On Tuesday 21 June 2005 03:10 pm, Claude Jones wrote: > On Tuesday 21 June 2005 2:14 pm, ron wrote: > > Hello Claude, >>> snip > > I am also having problems with installing software from discs that came > > with my sony lcd (to adjust picture settings) and my belkin ups (to > > install shutdown software). The cds are mounted and I can see a lot of > > windows files and some linux tar files that I can open I have no idea > > what to put were and what to execute. >>> snip again > As far as getting your LCD and your Belkin products to 'talk' Linux, I'll > be surprised if you're going to find Linux versions of the apps on those > CD's. Some manufacturers have written Linux versions of their drivers and > apps, but very, very, few. But, if you do the research, you'll probably > find someone who has written applications in Linux to accomplish what you > want - certainly for adjusting the LCD - I'm not so sure about the Belkin. Here's an article about getting the Belkin UPS software to work in Fedora: http://fedoranews.org/tchung/ups/. Another approach is to use nut (http://us1.networkupstools.org/), and there is a second Fedora News article (linked from the first article): (http://fedoranews.org/contributors/kazutoshi_morioka/nut/) that gives some more detail. I'm aware of one other UPS monitoring program (apcupsd), but I believe that is for APC UPS's only. Can't help with the LCD monitor -- I still use a combination CRT/space heater. -- cmg
