Linux-Hardware Digest #724
Linux-Hardware Digest #724, Volume #14Thu, 3 May 01 22:13:08 EDT Contents: Re: total newbie please be kind (Ron Bellomo) Re: total newbie please be kind Re: adding an IDE hard disk - ok, call me stupid... (Steve Wolfe) oki 4w printer (Sten Ahlberg) IRQ Sharing with 2.4.3 (Laurent Canet) Re: SMP, RH7.1 and Intel -- Can't they all just get along? [Update = what I know so far] (Steve Wolfe) Buffering problem when writing to hardware (Makhno) Re: total newbie please be kind (Ron Bellomo) Re: Any recommendations for photo-scanners? (Trevor Hemsley) Voodoo 3500 TV? (Claudio Dosio) NEC NR-7500A CD-RW 8/4/32 (Jin Zhao) Re: es1371 - No Sound (Bob Bucy) Hottest Video bang for the buck compat w/ Linux? (Doug Robson) Re: Mouse problem (Dances With Crows) Re: need good linux *athlon* (tbird) motherboard.. (Dances With Crows) Re: oki 4w printer (Ron Freidel) Re: oki 4w printer (Matt Ng) Re: Voodoo 3500 TV? (Michael) From: Ron Bellomo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: total newbie please be kind Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 13:40:13 -0600 I don't know about USB mouse support. But, did your mouse come with a = USB to PS/2 adapter cable? If so, try using the mouse in the PS/2 mouse = port (if your PC has one). Many people are using the Intellimouse with = no problems.=20 siu00ew2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message = news:9cs6eg$dpk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Thought it was about time i learnt a bit about linux. I installed Turbo linux 5.3 coz I got that on a magazine cover DVD a while back. Everything seems fine except I can't use my mouse. It's a USB = intellimouse. Is this version too old to support usb, do i have to update the kernel = (?), can anyone talk me through what I need to do to get it working? I have a USB keyboard as well but that works OK cos i guess it is = handeled through the BIOS. -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] () Subject: Re: total newbie please be kind Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 19:43:03 GMT On Thu, 3 May 2001 13:40:13 -0600, Ron Bellomo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know about USB mouse support. But, did your mouse come with a USB to PS/2 adapter cable? If so, try using the mouse in the PS/2 mouse port (if your PC has one). Many people are using the Intellimouse with no problems. Do they really make such a cable? USB and serial protocols are as different as IDE and SCSI. -- From: Steve Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: adding an IDE hard disk - ok, call me stupid... Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 13:31:27 -0600 John Steve; Steve - you called it right the first time (I say sheepishly). You weren't stupid - just a little hurried and perhaps a little careless. Nothing I haven't been guilty of a few (thousand) times! steve -- From: Sten Ahlberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: oki 4w printer Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 19:51:07 +0200 I tried to post a question on using an OkiPage 4w+ printer, twice. Both times it didn't even appear in this group. Is the Oki printer so awful or why does the note disappear? Does anyone know how to get it working with Linux. Have Red Hat 6.1, all else works fine and there seems to be even a filter for Oki4w in the installation but no explanation on how to make it work. Please, someone. Sten Ahlberg -- From: Laurent Canet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IRQ Sharing with 2.4.3 Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 20:59:03 GMT I have a msi 6321 mainboard with two P3/850 (running in SMP 1.4 mode) My system is using the same irq for differents periperals; here is my /proc/interrupts: [lc@malibu:~]$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0: 30462001 31509959IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 182398 204543IO-APIC-edge keyboard 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade 8: 13497898 13468999IO-APIC-edge rtc 12:25108082616885IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse 14: 36637 41016IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 1075 1070 IO-APIC-level sym53c8xx 17: 74267222 74336784 IO-APIC-level eth0 18: 647724 665332 IO-APIC-level ide2, ide3, via82cxxx 19:77590755544290 IO-APIC-level EMU10K1 NMI: 60911692 60758259 LOC: 61959001 61959000 ERR: 0 IRQ18 is used by ide2 (which controls the system's main disk), ide3 (DATA disk) and via82cxxx (onboard audio) I want to know if this is possible to use unused irqs (9,10,11,13,15,20+) for thoses peripherals. BTW, i got a lot of NMI/LOC; are they really important ? -- From: Steve Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SMP, RH7.1 and Intel -- Can't they all just get along? [Update = what I know so far] Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 15:07:23 -0600 Indeed append=noapic in /etc/lilo works. I just remembered why my boards work without disabling APIC- in the BIOS, I set them to use MPS 1.1, not 1.4. I
