Linux-Hardware Digest #171, Volume #9 Wed, 13 Jan 99 20:13:41 EST
Contents:
Re: vibra card scratchy audio (Elmo Recio)
need help: add ide HDD to scsi system --> lilo fail (Frank Schoenherr)
Re: AGP Creative Labs TNT - HELP! (Mark Paulus)
Linux and DDS3 Tape Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling) ("Ronald BAL")
Re: need advice : QuickCam and Linux : supported hardware ("Jose Urena")
Inkjet Printer for Linux? (Brian D. May)
Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem ("Keith G. Murphy")
Re: COMPUSA Trackball Not Working (Larry Dare)
Re: Help with Tape Drive and ftape (Keith Rohrer)
Will winmodems ever be supported?? ("Michael Crump")
Re: Linux on an EISA system (Human)
Re: SCSI Timeout ("John Nuttall")
Re: Winmodem or no?? (jedi)
SOLVED: Re: Really weird problem with G200. (Tabman)
Re: Really weird problem with G200. (Tabman)
Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux... (bill davidsen)
Re: How to install ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X on RH50 (Edward Vigmond)
Re: Large IDE drives (Kevin Smathers)
Hardware conflict : Iomega buz vs 2nd IDE port (Frederic Dambreville)
Re: Info about Linux driver coding (Frank Meisschaert)
Re: Soundblaster under Debian 2.0 (Joey Hess)
How to install ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X on RH50 ("Johnny El")
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From: Elmo Recio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vibra card scratchy audio
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:41:28 -0500
Goh Chee Kiang wrote:
> What is your System config ? MP3 players available in the net are SOFTWARE
> player... i.e. it does not use any mpeg acceleration available in your
> system... so if you are having a P166 or less, for example, you may suffer
> a performance hit where the CPU is not able to play the sound at the
> desired rate, leading to the cracking sound...
>
> I have this problem with 486 upto P166, using WinAmp and XingMpeg player,
> but eversince the K6-2-300, things have been good..
i have a pentium 200 mmx. it's not my system because when i put my
aztech card in it works fine. 8( it's got to be something with the card
--
"Last night I felt
real arms around me
no hope-no harm
just another false alarm"
-Smiths (Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me)
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From: Frank Schoenherr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: need help: add ide HDD to scsi system --> lilo fail
Date: 13 Jan 1999 15:05:52 +0100
Hi all
I have 2 scsi HDDs in my system a boot manager on /dev/sda, lilo and linux root
at /dev/sdb1. works fine.
now I add a 10GB ide HDD. it works also, if i tell my bios to boot scsi
first. But when I add the boot manager to the ide drive, boot C, select
linux from the BM, I get "LI" and nothing more.
Any ideas what do to ??
Thanks for your help
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Berlin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Paulus)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AGP Creative Labs TNT - HELP!
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:51:29 GMT
You need to update your XFree86 to 3.3.3. Get the updated
Libs, base files, Fonts, and the SVGA and VGA16 XServers.
Re-Run XF86Setup, and choose RIVA TNT (401 or so) for
your video Type.
Get the updated RPMs from any redhat/mirror site under the
updates/5.2/i386 directory. I use
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/redhat/updates/5.2/i386
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 21:40:01, Graham Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just picked up an AGP Creative Labs Riva TNT card, I haven't put it
> in just yet..................... BUT... I'd like to know how t go about
> configuring it, when I finally put it in... on XConfigurator & XF86Setup
> I only see a listing for the Diamond Viper v550 (which I was going to
> buy, but the Creative ended up being 70 bucks cheaper!).. Anyhow... any
> insight would be much appreciated! Thankx!
>
> -Graham Perkins
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux and DDS3 Tape Drive
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 21:54:41 GMT
Hello ...
We recenty added a Sony SDT-9000 DDS3 SCSI Tape Drive to our Linux system in
efforts to create a new backup solution. In an attempt to setup BRU2000 we
have discovered the the system "sees" the tape drive, but does not want to
access it or work with it when we issue the "mt -f /dev/st0 status" command.
