Linux-Hardware Digest #308, Volume #9 Sat, 30 Jan 99 11:13:27 EST
Contents:
Re: Overclocked Celeran300A and Linux? ("Allen S. Jackson")
Re: U.S Robotics 56K modem setup... (David Fox)
Re: Linux Redhat 5.2 with Compaq proliant 1500 (Nicolas Kisselhoff)
Re: Modem Question ("Lev I.")
Re: Monster3D QII & Linux (Dave)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Paul Repacholi)
Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice capable/fax
modem software for use in warp4?)) (David Kunz)
Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice capable/fax
modem software for use in warp4?)) ("�g�H")
Re: Proposed System - Comments welcome! (Rod Roark)
Re: K6-2 ??? AGP ???? (Rod Roark)
Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice capable/fax
modem software for use in warp4?)) (Bob Germer)
newb Setuping up network ("Chinchilla")
Re: Ditto Max installation with the new ftape and 2.2.1 kernel -- help!
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice capable/fax
modem software for use in warp4?)) ("Jon Etkins")
Re: Is there a PCI 56k modem that works under LINUX, NT, and 95/98? (David
Kirkpatrick)
How can I use a SW60XG Card? (Berthold Neufer)
Re: K6-2 ??? AGP ???? (Jason Costomiris)
Re: K6-2 ??? AGP ???? (BL)
Re: GTE flamed linux for BillG (Nick Zentena)
Re: K6-2 ??? AGP ???? (BL)
Printer: Canon BJC5000 (Bill Raper)
Re: newbie: cant get mouse to work ("Aaron Dershem")
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From: "Allen S. Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Overclocked Celeran300A and Linux?
Date: 30 Jan 1999 13:08:57 GMT
Something you should also consider, is heat dissipation -- are you using
the same heatsink that is recommended for a 300 Mhz processor? I've
been running a Celeron 266 at 400 Mhz since the day it arrived, and the
same for a 300A at 450 MHz too, but I take an oversized Pentium 2 heat
sink and cut the clips off, then drill out mounting holes to match up
with the standard Celeron SEPP. BTW, the holes are spaced differently
on the Celeron than the standard heat sink for such as most of them are
intended to be attached with spring tension...
I use 1.5" square aluminum from standard 1.5"x1/8" flat bar stock
(avail. at most hardware stores in 6' lengths) as a spacer to make up
for the lack of the "T" plate part of the P2 cartridge, with plenty of
heat sink compound on both sides of it, and #10 x 1" zinc plated
countersink wood screws from K-mart to attach it to the CPU card. WHen
drilling out the P2 heat sinks, may be a good idea to start with a 1/16"
pilot hole to make sure that the holes start as close to perpendicular
as possible, and then work up to about a 11/64" hole for the final one,
and the screw should be able to self-thread through that with some force
the first time in.
I'm not yet running Linux yet on my machines, as I'm still checking for
device drivers for network cards and such, but I'm going that way. I've
been overclocking since the V20 (uugghh! does that mean I may be getting
old?), and I've had no problems running on the Acer AX6BC, or the Abit
BH6 platforms with OS/2 or Win**, and don't expect to have any (heat
related) problems with any other OS. email if you want the dimensions
for the CPU mounting holes, as I don't get to the USENET to often, and
may miss a posting here.
Cheers,
Allen
(email addy; user ID portion has a numeral one in place of word
onespoiler, and of course, delete the bogus secondary domain of nospam.)
fight spam everywhere!!!
Markus Wandel wrote:
>
> I have an ABIT BH6 with PC100 SDRAM and a retail Celeron 300A, bought
> specifically with hopes of running at 450 like everyone else seems to be
> doing. Mine is of the date code ending in 558 that the "Anandtech" people
> said 5/5 tested were OK at 450MHz at default voltage.
>
> It seemed to work OK. What little I did in Win95 didn't crash, and Linux
> crashed a couple of times but I attributed that to X kernel bugs or whatever.
>
> Then I read the web page about the "unexpected signal 11" problems when
> recompiling the Linux kernel. I tried it, and sure enough I got that on
> the second attempt (the first one was OK.)
>
> I then experimented and found (in order)
>
> 100MHz (450) 2.0V Unstable
> 66MHz (300) 2.0V Stable (has not crashed in Linux at all, including
> one test of 110 consecutive kernel compiles overnight.)
> 100MHz (450) 2.1V Survived 10 kernel compiles in a row, no further test.
> 102.5MHz (461) 2.1V Unstable
>
> The 102.5MHz comes from the 2.5% (approx) speedup option that the BH6 BIOS
> conveniently provides for checking whether your system has any margin.