Linux-Hardware Digest #724
Linux-Hardware Digest #724, Volume #12 Fri, 21 Apr 00 19:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux, hard disks, UDMA, and such (was: mp3 problems) (Linux Man)
Re: printer problems (Andy Smith)
Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW? (Alexis Bilodeau)
Sound: CS4236 (Benjamin R Haskell)
Problemas de instalacion ("Not Enter")
Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW? (JEDIDIAH)
Re: IRQ Assignment (TeraPico ExaAtto)
Re: IRQ Assignment (TeraPico ExaAtto)
New linux "user" ("Klitsuk")
Advice re Laser Printers Needed ("Dennis J. Tuchler")
Re: New linux "user" (Simon Lemieux)
Super computer (Simon Lemieux)
SCSI ("Swing")
Re: New linux "user" ("John Hart")
linux compat PC case (mopi)
Re: Wireless neworking for Linux and Windows for home use (mopi)
Compaq 7000 series presarios? (Dave Rasmussen)
Re: Newbie motherboard question (The Rack)
Re: Printer, HP DeskJet 930C ("William B. Arnold")
Re: linux compat (micro) PC case (for Amptron 599LMR) (Edward Lee)
Re: Any idea how to make a Lexmark1100 work? (Andreas Koch)
Re: Linux on TI89/92? (Michael Engel)
From: Linux Man [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux, hard disks, UDMA, and such (was: mp3 problems)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:07:27 GMT
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Mike Pastore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Mike,
I am using slack, kernel version 2.2.14. I have an IBM DeskStar UDMA33
drive running on an old i430HX board, the Tyan Tomcat IV. Upon bootup
I
get this error:
Partition check:
hda:hda: timeout waiting for DMA
hda: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest }
hda: DMA disabled
ide0: reset: success
hda1 hda2 hda3
I can enable UDMA transfers using 'hdparm -d1 /dev/hda' but when I do
a
'hdparm -Tt /dev/hda' I only get a transfer rate of about 5mb/sec.
I've
been through the Ultra-DMA mini-HOWTO and tried the things mentioned
in
the email below, but haven't really come up with any answers.
Would you, or anyone on these newsgruops, have any recommendations?
Should I update the kernel version? Wait for 2.4? Keep looking for
updated drivers? Am I just being transfer-rate-greedy? :)
This is a mini-HowTo to get really high transfer rates :
- backup everything;
- Kick your IDE hard-disk big time;
- go to the nearest computer dealer;
- buy SCSI.
do this and you'll never again bother about transfer rates.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Andy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: printer problems
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:29:32 -0500
Go to www.sourceforge.net and look up the HP720. They have
drivers for it. They aren't perfect, but they work.
-
Andy
In article 8dpfjh$h5s$[EMAIL PROTECTED], "Ian"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No need to answer my question as I have just stumbled across the answer
myself. The problem is that I have a winPrinter, goes well with my
winModem. My printer is a HP 720. P.S. Bodyswerve Packard B stuff, as
it's all bobbins.
Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:8dpeoi$l0c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
I get this when I try to configure my printer :-
An error has occurred on usr/lib/rhs-printfilters/printerdb : no such
file or directory at usr/lib/libDrakX/printer.pm line 296
Can anyone help?Thanks.
P.S. I have posted this letter a few times but I can't seem to get a
response, I hope someone can help.
--
From: Alexis Bilodeau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:37:59 GMT
Michael O'Reilly wrote:
This is not a Linux specific question but I do have a dual boot Win95/RH
6.1 system. I would like to add a CD-RW drive, and I'm wondering what
the pros and cons of IDE vs. SCSI drives are. Is there any significant
adavantage of one over the other?
As described on a related post, I have just installed a SCSI slide
scanner on my machine. But it was supplied with a cut down card with no
internal edge connector. So I will probably have to buy a proper SCSI
card if I opt for a SCSI disk drive, and want to drive both devices from
one card.
I think that the main difference is how much money you want to invest in
your Cd burner. IDE drives are a little bit cheaper, and work without
adding an expensive interface card. SCSI is faster and more reliable,
but you'll have to pay a little more for the burner + the interface
card.
