Linux-Hardware Digest #724, Volume #13 Fri, 13 Oct 00 23:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: AGP boards which work with SVGATextMode? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Write errors to ATAPI Zip drive (Dances With Crows)
Re: PCI Video Card - Recommendation Please ("D. Stimits")
asus a7v m/b ("Niklas Krumm")
Re: AMD THUNDERBIRD ("Niklas Krumm")
Re: AMD THUNDERBIRD ("Ben Ransom")
Re: Adding SCSI to existing system ("Brett I. Holcomb")
Re: lucent linmodem (was: Death knell for Windows) ("Ken")
Re: Optra 40 setup (Rod Smith)
Re: PCI Video Card - Recommendation Please ("Joseph C. Kopec")
Re: SCSI/CD-Writer problems (Jan Kreft)
Will IDE on SB16 work for CDROM? (Roger Ehrlich - CSCP/F1998)
Are erased posts from this newsgroup archived anywhere? (Roger Ehrlich - CSCP/F1998)
Re: Optra 40 setup (Michael Meissner)
Re: PCI Video Card - Recommendation Please (Michael Meissner)
Modems ("rhall_tse")
Re: ATI Rage 128 Pro & Redhat 6.2 - Help (Ben Goble)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: AGP boards which work with SVGATextMode?
Date: 13 Oct 2000 23:32:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 22:09:52 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>However, I don't want to let go of the decent text screens which
>SVGATextMode enables - I _hate_ graphic window systems for text work.
>So: can anybody recommend any modern AGP graphics boards which are
>supported by SVGATextMode?
SVGATextmode has not been maintained for a long time, and doesn't seem
to work very well on modern systems. Put framebuffer support into your
kernel, or boot with "vga=ask" and you can most likely get text modes
from 80x25 to 132x50 with few problems. Only problem is that switching
the video mode is impossible without rebooting, but that's what we have
X for ;-) Besides, having more than one xterm open on the same screen
is often *VERY* useful, and beats Alt-F?ing between consoles in most
cases....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Write errors to ATAPI Zip drive
Date: 13 Oct 2000 23:32:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:34:28 GMT, Josh Rovero wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I am getting write errors (and scrambled dirs), when I try to save
>> files to a Zip disk under Linux using the MCOPY command.
>> Running: RH Linux 6.0;
>> Iomega ATAPI ZIP drive
>RH 6.0 had a problem with the max_kb_per_request
>setting being too large. Should be 32 for reliability.
>Setting is in /proc/ide/hd[your drive letter]/settings
Kernels before 2.2.7 or so had problems with ZIP drives. Upgrade your
kernel (latest stable version is 2.2.17) as well if yours is older than
that.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:47:41 -0600
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PCI Video Card - Recommendation Please
PC Wizard wrote:
>
> I would like a recommendation for a PCI Video Card. I have an older system
> with no AGP slot. My screen redraws are slow sometimes (24 bit color at
> 1024 by 768 pixels), and I'm pretty sure the card is the bottleneck (w2k
> only reads it as 4 mb). A new motherboard, cpu, and more memory would be
> great, but, I can't budget it right now. STB isn't writing new drivers for
> this card either.
>
> I need a new card that has drivers for Windows 98, Windows 2000
> Professional, and Linux. It should also support DirectX and Open GL. I
> looked at the websites for 3dfx, nVidia, and Diamond. This is part of my
> pc:
>
> Tyan S1564D Tomcat IV Dual Motherboard
> Dual Pentium 200 MHz MMX Processors
> 128 MB Simms Memory
> Maxtor (IBM made) 30 GB EIDE Hard Drive
> Sony Multiscan 17se II Monitor
> STB Velocity 3D PCI 8 MB Video Card
>
> What would be a good card to get? How much? From where?
> Thanks
You may find that the cost of a good PCI video card would make it worth
going to a new motherboard. If you are willing to use the Xi Graphics X
server for the 3dlabs Oxygen VX-1, you'd get very good quality OpenGL
everywhere, including SMP support in the windows platforms (be very
careful to not use the NT 4 drivers on Win 2K). But between the card,
about $180, and the server (http://www.xig.com), you will be spending
more than you want. There are probably other choices as well, this is
just an example of a "higher end" PCI card.
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From: "Niklas Krumm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: asus a7v m/b
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:01:18 -0700
Hi,
I am considering to purchase a Asus A7V motherboard with a 700 mhz T'bird.
Does anybody know of any problems, esp. with the promise ata/100 controller?
I know that kernal 2.2.14 wont work with the cpu. Will the 2.4 kernal have
ata/100 support built in?
Thanks alot,
Nik.
