Reference

The Linux Keyboard and Console HOWTOAndries Brouwer's tome on keyboard and console issues; includes many troubleshooting tips.

http://www.avocent.com/Cybex/PublicW2.nsf/gwMain?OpenFrameset Product details for a KVM switch running Linux.

http://www.luv.asn.au/overheads/virtualconsoles.html Using virtual consoles with Linux.

http://www.synaptics.com/products/touchpad.cfm Information about TouchPad pointing devices.

http://www.compass.com/synaptics/ Site for a Linux TouchPad driver.

http://www.x.org/ The X.Org Foundation, home of X11R7.

http://www.alsa-project.org Home page for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture project, an alternative set of sound drivers for Linux.

http://www.opensound.com Commercial sound drivers for Linux.

/usr/src/linux-2.6/Documentation/power/pci.txt Patrick Mochel's document regarding PCI power-management routes for Linux kernel and PCI hardware support programmers.

http://www.tldp.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO One of the newest HOWTOs on using modems with Linux.

http://www.tldp.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO David S. Lawyer's Serial HOWTO, with additional information about Linux and serial port use.

http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/doc/FAQ Information regarding the lm-sensors software for Linux.

http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ Source for the latest PCMCIA drivers for Linux.

http://www.camiresearch.com/Data_Com_Basics/RS232_standard.html A description and tutorial on the EIA232 (formerly RS232) standard.

http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ The place to check for compatibility of USB devices for Linux.

http://www.linmodems.org This site provides links to several drivers for controllerless modem use under Linux.

http://www.linux1394.org/ Home page for the Linux IEEE 1394 project with new information, links to updated drivers, and lists of compatible chipsets and devices.

http://www.faqchest.com/ The FAQchest, a searchable archive of FAQs HOWTOs, and mailing lists; an alternative to http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/.

http://groups.google.com/ Search Usenet groups through Google; another alternative to http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/ The Linux Questions site, a useful set of community forums that can help you find answers to your more frustrating problems.

http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/_cdrecord.html Home page for the cdrecord command and related utilities.

http://arstechnica.com/guide/building/bios/bios-1.html An excellent discussion of BIOS options at ArsTechnica.

http://www.linuxnetmag.com/en/issue5/m5devs1.html A brief article on how to make use of the information found in devices.txt.