>
> Room temperature was under 19 degrees Celsius and it never got warmer than
> 24 degrees Celsius in the case according to the BIOS temperature display,
> so it would be worse yet on a hot summer day.
>
> I am not comfortable with jacking the voltage up further. The Celeron 300A
> is already spec'd to dissipate 18W max (check data sheet from Intel's web
> site) and with chips like this, power consumption scales with supply voltage
> and clock frequency, so at 450MHz/2.1V it is potentially peaking at over
> 28 watts. That's a _lot_ of power for any IC and while the cooling
> arrangement on my retail Celeron looks reasonable I don't know if it has
> that much margin. And knowing that I'm at most 2.5% away from guaranteed
> failure doesn't help either.
>
> So I find my hopes of low-priced megapower dashed and must live with 300MHz.
>
> I may merely have a slow part. Many people brag of running theirs at 504MHz,
> and while I doubt that many of them could pass a truly rigorous test, no
> doubt a lot of them _would_ have positive margin at 450MHz/2.0V. So I lose,
> too bad.
>
> Be prepared for that. Nobody will refund your money because the CPU only
> works as advertised. Besides, if you're used to, say, a 233MMX, a Celeron
> 300A is plenty fast even at 300MHz.
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From: d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: U.S Robotics 56K modem setup...
Date: 29 Jan 1999 09:22:57 -0800
Linux doesn't support *most* PCI modems *because* they *are*
winmodems. Softmodems, actually. "Winmodem" is a 3com trademark.
Dave Hulsopple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Adrian,
> If your modem is a PCI based modem, it won't work.
> I had the same problems with a similar modem, only to find out that
> PCI modems are not supported under Linux. Many other PCI devices are,
> but not modems. I don't know if/when this will happen, but for now, you
> might try going back to the store and swapping it out for an EISA modem.
> *Those*, I know are supported.
> I read the other responses before posting here, and the advise is
> good, but the bottom line is that Linux doesn't support PCI modems.
>
> Sorry
>
> Dave Hulsopple
>
> Adrian Neilson wrote:
> >
> > Hello.
> >
> > As probably seen many times before, I'm trying to setup a modem in Linux.
> > I'm *VERY* new to Linux and don't know my way round. I've installed Caldera
> > 1.3 Linux, all default settings used.
> >
> > My modem is not a Winmodem, I would never buy hardware dedicated towards one
> > particular O.S. My goal is simple, or so I thought : Setup my modem in Linux
> > to dial my ISP so I can send e-mail and browse. I've no clue what to run,
> > what so called scripts to setup or anything.
> >
> > Some advice would be appreciated - with detailed instructions. Please
> > remember, I'm very new at this. As most people, I have a lot of Windows
> > experience but no Linux knowledge.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Adrian.
--
David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: Nicolas Kisselhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Redhat 5.2 with Compaq proliant 1500
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 18:26:13 +0100
Laurent CASTELLANI wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trynig to setup a proliant 1500 with a Linux redhat 5.2
>
> The setup works perfect execpt that when I rebot the LILO boot does not work
> (it stops after printing two letters LI)
>
> I tried to change the hard drive to a smaller one 4Gb and make sure the do
> small partitionning like under 1Gb but it is the same problem.
>
> I also cleanup the entire Hard drive to make sure there was no Compaq stuff
> remaining on the MBR.
>
> Any idea ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Laurent C.
Lilo must be installed on drive one or two, not after.
What are your drives and partitions ?
Nicolas.
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From: "Lev I." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Question
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:29:21 -0500
First you need an internet provider. :)
Then, check out the PPP-HowTo on http://sunsite.unc.edu
"Jos� Francisco Cesta" wrote:
> Hi.. I am from brazil and I bougth a Linux RedHat in Washington...
> How can I conect me to the internet.
> I only have minicon and usernet.
> Some suggestions please...
> Thanks
-- Lev Iserovich
Remove the no.spam. from my address to reply.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave)
Subject: Re: Monster3D QII & Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:26:37 GMT
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:50:27 -0500, grinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'd like to play Q2 without having to boot to Windows to do it, so
>I'm going to get a Monster3D card.
>Is anyone using/used the above combo?
>What kind of framerate can I expect with a K6-233?
>Any probs?
> Thanks
I get about 27 FPS in 640x480 with a P200MMX and a Voodoo 1.
I've not had any problems with it.
The Voodoo is a vast inprovement over SVGALib ...
Dave
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From: Paul Repacholi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 30 Jan 1999 21:22:00 +0800
Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I truly appreciate your suggestions, but I'd rather get a real workstation
> keyboard like the ones that Sun, HP, DEC and the rest of them sell, and not
> mess with re-mapping.