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From: "Niklas Krumm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD THUNDERBIRD
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:25:06 -0700
hi,
I think that its the kernal causing trouble, 2.2.14 doesnt support the
tbird, while 2.2.17 or 2.2.12 does.
By the way, how is the a7v?
did you have any trouble getting the ata-100 or ata-66 controller to work?
jwk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:18:52 +0200, Mauro Del Giudice
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >I have a 'little' trouble.
> >My PC is:
> >- ASUS A7V (great!)
> >- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 700 Mhz
> >- 128 MB
> >- HD Quantum Fireball 20GB
> >- CDROM 50x
> >
> >I installed linux redhat 6.2 using a bootable CD created with the ISO
> >image.
> >Well, the installation was successfull, all software has been installed
> >apparently well, but when I reboot the PC to start linux,
> >a kernel panic error occurs.
> >At the moment I don't remember the complete error, but it happens when
> >the kernel try to find out the CPU. It infact is able to detect the AMD
> >Athlon processor, but immediately after it tries to perform "Disable
> >CPUID serial number". In this case a general protection fault error is
> >raised followed by the kernel panic error and the system stucks!
> >
> >Any comment?
> >
> You have a kernel-version that thinks you Athlon is a P-III, and it
> crashes when trying to disable the serial number (which an Athlon
> doesn't have). Get a newer boot-disk, or perhaps there was some magic to
> be done with lilo (don't use that myself) - better check dejanews as
> well.
>
> Good luck,
> Jurriaan
>
> --
> BOFH excuse #188:
>
> ..disk or the processor is on fire.
> GNU/Linux 2.4.0-test10 SMP 2x1117 bogomips load av: 0.02 0.05 0.00
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From: "Ben Ransom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD THUNDERBIRD
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:28:16 -0700
"jwk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:18:52 +0200, Mauro Del Giudice
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >I have a 'little' trouble.
> >My PC is:
> >- ASUS A7V (great!)
> >- AMD Athlon Thunderbird 700 Mhz
> >- 128 MB
> >- HD Quantum Fireball 20GB
> >- CDROM 50x
> >
> >I installed linux redhat 6.2 using a bootable CD created with the ISO
> >image.
> >Well, the installation was successfull, all software has been installed
> >apparently well, but when I reboot the PC to start linux,
> >a kernel panic error occurs.
> >At the moment I don't remember the complete error, but it happens when
> >the kernel try to find out the CPU. It infact is able to detect the AMD
> >Athlon processor, but immediately after it tries to perform "Disable
> >CPUID serial number". In this case a general protection fault error is
> >raised followed by the kernel panic error and the system stucks!
> >
> >Any comment?
> >
> You have a kernel-version that thinks you Athlon is a P-III, and it
> crashes when trying to disable the serial number (which an Athlon
> doesn't have). Get a newer boot-disk, or perhaps there was some magic to
> be done with lilo (don't use that myself) - better check dejanews as
> well.
>
> Good luck,
> Jurriaan
So, perhaps a newer boot disk will solve the above problem, but does anyone
know for sure whether there are drivers for the Asus A7V and KT133?
-Ben Ransom
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From: "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding SCSI to existing system
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:31:22 -0500
Mine does. I installed Caldera eServer 2.3 on a system with Initio 9100UW.
All my drives are SCSI - nothing else. The proper module was loaded and
comes up on boot. When I added the A100UW card I simply checked the module
for it and also checked the load at startup - works fine. It's easier than
a compile.
--
Brett I. Holcomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Microsoft MVP
AKA Grunt<><
Remove R777 to reply
"Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:gf87s8.knf.ln@helix...
> > You may also be able to use a module to run the SCSI card. With
Caldera
> > eServer and a Initio card all I had to do was activate the module for
it -
> > no reboot, no kernal build. I then created file systems on my disks
> > attached to that card.
>
> Hmmm.... if you're booting from the SCSI drive, will the kernel load
> the module off of the SCSI drive in order to use the SCSI card? ; ) I
> really do prefer to compile in code for things that I need to boot from.
>
> steve
>
>
>
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Reply-To: "Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lucent linmodem (was: Death knell for Windows)
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 00:53:31 GMT
Yes, I have an ESS ES56CVM-PI modem. I have found an ESS driver, but it
doesn't work for me. This could be due to my general lack of knowledge. It
took me many hours to get my winsound(ESS Maestro-3) working.(thanks to
Hernan for sending me in the right direction)http://www/opensound.com .
If anyone has had luck with my ESS modem I would be very greatful for the
help. Of course I do have a couple of PCMCIA slots empty. I could fill one
with a real modem.
