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Posted: Jan. 31 2008,17:30

I have a few issues with both, and not sure which one to focus on.

With dsl (the version I have is running the 2.4x kernel), I had issues with firefox, perl and the USB port not recognized. DSL-N run's the newer 2.6, but I am still having a problem with the usb port (open thread sitting in dsl-n forum).

I need to have this box out the door in a matter of a few day's and can't run an OS with the overhead of a Fedora/Ubuntu.

So, I am back to a clean install of both on 2 machines, need to get minicom installed for the usb testing, but which will have better support? This really is a small box that will just collect data from a serial device via a serial to usb adapter and have a flash app displaying.

Thanks for any suggestions and help, once I know which is recommended, I will post the status based on that distro.

Thanks

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Posted: Jan. 31 2008,17:45

Flash 9 doesn't work properly with 2.4 kernels. Does your app need flash 9 or would 7 do?

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Posted: Jan. 31 2008,17:52

I would prefer 9, but if going with dsl makes it easier to get minicom compiled and more important getting the usb port to work, I will go with that.

Think it's possible?

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Posted: Jan. 31 2008,18:07

I don't know how difficult it would be to compile on DSL-N. On DSL it's a breeze though.

Not sure about usb <-> serial adapter. Never used one of those.

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Posted: Jan. 31 2008,18:22

ok, I used xubuntu (still bloated) and off the live cd minicom worked like a charm, but I am re-installing dsl now and will have the minicom install questions shortly.

Acutally before I start, I assume FF2 / GTK2 will work with DSL4 right?

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