Linux-Hardware Digest #727, Volume #9 Fri, 19 Mar 99 08:15:31 EST
Contents:
Re: Asus Video card and other questions ("James Pickering")
Re: AOpen external modem FM56-EX on Linux, get it? (Colin)
linux on mitac 6033w? (Kenneth John Gardiner)
Re: SiS 5597/5598 video (Jet)
from 2.0.34 to 2.2.3 ("ComFuMasta")
Re: Toshiba Satellite 4005CDS & Serial I/O Woes (Kyle Dansie)
Re: SupraExpress 56i Pro on linux (Karsten Jensen)
Re: X and motherboard asus sp97v (Gary Momarison)
Install software packages...what's wrong??? ("omega.t")
Kppp e tin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Snapscan310 and adaptec 1505AE SCSI adapter ("Dirk Demuynck")
supported Burner in Linux ? ("S�bastien Dionne")
HP Laserjet 1100 Problems (Rainer Kiehne)
Re: D-Link DFE-530TX Anybody? (Colin)
OPL3-SA2 sound chip doesn't wake up after suspend (Shimpei Yamashita)
Re: $2500.00 DREAM machine ("CT")
Re: SoundBlaster Live! (Brian Leavitt)
Eagle Exabyte TR-3 Parallel Port Support. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Directly Adressing a PCI Card (Herve Delingette)
Re: Where do I buy supported hardware systems? (Eric Lee Green)
Intel740 video display card (Keen Seng)
Re: Can someone recommend me a 56K6 PCMCIA modem? (Brendan Murray)
Re: SoundBlaster Live! (Sergio Brandano)
Re: SB16PnP-How? (jas shultz)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session ("M. le
Rutte")
Re: Running CD-Rom of Soundcard (Paul Mc Kenna)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls flat)
(Paul Flinders)
Re: old proprietary cd-rom recognised as scsi? (REPOST) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Ega Video Card/Montior ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
usb devices on Linux2.0.xx or MKlinux? (Ulrich Hahn)
Canon BJC 5000 ("not")
Re: choosing a portable (TS Stahl)
Re: Advise please re RedHat 5.2 and my install.... ("SChelvan Ponn")
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From: "James Pickering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asus Video card and other questions
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:00:14 GMT
>The software I use most an email client, photoshop, perl editor, ICQ,
>Internet browser, and a Financial package. I think that I will be alright
>switching to Linux.
For Browser and email, you could look into getting netscape, communicator
4.5 should give you email and web browsing, and isn't a far cry from IE4, if
that's what you were using.
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From: Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AOpen external modem FM56-EX on Linux, get it?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:01:51 GMT
Sarah Kerrigan wrote:
>
> hey,
> i need a modem that is compatible with Linux. I know external modems are
> supposed to work but i just want to make sure. I can get the AOpen FM56-
> EX at a pretty good price. anyone got anything good or bad to say about
> it? thanks.
If it's an external modem, then you have nothing to worry about as far as
compatibility is concerned. I have an AOpen FM56-ITU internal modem and it
works fine with Linux because it has jumpers on it so I can manually set
the I/O port and IRQ.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth John Gardiner)
Subject: linux on mitac 6033w?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:01:45 GMT
I'm looking at getting a Mitac 6033W and was wondering if anyone
has successfully put linux/X on it?
>From redhat's laptop hardware list the components seem compatable, but
has anyone already done it?
thanks,
Ken
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From: Jet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SiS 5597/5598 video
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 04:46:43 -0800
I'm a clueless newbie, take that into consideration.
Tommy Kelly wrote:
>
> "Barry Kauler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hans,
> > I recently installed RH5.2 on a PC with the SiS5598 on the motherboard,
> > but can't even get generic VGA to work. Just get lines on the screen.
I have this exact card, and had the exact same experience, I downloaded
the updates for Xfree86 from Red Hat's site. It is explained in great
detail there. Now it works like a charm.
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rh1/XFree86-upgrade/XFree86-upgrade.html
J
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From: "ComFuMasta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: from 2.0.34 to 2.2.3
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:01:46 GMT
i wanted to know if i can upgrade my kernel from 2.0.34 which is distributed
with RedHat 5.1 to 2.2.3, if anyone can help me i would love if you could
point me in a directions of a page that will help me through this problem.
comfumasta
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From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Toshiba Satellite 4005CDS & Serial I/O Woes
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:02:13 GMT
Hugh McCurdy wrote:
>
> I am trying to help someone load Linux to a Toshiba
> Satellite 4005CDS notebook computer.
>
> Linux loads and runs but it can't use the serial port.
> Want to use the serial port as a login (getty) port.
> Linux Kernel 2.0.35.
>
> Connected a breakout box. Lights look OK. Attempting
> to send from Toshiba does not flicker the TD light
> (as it should).
>
> Rebooted to Win98. Noted that data and signal lights
> from Toshiba turn off during Win98 boot.