We are running RedHat Linux 4.2. The following is the output that leads us to
believe the above:
[root@turnip /dev]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32155W Rev: 0362
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: FIREBALL ST4.3S Rev: 0F0C
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-9000 Rev: 0400
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15150N Rev: 0023
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
[root@turnip gtyler]# mt -f /dev/st0 status
/dev/st0: No such device
The 3 hard disks are internal and the Tape Drive External.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
G. Tyler Koblasa
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From: "Ronald BAL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling)
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:48:59 +0100
Paul Dias wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>My Red Hat Linux 5.2 system (2.0.36) has suddenly started printing the
>following message every few seconds:
>
> kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, (polling)
>
>Can anyone offer any clue as to what this is about, or where I should be
>looking to find out?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul.
I had the same problem. check your printqueue with lpq and remove all files
with lprm <filename>. This should work. (Although you may have to reboot).
Greetings,
Ronald
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From: "Jose Urena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need advice : QuickCam and Linux : supported hardware
Date: 13 Jan 1999 22:51:27 GMT
last time I checked, B/W using SANE
but I think the Linux-2.2.0-pre6 has support for video devices
Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
:
: Hello,
:
: I read the hardware HOWTO but could not find the information I was
:
: looking for pertaining to QuickCam hardware, used to view remote
:
: live images through an analogue or digital link over the internet.
:
: I am looking for QuickCam hardware that is compatible with
:
: Linux and the QuickCam software that runs on top of it.
:
: The only QuickCam equipment I know of is that at
:
: http://www.quickcam.com/ that Logitech bought from
:
: Connectix (?).
:
: Which of the QuickCam Pro, QuickCam Home, and QuickCam VC,
:
: and QuickClip are compatible with Linux?
:
: Thanks in advance,
:
: Neil
:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian D. May)
Subject: Inkjet Printer for Linux?
Date: 13 Jan 1999 15:44:50 GMT
I'm in the market for a colour inkjet printer and would like
suggestions on a good model for use under the Linux operating system.
Various models I've seen in local stores are listed below:
* Hewlett Packard:
(I've heard good things about HP from a reliability standpoint but
their higher-end inkjets appear to be windows-only :-( )
HP 695C/697C
HP 710C/712C (better image quality but "windows only" -> avoid?)
* Epson:
(Image quality appear good, but I've heard questionable things about
reliability - paper feed and print heads)
Epson Stylus 600
Epson Stylus 640 (is this a new version of the 600?)
* Canon:
(Haven't heard much, good or bad, about Canon)
Canon BJC 4400
Question:
Are drivers available for each of the above printers?
Thanks.
Brian
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From: "Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: need to take action on the Winmodem problem
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:53:54 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bill Anderson wrote:
>
> Chris Lee wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > >
> > >On 29 Dec 1998 00:42:57 -0600, Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > >>mlw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >>
> > >>I avoid the problem by refusing all internal modems and only getting
> > >>externals. If there's no physical connection to the motherboard other
> > >>than through a standard rs232 port, then I'm guaranteed that there's no
> > >>way in hell it can offload some of its responsibility to the CPU no matter
> > >>what it says on the box in the store. Granted it costs about $10-15 more
> > >>than an equivilent internal modem, but then you get Dasblinkelights on the
> > >>modem. You can never have too many blinkenlights.
> > >
> > >No. Forcing users to have another power plug on their desk and more
> > >cables to cope with sucks pretty severely, even if Dasblinkelights
> > >are extremely useful for troubleshooting.
> >
> > It's the internal modems that suck dude. Try using/swaping that PC internal
> > modem with another computer. What's that? It doesn't work with an Mac or an
> > Amiga system? Looks like you have to buy another modem,dude....
>
> Why? Just run linux on that intel with ipmasq/ipchains and network it
> all ;-)
I want to see you network out to that BBS! :-)
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From: Larry Dare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: COMPUSA Trackball Not Working
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:57:10 +0000
RH had the answer I just had to find it.
Solution I have tried and works:
run gpm -t pnp -R
and configure XFree86 for Mousesystmes protocol with /dev/gpmdata.