So find an old LK-250, or get an LK-450. DEC^H^H^HConpak one,
the former is AT, the later PS2.
If anyone has a set of keymap files...
~paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Kunz)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.os2.comm
Subject: Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice
capable/fax modem software for use in warp4?))
Date: 30 Jan 1999 13:29:08 GMT
Spencer Lu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:38:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Brush) wrote:
: > **Courier ALWAYS drops the connection. I thought it'd be able to
: > deal **with line noise better than that. I probably should have
: > just **bought the less expensive Sportster.
: > Have you tried setting the S10 register to something like 200.
: > This is a timeout number during which the modem will maintain the
: > connection in the event of noise like picking up the phone. I
: > think its in milliseconds (don't kill me if I am wrong) and do
: > not set it to 255 or the modem will not hang up.
: I just tried setting S10=100, and it didn't help. According to the
: manual, S10 "sets the duration, in tenths of a second, that the
: Courier waits after loss of carrier before hanging up." I don't
: think that's what I want.
The other end is probably hanging up on you. Both sides have to be
configured to ignore loss of carrier for a while for this to work. At
some point a group of users persuaded my internet provider to increase
his loss time so it works here too -- but most go with the default of
a very short loss.
--
David Kunz
Operator error. Replace operator and strike any key to continue...
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.comm,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.os2.setup.misc
From: "�g�H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice
capable/fax modem software for use in warp4?))
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 03:04:54 GMT
In <TTss2.4115$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/30/99
at 01:03 AM, "Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>In fact, most components that go into Brand Name computers are Brand name
>parts, like SoundBlaster and Pentium, and USR.
Actually, no... Brand name shops uses OEM part of THEIR OWN spec... Say, a
Matrox Millenium II (that was a while back) with a 20% slower RAMDAC... and
so on... Yeah, they do have a pretty nice name, but not parts...
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Proposed System - Comments welcome!
Date: 30 Jan 1999 13:43:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Currently considering:
>
>Intel PII 350 - 512k Cache (Retail Box)
>Asus P2B MB 440BX chipset
>ATI Xpert98 8mb AGP - Video
>128mb PC100 SDRAM
>Seagate Cheetah 9.1GB Ultra-2 SCSI
>Adaptec AHA2940-U2W
>32x CD Rom
>Floppy/MS/KB
>
>RAStel RA4002 - 4 modem PCI Adapter card - *Any comments on this card?*
>SMC or 3COM 10/100 PCI NIC ? - *Recommendations?*
A Celeron 400 is cheaper & faster than a P-II/350.
-- Rod
======================================================================
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http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ Starting at $499
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K6-2 ??? AGP ????
Date: 30 Jan 1999 13:49:02 GMT
mrushton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is the story on the K6-2 ???? I like others on the newsgroup want to
>build a machine and can not figure out if the K6-2 will work.
>It seems FreeBSD is more tolerant of the AMD K-6's than Linux is.
>Also I want to know about any AGP video cards that people had good luck
>with.
K6-2's work great. Be sure to check www.amd.com for supported
motherboards. For AGP video, I like the ATI Xpert 98 and the
Rage IIc (3D Charger) which offer good performance for the money.
-- Rod
======================================================================
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http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ Starting at $499
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.os2.comm,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc
From: Bob Germer <bobgatcyberenetdotnet>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 08:39:30 -0500
Subject: Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice
capable/fax modem software for use in warp4?))
On <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/29/99 at 06:06
PM,
"Jon Etkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> My company did quite a bit of testing in this area a couple of years
> ago. What we found was that the USR Couriers were the fastest things
> around, but only when used in pairs, and only under optimal line
> conditions. Try getting a Courier to connect to a non-USR modem, or
> introduce any line noise or signal deterioration, and they dropped like
> flies. We wound up standardising on Hayes Optimas, FWIW.
Then you and your company are in deep doodoo, fella. Hayes is again in
bankruptcy and not likely to recover this time. If anyone buys whatever
assets may be left, it will most likely be 3Com.
As for connecting a Courier to a non USR/3Com product, I never have any
problems and own several Couriers as well as Sportsters.
--
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If replying by email, change AT to @ and DOT to . in email address Proudly
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MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67
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From: "Chinchilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,osu.sys.linux
Subject: newb Setuping up network
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:48:15 -0500
I'm trying to set up the network connection (RESNET) from my dorm on a red
hat 5.2 system. I have the 'driver' for my net card and I want to know how
to load/compile it (its in ' *.c ' now) so that linux will recognize the
card. I have all the other info but I need that modulal to be installed. any
help is greatly appriciated.
thanks
Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ditto Max installation with the new ftape and 2.2.1 kernel -- help!