--
Alexis Bilodeau
eMagiK Technologies
819.371.9273
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Benjamin R Haskell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound: CS4236
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:35:18 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am running a Linux 2.2.14 kernel with OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130 compiled
directly into the kerne
Linux-Hardware Digest #724
Linux-Hardware Digest #724, Volume #10 Sat, 10 Jul 99 13:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: USR Sporster voicie 33.6 internal ? (Pierre Royal)
Re: RH5.1 and AWE 64 (JLKirkham)
Re: Asus P2B and the 366a (Lord Dark)
HELP! AHA-2940 not recognised by LinuxHi, ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help: AHA-2940 not detected ("Robert Smales")
Re: Cant get Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI to work ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
CD-ROM UltraPlex40max ("Mathias Hecker")
Re: Diamond Supra Express 56i Modem ("Steven J. Macko")
Linux BIOS utilities? (SunWuKung)
ACAD for Linux !!! Think again !!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Mounting probelm extended VFAT 32 (Tuan Nguyen)
Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? ("Hans Zangger")
Re: Do laptops work well with Linux? (Anonymous)
Red Hat 6.0 drivers for Diamond Monster Sound MX300?? (Devon Taylor)
Re: Help: AHA-2940 not detected (John Winters)
Re: Celeron, what's the catch? (William Burrow)
Re: Viper 770 (Tuan Nguyen)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pierre Royal)
Subject: Re: USR Sporster voicie 33.6 internal ?
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:52:42 GMT
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:20:49 +0200, "such " [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
I'm trying to install my 33,6 baud internal modem under linux and it doesn't
work
It's not a winmodem , it's a sporster voice 33,6 internal
HELP PLEASE
how can I make it work ???
thank you
Have you set your BIOS for non PnP OS ?
Pierre
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JLKirkham)
Subject: Re: RH5.1 and AWE 64
Date: 10 Jul 1999 13:58:31 GMT
I'm using an AWE 64. Soundconf detects it, then allows me to set the i/o irq
and dma settings.
You know, I've had the same trouble. So much, in fact, that I booted into
win98 to see how it configured the card, and it didn't find the AWE 64,
wouldn't let me use the AWE 64 driver, and kept insisting on a SB16 driver. I
wonder if it's a card problem?
Jana
Wherever you go, there you are.
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From: Lord Dark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Asus P2B and the 366a
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 10:23:27 -0400
PPGA Celerons running in a Slot 1 board have been shown to be less
overclockable than if you ran in a Socket 370 board. It is unknown at
this point exactly what about the adapter boards (SlotKet, MSI, etc.) is
causing this, but you might want to check out BXBOARDS.COM for some
articles on the subject.
Pushing a 366 to 550 is extremely hit-or-miss (usually a miss), and the
P2B is about the LEAST likely board you will be able to do this with
unless you tape the pins to kick the voltage up a little. Good luck,
though.
Lord Dark
Jae Il "Joker" Ko wrote:
Hey all,
it's me joker again with another question for all you overclocking GODS!
Well, as you can guess i too own the world reknowned P2B. Yes, we love it
despite it's lack of a softmenu BIOS and inclusion of "mini-me" sized
jumpers not too mention the awkward placement of the power connector. But
you can't dispute it's quality, stability or product recognition. anyway,
along those lines, i was wondering how many of you are P2B owners and
366a - 550 overclockers? how's the success rate with the MSI slotkets and
are the rumours true of the alpha heatsinks not fitting the 1.1 version.
I'm eagerly awaiting my slotket and 336a but in the meantime am pondering if
i should just splurge on the Abit BP6. I'm also building a computer for my
little cuz. i've got all these spare parts lying around, i guess it's best
to make some use of them. The only thing that i don't have two's of are
motherboards. Could be a good chance to get the BP6 but if not then all is
still not lost. Thanks again and good luck to all.
--
-Jae Il "Joker" Ko
.
.
.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HELP! AHA-2940 not recognised by LinuxHi,
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:43:58 GMT
Hi,
Having problems getting my Adaptec AHA-2940 (Ultra Wide, I think) card
to work under Red Hat 5.1 (kernel 2.0.36).
On machine 'A':
Bios message ok
External SCSI drive found ok
Non-conflicting IRQ assigned ok
Works under Win95, works under Linux 5.1 (2.0.36)
Can mount the drive, read, write, etc. etc.