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "MouseSystems"
Device "/dev/gpmdata"
Another solution that I have found but HAVE NOT tried
mouseconfig --kickstart --device cuaX
where X is either 0 for com1 or 1 for com2
Good Luck.
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Charles Riley wrote:
|Larry Dare wrote:
|
|> OS: RH 5.2
|> Hardware: Toshiba 410cdt
|>
|> Problem: I am attempting to use a COMPUSA Trackball with my system.
|> Doesn't work, The symptoms are:
|> * erratic mouse/cursor behavior jumps to up and that is it. All over
|> the screen,
|> * Tried several trackballs, reacts the same.
|> * Tried another brand of trackball (REVEAL) works fine.
|> * Getting the trackball to reset in WIN95, and then back to LINUX seems
|> to work for a while and then it down again.
|>
|> I believe that there is some reset that the trackball is looking for,
|> but don't have a clue on what.
|
|Hiya Larry,
|
| I picked up a trackball just like it the other day. Just wondered if
|you had any luck making it work. Seems like it oughta, its just a mouse
|there's no magic right? =)
|(I couldn't make it work either)
|Charles
|
|
Respectfully, The statements and opinions expressed here are
Larry Dare my own and do not necessarily represent those
Oracle Customer Support of Oracle Corporation.
On-Site Support
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Rohrer)
Subject: Re: Help with Tape Drive and ftape
Date: 13 Jan 1999 17:48:36 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have not been able to get the ftape driver to work with my tape
>drive. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>I have:
> Red Hat version 5.2 of Linux
> kernel version 2,0,26
> ftape version 2.08
> Tape Drive: HP Colorado 8GB Internal IDE tape drive
> it uses Tr-4 tapes
>
> Nether tar or mtape recognizes the tape drive.
What device file are you using?
>I have downloaded fersion 4.02 of ftape. The documents
Why? Your tape drive connects via IDE/ATAPI, not via a floppy controller.
Make sure you've got EIDE tape support complied into your kernel, and
check the associated help. Your tape drive is probably /dev/hdc,
/dev/hdd, or /dev/hdb depending on how you jumpered it and which IDE
port you plugged it into...
Keith
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From: "Michael Crump" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Will winmodems ever be supported??
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 18:48:19 -0500
Is there any work in progress to add support for winmodems to linux??
Thanks
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Human)
Subject: Re: Linux on an EISA system
Date: 13 Jan 1999 23:51:26 GMT
Dan Churchill ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I am using the same card in a 486 EISA system as well. But since I am
using slackware and configure the card as enchanced mode. So that may be
some differences there, but I will just put my 2 cents here.
I think when you put the card in standard mode and load the aha1542
drivers in Linux, you will need to put some boot parameters during boot
promt. In slackware, the aha1542 is defined using default IRQ 11 and
address x134. If your card is not using this, then either you have to
put yout card address and IRQ in the boot prompt or modify the source.
Most of the time using a aha1542 botting for the first time didn't work
because Linux is expecting some predefined address and IRQ.
Hope this may help.
:
I'm trying to install RedHat 5.2 on a Dell 433SE system, and am having
: trouble getting it to see my Adaptec AHA-1740A SCSI card. The system is
: seeing the card at post (and will actually boot to DOS on the hard drive
: when there isn't a bootable floppy) but the RedHat installation program
: says it can't find the card anywhere on my system. The card is set up
: in standard mode, which is supposed to be compatible with the AHA-1542
: driver, but it can't see that either. Does anyone have any ideas about
: what my problem may be?
:
: TIA,
: Dan Churchill
: Macalester College
: Desktop Services
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "John Nuttall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Timeout
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:45:23 -0000
Hi
I heard that if you do not have adaptec cards properly terminated they
can cause all sorts of strange errors ,have you tried changing the
terminators
cheers john
ub1r wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>I just tried kernel 2.1.131, didn't change much, except, it got a little
>bit worse. The SCSI just kept on resetting! I will test 2.2.pre-?
>tomorrow.
>
>My system:
>Adaptec 2940UW BIOS 1.34.3
>(it only started after updating the SCSI-BIOS!!!)