Ken
"What would life be if the world smoked weed? Guaranteed there'd be peace
not greed." kmk
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Optra 40 setup
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:25:35 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
>
> I haven't upgraded the memory
> yet. Does that speed things up? What speed memory is required?
I've seen some posts claiming that upgrading the memory speeds up some
print jobs, but I've not experienced this myself, and I'm a bit
skeptical. For the most part, upgrading the memory allows you to print
larger and more complex pages. For example, you're unlikely to be able
to print a picture you take with a megapixel digital camera on a full
sheet with the default 4MB of RAM. Upgrading to 20MB (via a 16MB SIMM)
allows you to do this.
I don't recall the exact memory speed requirements. Check the manual, or
buy from a vendor that has a cross-reference database. (Many web-based
memory dealers have such tools.)
> Is
> it just me, or is the graphics output on this printer not so good...
> I get horizontal streaks across pictures.
It sounds like you've got either a clogged nozzle or a misaligned
nozzle. You can run the printer through its cleaning cycle or print an
alignment page and send the correct alignment values to the printer to
fix these problems. Both can be handled via the PUP utility
(http://pup.sourceforge.net/). Also, print quality is noticeably
improved by using a photo color cartridge (part number 12A1990) in
place of the black cartridge. These can be hard to find, though. Again,
you need to use PUP (or whatever Windows software comes with the
printer) to change the cartridge and tell the printer you've done it.
Changing the cartridge is unlikely to alter streaking problems, but it
might if you happen to have a black cartridge that's just a bit off.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Joseph C. Kopec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCI Video Card - Recommendation Please
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 02:11:15 GMT
A few random thoughts from someone who was once more interested in video
cards than he currently is:
I picked up 3 nVidia TNT cards on eBay last spring for about $50 and
they work well under Linux (though I think Free Software purist may have
some issues with nVidia's binary only support of DRI). nVidia also makes
a PCI TNT2, but I think it is crippled 64 bit card (it is labeled M64),
which is significantly less powerful than the 128 bit "true" TNT2. I do
not think the true TNT2 is available in PCI.
3dfx has some good PCI cards (the 3000), though 3dfx has historically
lagged in OpenGL support and many of its card were 16bpp.
I have always heard good things about Matrox, both from an OpenGL an a
Linux perspective, though I don't have much first-hand experience.
Their cards are the G200 and G400. I believe both may be available in
PCI, but I think they are less widely available than nVidia or 3dfx, and
thus may be more expensive.
Most ATI cards seem to be available in PCI, but I don't know much about
them.
A number of better S3 cards are available in PCI. I had an S3 card with
32MB of memory in PCI, but I gave it to my brother after I got my TNTs.
> PC Wizard wrote:
>
>> I would like a recommendation for a PCI Video Card.
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From: Jan Kreft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI/CD-Writer problems
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:43:12 +0100
Thanks for the info on cable types,
am I right to think that I don't need an LVD cable if I use the 50 pin
external connector that's attached to the Ultra2 segment?
The 68 pin external U2W connector is not used.
Cheers, Jan.
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Antwerp Linux User Group wrote:
> Jan Kreft wrote:
>
> > I bought an Adaptec 2940U2W SCSI card and an external Plextor CD-R
> > PX-W124TS and just can't get them to work.
>
> Did you use LVD cable (differential cable) instead of the usual SCSI
> cable ?
> U2W needs active termination and a different cable.
> Patrick
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Ehrlich - CSCP/F1998)
Subject: Will IDE on SB16 work for CDROM?
Date: 14 Oct 2000 02:00:19 GMT
Hi
I'd like to install Linux (RH) onto an older 486 w/ IDE system BIOS,
ie: 1 channel 2 drives no LBA support.
This channel has 2 HD's connected to it already.
I'd like to connect a CD ROM drive. I have a Creative Labs sound card
SB16 with an IDE header on it. Can I get this to work in Linux? What driver is to be
used then?
I seem to remember that this was not supported in older vers of Linux.
Is this now possible?
I looked in the hardware refs and the HOWTO's. Nothing is there mentioning if this
setup is supported or
not. I have a book on LInux configs but it only states that Creative had SB cards with
an IDE interface,
and does not explain if the IDE interface can be used in this way. The header is not
for their proprietary
drives but stnd IDE.
Thanks for your help.
Roger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Ehrlich - CSCP/F1998)
Subject: Are erased posts from this newsgroup archived anywhere?
Date: 14 Oct 2000 02:03:25 GMT
Hi
Are erased posts from this newsgroup archived anywhere?
Thanks
Roger
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Subject: Re: Optra 40 setup
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 Oct 2000 22:24:46 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> On 13 Oct 2000 16:39:21 -0400, Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> >
> > > I've got a Lexmark optra 40, which is working ok as a text printer
> > > using lpr and the 'generic' slackware/bsd /etc/printcap. I've looked at
> > > the howto's and around the web to find what I need to print
> > > postscript, but haven't found anything that nails it down.