On machine 'B', however:
Bios message ok
External SCSI drive found ok
Non-conflicting IRQ assigned ok
Linux 5.1 (2.0.36) reports:
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
No Win95 or Win98 to test Windows de
Linux-Hardware Digest #724
Linux-Hardware Digest #724, Volume #9Fri, 19 Mar 99 08:15:31 EST
Contents:
Pentium III Boycott and survey info (Intel no one)
Re: Where do I buy supported hardware systems? (Tank)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session (Bill Anderson)
Re: CD musicHELP! (Daniel Bowkley)
Re: Is Windows for idiots? (Re: X munges the graphics card?) (Henning Strandin)
Adaptec Ethernet Cards (Nate Bennett)
Re: How do I install my ZIP drive with Linux RedHat 5.2 (Patrick Finnegan
"@hotmail.com)
Re: PPro 200 w/ 256K vs. Celeron 333A (BL)
3com US Robotics: I can't make a decision! ("omega")
Re: Thinkpad 760 and Linux (Greg Paswindar)
Re: optra e+ ("T. Tjioe")
D-Link DFE-530TX Anybody? ("Minh Doan")
Re: "Select the application, and then the platform" (westprog)
Re: Intel740 video display card (me)
Re: $2500.00 DREAM machine ("Lee Sharp")
Re: AMD k6 2 350 (Jeff McWilliams)
SCSI LVD drives and Linux (=?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard?= Gachelin)
Re: Can't print after Kernel upgrade (Ryan Ho)
SCSI DAT-drive Problem (Chris Walton)
video tools of X11 application. (william)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Intel no one)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:46:11 GMT
Pentium III chip with the individual serial number that can
track your web surfing and buying habits can now have the ID number
turned on and off by software. Following some links I found the
www.fightdivx.com website and noticed that they have a Intel Boycott
page with links, quotes and info on why you should boycott the
invasion of privacy Pentium III chips. Just like everyone suspected,
the ID number can be taken without a customers knowledge. Just like
cellular phone fraud, once someone has your unique ID number, they
could pose as you on the internet. Do not be fooled by reports that
this problem is fixed because Intel disabled this feature by software
on their up coming chips. Information is power. They want to know
your surfing and buying habits. That is what this is all about. Here
is the link to the page with the boycott info and links.
http://www.fightdivx.com/intelboycott.htm
http://www.bigbrotherinside.com/
Also you will find a Boycott Intel screen saver and banner on their
page above. Spread it around.
Take the Pentium III Boycott Survey
http://mail.infotrieve.com/isurvey/index.cfm?vendorid=6045formid=F0006045
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From: Tank [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Where do I buy supported hardware systems?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:12:35 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. Stephen S. Kerr) writes:
Ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Maybe
: www.varesearch.com
: there are some hardware links at www.linux.org that may be helpful as
: well, lastly I saw an ad for Penguin something but can't remember the
: exact name :(
Penguin Computing perhaps? Their site is www.penguincomputing.com. You
may also want to take a look at Linux Hardware Solutions (www.linux-hw.com)
and ASL Workstations (www.aslab.com). No doubt there are many others.
The ads in a recent Linux Journal could be another source for names.
The machines from VA Research (http://www.varesearch.com) are also excellent.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Big Bad Wolf"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bill Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:09:33 GMT
Jeff Szarka wrote:
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:58:37 +, Bill Anderson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:
:hat compiling?
:one word:
:RPM
:
:Thank you, good night.
On a fresh redhat 5.2 install doing rpm installs resulted in many
broken dependencies. It's just as annoying as the windows DLL mess.
The you had a bad install, or were trying to install things that
required stuff you simply don't have.
I install on average, 4 Linux boxes a week (m-f), all with redhat. Never
have I encountered problem you describe.
rant_on
If you install something woth a tarball, and it requires something you
_simply_don't_have_ it will not function.
A dependency means somehting needs or is needed by a particular thing.
if you are trying to remove a package, and somehting else requires it,
when would you like to know, before or after you remove the required
item?
IN MSland, when you delete a dll, and somehting requires it, what is to
stop you? if it is in use, MS won't let you remove it. if not, goodbye,
it's gone. Your app that required that dll is now dead. For example, if
you have LyX, you have xforms. LyX require