>
>This is my error message from 2.0.36:
>
>Jan 13 18:08:22 JagdTiger kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout
>:
>pid 2049, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 0x08 08 53 db 01 00
>Jan 13 18:08:24 JagdTiger kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 2049) timed out
>-resetting
>Jan 13 18:08:24 JagdTiger kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
>channel 0.
>
>I hope somebody knows how to fix this.
>
>bye
> Levin
>
>Maximilien Oursel wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have updated the kernel to 2.0.36-3 from
>> 2.0.36-0.7 and I don't see any changes.
>> Do you?
>> M
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
Crossposted-To: comp.modems,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Winmodem or no??
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:47:25 -0800
On 13 Jan 1999 18:22:16 -0500, John Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>On 13 Jan 1999 12:04:16 -0800, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>[snip...]
>
>>>Multitech makes the only reported PCI "realmodem".
>>
>>A 120MB/s buss so that you can transfer 5K/s data? Can you say overkill?
>
>Can you say 1 ISA and 6 PCI slots?
>
>Currently a lot of modern motherboards are coming with only 1 or 2 ISA slots
>and the rest of them PCI slots. I wouldn't be surprised if in a year or two
>there will be a lot of motherboards without any ISA slots.
>There is a real need for good, reasonably priced, PCI slot modems.
Unless modems get quite a bit faster, a modem would be one
of those few items that it actually makes sense to put on
a USB rather than wasting a PCI slot on it.
--
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is coerced to the point where it will scratch your eyes out / | \
as soon as your grip slips.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tabman)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,de.comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: SOLVED: Re: Really weird problem with G200.
Date: 14 Jan 1999 00:05:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:15:10 +0100, Andreas Reigber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Tabman wrote:
>>
>> I have this really strange problem with my Millennium G200 running in Linux.
>> The icons in Netscape Navigator ( the ones on the toolbar, etc. Even the
>> Netscape icon in the top right corner ) are in black and white, but
>> everything else is in perfect colour ! Even Navigator's start up page, which
>> shows the Netscape logo, displays everything correctly ! No joke. It's just
>> the icons.
>>
>
>I had the same problem with a Matrox Millenium I in 24bpp. The solution
>was to use 32bpp, then the colors were OK. Dont ask me why...
Thanks ! I just tried it and everything works fine, now.
Vielen Dank.
Tsch��...
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| "If you make people think they are
Tabman You may answer in | thinking, they will love you; if you
english, french, german | make them think, they will hate you."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Don Marquis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tabman)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,de.comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Really weird problem with G200.
Date: 14 Jan 1999 00:02:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:57:53 +0100, Jeanrenaud Laurent
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>For the two colors icons on Netscape, i have resolved the same problem. He
>comes when the depth color are in 24 bits mode. Try to turn your depth
>color to 16 or 32 bits.
>
>Sorry for my very bad english!!!
Merci Jeanrenaud.
T'avais raison. You were correct. I set the default bpp to 32 and
everything's fine.
Merci encore.
'later...
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| "If you make people think they are
Tabman You may answer in | thinking, they will love you; if you
english, french, german | make them think, they will hate you."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Don Marquis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux...
Date: 14 Jan 1999 00:06:14 GMT
In article <9tXm2.920$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Phil Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| A hack I've used is to create a symlink called "MOUNT" in the root
| directory of each partition. My "smart mounter" goes through all the
| partitions, first mounting read/only to take a peek at "MOUNT" and
| then mounts the partition as specified. Thus if the partitions get
| moved around due to SCSI ID to device name relationship shifting, it
| won't affect what data shows up where.
This is a neat idea, and easy to implement! However, isn't there a "last
mount point" field in the filesystem? Isn't that what the "-M" flag sets
in mke2fs? I can't seem to find a utility which reads that back without
mounting it, however, which somewhat defeats the point ;-) Since I use a
fair number of those little removable drives, I think this is a fine
idea, I can automate mounting.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
"Too soon we grow old, and too late we grow smart" -Arthur Godfrey
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From: Edward Vigmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to install ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X on RH50
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:53:42 GMT
Johnny El wrote:
>
> Hi all
> I cant install the display adapter ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X on RH50.
