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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

sindi keesan wrote:
> >> Version 5.78
> >
> > I think this version is old. Is there some reason why you are after
> > this particular version?
>
> A site I read said the latest version was 5.78e.

If you still want this version, a search reports that it is supposedly
available from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/. But this
site does not appear to be responding right now.

> >> I have kernel source for that.
> >
> > The driver I posted is the old, proprietary (Lucent?) driver. You
> > can't compile it from source. I don't know if the new driver will work
> > with 2.2.16, but I don't care since the old driver works well.
> Where did you post the old driver for 2.2.16?  Sorry if I am getting
> confused.

I posted links to the old driver here on the list. Here is the posting:

https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/baslinux/2006-January/009322.html

The posting contains important details about how to set up the driver.
The directions were written for BL3.32 but the process is about the
same on BL2.

> 'Samsung'  Manufactured 1990.  My first one from 1986 got burn-in so was
> dumped.  The green light stays on the monitor when the computer is turned
> off.  On the newer VGA monitors it goes yellow.

This Samsung is probably using about 50W in screen blank mode.

David