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author | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2012-09-16 18:32:22 +0000 |
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committer | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2012-09-16 18:32:22 +0000 |
commit | a7041d7bd7eab101dafb6b0c2fab7e2e58c35232 (patch) | |
tree | a1e20f15874c815b61dbf65e8d6b11d0f580e9b4 /en/preparing | |
parent | 4eb76947c6a03e270c1e1490909e505646171328 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-a7041d7bd7eab101dafb6b0c2fab7e2e58c35232.zip |
manual/en/preparing/needed-info.xml: replaced literal quotes ("")
by <quote></quote> tags to ensure proper typesetting.
Thanks to Holger Wansing for pointing this out.
Diffstat (limited to 'en/preparing')
-rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/needed-info.xml | 36 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/en/preparing/needed-info.xml b/en/preparing/needed-info.xml index f48b6f107..c5ef84da7 100644 --- a/en/preparing/needed-info.xml +++ b/en/preparing/needed-info.xml @@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ not run as many different types of hardware as some operating systems. </para><para> Drivers in &arch-kernel; in most cases are not written for a certain -"product" or "brand" from a specific manufacturer, but for a certain +<quote>product</quote> or <quote>brand</quote> from a specific manufacturer, but for a certain hardware/chipset. Many seemingly different products/brands are based on the same hardware design; it is not -uncommon that chip manufacturers provide so-called "reference designs" for +uncommon that chip manufacturers provide so-called <quote>reference designs</quote> for products based on their chips which are then used by several different device manufacturers and sold under lots of different product or brand names. @@ -307,8 +307,8 @@ might be no driver at all for one of them. For USB and PCI/PCI-Express/ExpressCard devices, a good way to find out on which chipset they are based is to look at their device IDs. All -USB/PCI/PCI-Express/ExpressCard devices have so called "vendor" and -"product" IDs, and the combination of these two is usually the same for any +USB/PCI/PCI-Express/ExpressCard devices have so called <quote>vendor</quote> and +<quote>product</quote> IDs, and the combination of these two is usually the same for any product based on the same chipset. </para><para> @@ -317,46 +317,46 @@ On Linux systems, these IDs can be read with the <command>lsusb</command> command for USB devices and with the <command>lspci -nn</command> command for PCI/PCI-Express/ExpressCard devices. The vendor and product IDs are usually given in the form of two hexadecimal numbers, seperated by a colon, such as -"1d6b:0001". +<quote>1d6b:0001</quote>. </para><para> -An example for the output of <command>lsusb</command>: "Bus 001 -Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub", whereby 1d6b is +An example for the output of <command>lsusb</command>: <quote>Bus 001 +Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub</quote>, whereby 1d6b is the vendor ID and 0002 is the product ID. </para><para> An example for the output of <command>lspci -nn</command> for an Ethernet -card: "03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. -RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)". +card: <quote>03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. +RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)</quote>. The IDs are given inside the rightmost square brackets, i.e. here 10ec is the vendor- and 8168 is the product ID. </para><para> As another example, a graphics card could give the following output: -"04:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee -ATI RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f]". +<quote>04:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee +ATI RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f]</quote>. </para><para> On Windows systems, the IDs for a device can be found in the Windows device -manager on the tab "details", where the vendor ID is prefixed with VEN_ +manager on the tab <quote>details</quote>, where the vendor ID is prefixed with VEN_ and the product ID is prefixed with DEV_. -On Windows 7 systems, you have to select the property "Hardware IDs" in the +On Windows 7 systems, you have to select the property <quote>Hardware IDs</quote> in the device manager's details tab to actually see the IDs, as they are not displayed by default. </para><para> -Searching on the internet with the vendor/product ID, "&arch-kernel;" and -"driver" as the search terms often results in information regarding +Searching on the internet with the vendor/product ID, <quote>&arch-kernel;</quote> and +<quote>driver</quote> as the search terms often results in information regarding the driver support status for a certain chipset. If a search for the vendor/product ID does not yield usable results, a search for the chip code names, which are also often provided by lsusb and lspci -("RTL8111"/"RTL8168B" in the network card example and "RV710" in the +(<quote>RTL8111</quote>/<quote>RTL8168B</quote> in the network card example and <quote>RV710</quote> in the graphics card example), can help. </para> @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ graphics card example), can help. <para> -&debian-gnu; is also available as a so-called "live system" for certain +&debian-gnu; is also available as a so-called <quote>live system</quote> for certain architectures. A live system is a preconfigured ready-to-use system in a compressed format that can be booted and used from a read-only medium like a CD or DVD. Using it by default does not create any permanent changes @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ If you use a WLAN/WiFi network, you should find out: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> -The ESSID ("network name") of your wireless network. +The ESSID (<quote>network name</quote>) of your wireless network. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> |