he > don't have to invent a wheel that might already exist? > > [1] > http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Lets_make_hardware_dongles_easier_to > _use_in_Debian.html
This also happens in Mageia and Linux. And as most distros have their own software repo's any thing that needs a driver not included in the kernel the distro knows where to get any driver thats available. In fact I find the friends windoz pc's I look after have more trouble finding drivers that I have not already manually found and put onto a cd or usb stick. Regards John Bowden (Led43_???) -- Registered Linux user number 414240 Guy Faulks the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and he was going to blow them up !