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 12:20:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Coddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What needs to be set in order to get the Ditto Max to work?
>
> Can it use the Ditto Dash card or does it have to use the floppy
> controller?
>
> If it can use the Dash, how do I get the system to properly recognize
> it, at the kernel level?
>
> Does tape support need to be built into the kernel (i.e., ftape and
> zftape support)?
>
> How can I format a tape I've used already?
>
> Thanks for anything you can help with! You guys are awesome!
> michael
>
I don't know if it can use the Ditto Dash accelerator or not. However, I've
got a Ditto Easy 3200 tape drive I use with the Ditto Dash controlloer. I
had to recompile my kernel to support it and manually edit some configuration
file with the right resource info. Figured it out by reading the help info
in the kernel config program and the resource info from the accelerator
documentation.
- Eric
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From: "Jon Etkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Jon Etkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3COM sells crippled modems (was 3COM "support" (was: any voice
capable/fax modem software for use in warp4?))
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 18:06:39 GMT
FWIW, winmodems are not supported by Win3.1 either, so if the box says it
works with Windows 3.1 or better, then you can bet it's not a winmodem.
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:38:12 GMT, Mike Trettel wrote:
>The winmodem term isn't even regularly used enough to trigger a warning
>when it's needed. As an example, the local Best Buy here in NoVa is
>selling Zoom 56k PCI modems (internal, obviously) for $49.00 after rebate.
>It took me the better part of an hour on the web to finally figure out
>that this is a crippled "winmodem" type device. On the box it states for
>use with Win 9* and NT, and nothing else. I've ran across enough
>hardware that said only Windows is supported which also worked fine under
>OS/2 and Linux, that I needed confirmation as to the modem's status. I
>ended up buying the Zoom external 56k dual mode instead, just to be sure I
>wasn't going to get nailed. Ridiculous....
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Jon Etkins | Asking for quality software from Microsoft
(Team OS/2) | is like asking for the wine list at McDonalds.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there a PCI 56k modem that works under LINUX, NT, and 95/98?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:53:20 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
POWERCOM V.90 X2 Internal FaxModem.
It works fine as a PPP dial-in modem on Linux and the MS
machines. I faxed out of it on NT but not on Linux yet.
Comes with QuickLink MessageCenter. The price was somewhere
under $50 but its probably lower now.
d
David Fox wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Is there a PCI 56k modem that works under LINUX, NT, and 95/98?
> > Somewhere I read that as a rule of thumb all PCI modems are
> > winmodems. If you known of a PCI modem, winmodem or not, that
> > has been shown to work under all three operating systems please
> > let me know.
>
> The Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI is not a winmodem, and the manufacturer
> claims that it is will work under all these operating systems. There
> are not yet any confirmed reports.
> --
> David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
> UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Berthold Neufer)
Subject: How can I use a SW60XG Card?
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:47:34 +0100
Does anybody know if it is possible to use a Yamaha SW60XG-Soundcard
with Linux (Kernel 2.0.31)?
This Card has really nice Sounds, too nice to work only with Windows.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jason Costomiris)
Subject: Re: K6-2 ??? AGP ????
Date: 30 Jan 1999 14:53:32 GMT
On 30 Jan 1999 02:13:48 GMT, mrushton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: What is the story on the K6-2 ???? I like others on the newsgroup want to
: build a machine and can not figure out if the K6-2 will work.
:
: It seems FreeBSD is more tolerant of the AMD K-6's than Linux is.
:
: Also I want to know about any AGP video cards that people had good luck
: with.
I've got two K6-2 boxes. My desktop is a 300, with a Matrox G200 AGP
card. Wonderful card, and it works great w/ X 3.3.3.x's SVGA server.
Matrox, IMHO, makes the best cards out there. Sure, there are some
cards that are 3 - 5% faster, but those faster cards just don't have the
picture clarity of the Matrox cards. The G200 was cheap too. $139.
The other is a server, a 350, with the cheapeast AGP video card I could
lay my hands on. Believe it or not, the 4 MB AGP Trident Piece of Crap
card was $20, while the ISA Trident card w/512k was $30.
Both machines handle Linux just fine && dandy, and at least the desktop
runs X without any trouble. Outfit your K6-2's with a good motherboard.
I've been happy with the AOpen AX59 Pro on my desktop, and the ASUS
P5A-B board in the server. A friend just built a K6-2 box using a FIC
motherboard a couple of weeks ago, and he's been very happy as well.
Also, make sure you buy real PC-100 RAM, and run that bus @ 100 Mhz.