> > >
> > > Anyone with this printer have it printing postscript? What do I need
> > > to print postscript via a shell script?
> > >
> > > kernel version is 2.2.13
> > > dist is slack 7.0
> >
> > I have an Optra 40 myself, and it prints postscript natively. When I got the
> > printer, I did upgrade the memory (standard 72 pin SIMM -- I put in an 8 meg
> > SIMM I had lying around, I keep meaning to upgrade it to 16 megabytes some
> > day). Without the memory upgrade, you might not be able to print anything
> > complex in postscript. You do have to configure it as a postscript printer
> > under Linux, which depends on your installation. Under Red Hat Linux, this is
> > a matter of selecting 'Postscript Printer' as the filter in printtool, and
> > selecting the resolution as 600x600.
> >
>
> Thanks for the help from everyone... I haven't messed with this too
> much, but I've gotten what I need to work. I'm printing text using
> the BSD 'generic' printcap, and printing postscript files with
>
> cat somefile.ps > /dev/lp0
>
> and netscape just works out of the box. I haven't upgraded the memory
> yet. Does that speed things up? What speed memory is required? Is
> it just me, or is the graphics output on this printer not so good...
> I get horizontal streaks across pictures.
I suspect you need to clean or align the printer (there is a song and dance
with a Windows utility to align the printer, and there is a Linux version of it
called PUP). I haven't used slackware in 5 or so years, but it seems rather
backward to have to manually cat postscript files to /dev/lp0. You might look
around and investigate what filters slackware provides, so that you can use lpr
for both text and postscript (postscript files start with '%!').
In terms of speeding up the printer, I had used the printer primarily under
Windows, but some under Linux, and what sped up the printer WRT to Windows is
plugging it into a LinkSys printer server/network switch combination, and
letting the printer server control the printer instead of Windows. There are
some procfs commands to switch the parallel port to use IRQ's instead of
polling, but I never have bothered looking them up, since both of my printers
are now networked....
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc.
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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Subject: Re: PCI Video Card - Recommendation Please
From: Michael Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 13 Oct 2000 22:31:42 -0400
"Joseph C. Kopec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have always heard good things about Matrox, both from an OpenGL an a
> Linux perspective, though I don't have much first-hand experience.
> Their cards are the G200 and G400. I believe both may be available in
> PCI, but I think they are less widely available than nVidia or 3dfx, and
> thus may be more expensive.
No, the G400 is AGP only (and it must be 2x or 4x AGP, older systems with only
1x AGP need not apply, at least for the G400 Max). Matrox does have a G200
SDRam card that is PCI that is real good as a 2d card (I never used it for
OpenGL, gaming, or any other 3d activity, so I can't say how well that works).
The card is well supported in the XFree X server. The Matrox online store
lists it for $119.
--
Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc.
PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +1 978-486-9304
Non-work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax: +1 978-692-4482
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From: "rhall_tse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modems
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 18:22:21 -0400
I am trying to install an AOpen FM56-ITU/2 hardware modem in linux mandrake
7.1 deluxe. What is the best method of doing this? I have been trying to use
kppp, but I have not been having any luck. It opens the port, but it does
not stay open and even though it says it is dialing, the line is not picked
up. I can pick up the phone and there is a dialtone. I can't hear the phone
dial although I have the volume turned up. The port does not stay open long
enough to even hear the dialtone. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do
this? Is there a better method than kppp or do I need to take a different
approach to doing this?
Thanx in advance,
Rob
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From: Ben Goble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 Pro & Redhat 6.2 - Help
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:56:00 -0600
"Kenneth Rørvik" wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fulvio Galeazzi) wrote in
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I have the same (may be worse) problem with my Inspiron 5000e!
> > Looking on the Web I found that XFree 3.3.X will never support
> >ATI Rage 128: you should upgrade to XFree 4.0.1.
>
> Xfree86 3.3.6 has support for rage128 chipsets, but notebooks may prove
> trickier than desktops, yes.
I am running RedHat ver 7.0 which has XFree 4.01 and it does not work
with my
ATI Rage Fury Pro 128. It will recognize my ATI card as "ATI Rage 128
(generic)"
It gets the refresh rates correct and even sees that it has 32 MB of RAM
but
when I try to run Xwindow I get a black screen with a box that states
"Out of scan range". I am running it at 8 bits 800x640.
--
Ben Goble Lakewood, Colorado USA
bgoble at uswest.net
A Stranger and a Pilgrim on Earth
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