> anyone have an idea how this can be done?
> TIA,
> Johhny El
You have to upgrade your XFree Server. That AGP version of that card
does not work with the server supplied with RH50.
--
Ed Vigmond
Institut de Genie Biomedical, Universite de Montreal
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Kevin Smathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Large IDE drives
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:41:26 -0800
Nick Wise wrote:
> I recently purchased a second computer to fool around with and was
> planning on putting Linux on it. The problem I have is that it has a
> 6.4 GB IDE hard disk. With the large number of cylinders and the fact
> that the partiotions do not end on "proper" boundaries, I cannot use
> LILO. Has there been a fix for this? I looked, but was unable to find
> one. It has been a while since I last installed Linux, and I don't have
> a completely up-to-date version. I was using the BARE bootdisk. Is
> there a different one I should use or a more current version?
>
My first advice would be to try it. I haven't had any problems with LILO
and large disks since the early RH4 timeframe. I currently have LILO
running without complaint on a 11.5GB UIDE drive from the master boot
record, and the disk was initially partitioned by DOS FDISK.
All of the old problems I had with LILO worked out to differences in the
way that the BIOS reported the disk geometry, and the way the geometry was
sensed by both DOS and Linux. As far as I know IDE drives have never
reconfigured their geometries depending on how you accessed them, I
thought that was only done by some SCSI controllers (Adaptec in
particular). So I'm surprised that you ever had trouble with an IDE disk
in the way you've described.
If despite my assurances you do find that you have problems, I have been
able to get LILO working correctly even where the disk geometry changes
from BIOS to direct access of the drive. Using DOS fdisk to create the
DOS partition, and Linux fdisk to create its own partition, LILO can be
coerced to access the kernel by linear sector number (the actual number
that is given to the BIOS) rather than based on the (changing) disk
geometry. Just add a linear flag to the lilo.conf. LILO will complain,
but it will work.
-kls
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From: Frederic Dambreville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware conflict : Iomega buz vs 2nd IDE port
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 17:11:36 +0100
Here is my problem (in fact, two problem):
Until today, I was pleased with my computer, who worked very well under
linux.
But today I've installed the iomega buz card (I run it with win95,
because I've got no driver to run it under Linux). And now, lilo don't
want to launch linux.
My problems are :
First : how to resolve this conflict with Buz. I noticed that Lilo stop,
just after it initialize the first ide port : /dev/hda and /dev/hdb.
When I disactivate the second ide port, using BIOS, all thing run very
well. But that's not a solution! I need to use this second port...
Two : is there some drivers and freewares to run iomega under Linux ?
thank you for your help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Meisschaert)
Crossposted-To:
alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,be.comp.os.linux,fido.belg.linux,fr.comp.os.linux,fr.misc.bavardages.linux,linux.debian,linux.debian.admintool,linux.debian.devel,linux.debian.doc,linux.debian.faq,linux.debian.french,linux
Subject: Re: Info about Linux driver coding
Date: 13 Jan 1999 23:38:33 GMT
Benjamin GOLINVAUX ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi all...
: I am looking for information on how drivers work under linux (particular.
: audio drivers) and how to write them...
: (how to write an interrupt handler, when it is called, how are the processes
: scheduled, ...)
: Any book or web resource would be greatly appreciated... Please note that
: I've never done any kernel programming...
Check the LDP (Linux Documentation Project). The document Kernel Hacker's
Guide contains the requested information. Also some general books on the
structure of the unix kernel could help (go to the library).
Frank Meisschaert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joey Hess)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Soundblaster under Debian 2.0
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:06:18 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ramesh Natarajan wrote:
| Iam able to play CD using workman. When I cat some .au to /dev/audio,
| (or when I try saytime) I get no sound. I get no error either. When I do
| rvplayer welcome.rm, I get some error like "Codec not
| installed/Compression not supported".
Install the rvplayer debian package. It will fix this.
--
see shy jo, debian developer
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From: "Johnny El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: How to install ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X on RH50
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:57:51 +0200
Hi all
I cant install the display adapter ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X on RH50.
anyone have an idea how this can be done?
TIA,
Johhny El
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