newbe question on hardware drivers

[TucUp]

Hi,

well ive just converted over to mandrake 9.1 and as ive never used linux b4 I have a couple of questions about drivers.

1st, i have a radeon 9700 pro and the only selection im shown is ATI radeon or radeon 8500. is this right. what should i be looking at. i tried the 3d game on mandrake, it was all slow and crap to run but as im a novice im doing it the Microsoft way arent i.

2nd, I have an external USB hard disk but it does not seem to come up, as also my wireles USB adapter that i use to connect to another pc running windoesnt that supplies my internet connection.

am i limited in the drivers for my hardware or are there generic types out there that may work.

so far i like the way linux works but i would like it so much more if i could get my hardware running especially my ATI 9700(please tell me what cool games i could use on it too please)


any help please

[TheQuirk]

You could've just gone to the ATI website...

All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro:
http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html?cboOS=LinuxXFree86&cboProducts=AIW+9700+PRO&eula=&choice=agree&cmdNext=Next

9700/9700 Pro:
http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html?cboOS=LinuxXFree86&cboProducts=RADEON+9700+PRO&eula=&choice=agree&cmdNext=Next

[shuiend]

well whatr chipset is ur usb wireless card based on? if it is prism2 you could try http://linux-wlan.com/. they have some really good wireless driver support. Also it is pretty easy to set up and if need be i could halp you out with it some. The USB harddrive could be a problem though and i am not sure howto help you with that one.

[TucUp]

sorry for being dumb but as i am new to this i have not got a clue to how to load the drivers for hardware.

how do I load them, is it similar to m$

thx

[smokey]

quote:Originally posted by TucUp:
sorry for being dumb but as i am new to this i have not got a clue to how to load the drivers for hardware.

how do I load them, is it similar to m$

thx

What I among everyone else will recommend is that you read the readme/install text files that are on the sites or in the packages you download.

As for being like m$ they are not very similar. No real GUI tools - just stuff like make install/RPM.

good luck

[Master of Reality]

what is the 3D game?..... is it tuxracer.... i'm not sure if anyone on this board has gotten it to run without it being horrendously slow (too slow to play), i know i havent.

[Master of Reality]

those are RPMs that you have to download so..... http://belg88.com/faqman/index.php?op=view&t=4
thats a link to the MES FAQ that will tell you how to install it.