I built that K6-2/350 server for $600 (low budget, using an IDE disk),
and I'm thrilled with it. Kernel compiles in under 3 minutes....
--
Jason Costomiris <><
Technologist, cryptogeek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
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From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K6-2 ??? AGP ????
Date: 30 Jan 1999 15:00:23 GMT
Reply-To: no.spambots.please
mrushton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: What is the story on the K6-2 ????
in the beginning, there was intel. and it was bad. and amd looked upon intel
and said "I can do better". and there was light upon the land. and the light
was good. ;-)
: I like others on the newsgroup want to
: build a machine and can not figure out if the K6-2 will work.
what's not to figure out? search with dejanews and you will find your
answer. (hint: yes, of COURSE the darned thing works. why SHOULDN'T IT?
just because the windows folks can't write code to save their lives [they write
timing loops that assume intel architecture in terms of instruction timing]
has NOTHING to do with linux.)
I have a public webserver that uses a k6-2/300 (uptime is usually measured in
months, not hours) and my personal home system is also a k6-2/300 (it gets
rebooted only to add a new toy/pci card, every now and then).
: It seems FreeBSD is more tolerant of the AMD K-6's than Linux is.
it seems you make things up and have no clue...
: Also I want to know about any AGP video cards that people had good luck
: with.
matrox millennium 2/agp works very well for me, but to be fair, I have that
installed in a BX motherboard with a pent-2 cpu. on my k6-2 system, I am
using a matrox millennium 1/pci; it works just as well and I don't need to
save pci slots in that particular system (and when a video card works
perfectly well for me, I don't upgrade just for the hell of it - its still a
very fast performer, even by today's standards).
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From: Nick Zentena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: GTE flamed linux for BillG
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 10:01:14 -0500
Jim Harper wrote:
>
> I think the bigger problem is that places like GTE, and the like, do not
> want educated users on their systems. People who can install and run
> Linux are obviously educated and therefore persuaded to go somewhere
> else for service.
I think the real issue is support. The ISP service provided by our
local phone company basically tells you that you can use anything you
want. But don't expect support unless you are running one of the
supported OS [Win 95/98, Mac, NT]. So if you are having a problem with
the service better boot up windows before you call them. OTOH can't you
just tell GTE you are running windows? Are they going to keep tabs on
you?
Nick
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From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K6-2 ??? AGP ????
Date: 30 Jan 1999 15:02:37 GMT
Reply-To: no.spambots.please
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: mrushton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >What is the story on the K6-2 ???? I like others on the newsgroup want to
: >build a machine and can not figure out if the K6-2 will work.
: >It seems FreeBSD is more tolerant of the AMD K-6's than Linux is.
: >Also I want to know about any AGP video cards that people had good luck
: >with.
: K6-2's work great. Be sure to check www.amd.com for supported
: motherboards. For AGP video, I like the ATI Xpert 98 and the
: Rage IIc (3D Charger) which offer good performance for the money.
I tried the ati xpert (agp) once (basically someone bet me that it wouldn't
work, so I took them up on their offer) ;-)
while it DID work and configure just fine on xfree86 at the time, the
performance seemed a bit slower than my old reliable matrox millennium/pci. I
chose not to switch at the time and kept my pci card. but the ati DID work,
so if that's your choice in cards, you WILL be able to run x11.
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Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:14:47 -0500
From: Bill Raper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printer: Canon BJC5000
Does anybody have a driver (2.0.34 compatible) for this printer, or can
you refer me to somebody who does?
Thanks!
Bill
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From: "Aaron Dershem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie: cant get mouse to work
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:55:14 -0600
Try typing /usr/bin/mouseconfig (I think that's where it is) at the prompt.
This will re-run the RedHat setup portion for the mouse.
Aaron.
bez wrote in message <78smbv$u7p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>forgive me for my ignorance, i have only had linux for a day!!!
>i have just installed redhat 5.1
>
>i am trying to use xwindows for the first time, so i ran xf86config
selected
>the option for 2button serial mouse, no middlechord, yes emulation. i use
>startx to get me into the x windows environment.
>
>(i chose /dev/mouse as this was the default.....not sure what this means
>though)
>
>the graphics are set up correctly but the pointer does not want to move.
>
>when i press ctrl+alt+_backspace i get dropped to the prompt with the
error
>message:
>
>warning:/dev/mouse unable to get status of mouse fd (input/output error)
>
>can anyone shed any light on what i might be doing wrong to setup xwindows.
>if any more info is required, let me know. (i don't have the knowledge to
>fault find at all for this system, explicit instruction/explanation will be
>greatly appreciated)
>
>thanks in advance....
>
>bez
>
>
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