>
> Tried DOS based terminal emulator. Lights come on.
> Still can't send characters from Toshiba.
>
> Tried HyperTerm. It turns the lights and and did allow
> sending of data. (Great, must need a secret code...)
>
> And I believe one of two things are wrong.
>
> 1) The Toshiba should work but it broken.
> 2) The Toshiba's design is such that Linux won't be able
> to use the serial port.
>
> * Does anyone have a Toshiba Satellite 4005CDS that works or
> doesn't work with respect to serial I/O under Linux?
> (Or a computer in the same model series?)
> Clearly, if other computers of the same model work, I can
> claim to Toshiba that the computer is broken.
>
> * Does anyone know of a Linux solution (like a program or
> driver patch that can initialize a Toshiba port)?
>
> Or does anyone have any other useful or potentially
> useful comments. I will read the newsgroup and the
> e-mail address I've supplied is valid.
>
> --
> Hugh McCurdy
What is your "config_serial" set to in /usr/src/linux/.config It
should be Y
What does cat /proc/ioports say about the serial ports? They should be
listed.
Are there any error messages at boot time. You can view these with dmesg
command.
Later,
Kyle Dansie
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From: Karsten Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SupraExpress 56i Pro on linux
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:49:25 GMT
Claus Jul Larsen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I had a compaq presario with the SupraExpress Pro 56i (56K modem). I've
> troubles with the modem init. I wroted: AT+MS=V34,1,28800,33600 - but the
> xisp say the modem init had failed.. :-( - maybe the carriage return code
> doesn't here? If it's the reason, what is the carriage return code for
> linux?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Claus
I have the same modem, and it is a winmodem
Karsten
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: X and motherboard asus sp97v
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:00:19 GMT
Julien Canivet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've problems to install X because of my video card which is integreted
> to my motherboard. It is a asus sp97v and is not recognised by redhat
> 5.2
I'm fairly sure 5.2 DOES support the SP97V, but for forgotten reasons,
I upgraded to the XFree86-3.3.3.1-1 & etc. RPMs, which I KNOW supports
it. (I'm using it now.) Use the XF86_SVGA X server.
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From: "omega.t" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install software packages...what's wrong???
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:02:25 GMT
Hi,
I couldn't install some software packages.
I used the glint command,everything seemed fine but when I started the
install I got these messages:
Errors occured during the install.
cannot get exclusive lock on database.
error:command open //var/lib/rpm/package.rpm.
Can you please help me!
Thank you .
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.windows.x.kde,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Kppp e tin
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:02:27 GMT
Does anyone know how to connect to TIN (italian provider that use PAP
autentication)
with Linux SUSE 6.0 and kppp program?
any help will be hightily appreciated.
Thank's Emanuele
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From: "Dirk Demuynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,fido.belg.linux,linux.redhat.announce,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Snapscan310 and adaptec 1505AE SCSI adapter
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:49:33 GMT
Hi,
Does someone knows how to install/configure the Agfa Snapscan 310 and the
SCSI adapter ADAPTEC 1505AE on RH5.2 ??
Which drivers??
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From: "S�bastien Dionne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: supported Burner in Linux ?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:01:52 GMT
I have an Creative Labs CDR 4210. Do you know How I can burn cd with this
burner ?
All the software I found don't supporte my burner
S�bastien
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From: Rainer Kiehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP Laserjet 1100 Problems
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:03:22 GMT
Hi,
I've got two problems with my Laserjet 1100, Linux Mandrake 5.3,
ghostscript-4.03-1
using th Laserjet 4/5/6 driver
1. Printig more then one page via ghostscript takes a lot of time. Every
single page is treated as a singel printjob. This problem does not
happen using dvilj, but there are lots of .ps documents out there...
2. postscript graphics are only printed with 300x300 dpi. Using 600x600
results in pictures where the lines are displaced against each other.
Has anyone solved these problems ?
TIA Rainer Kiehne
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From: Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: D-Link DFE-530TX Anybody?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:02:00 GMT
Tomas Halvarsson wrote:
>
> Use the VIA-Rhine drivers, available in the kernel 2.2.x series,
> and on the web page
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/via-rhine.html
>
Well, the driver was available before the 2.2.x kernel.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shimpei Yamashita)
Subject: OPL3-SA2 sound chip doesn't wake up after suspend
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:02:38 GMT
I have a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDS laptop on which Linux works more or
less perfectly except for one problem--the sound chip (a Yamaha
OPL3-SA2) often stops working after I use APM to suspend the machine.
Sound applications do not produce sound; anything I pipe into
/dev/audio is silently ignored. The sound does usually come back if I
manually rmmod the opl3sa2 module and modprobe it again; however, this
is a pretty obnoxious process, and even this doesn't necessarily work.
Anyone have a solution?
The installed system is RedHat Linux 5.2. I get the problem with both
2.0.36 and 2.2.3 kernels (hand-compiled for APM support).
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From: "CT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: $2500.00 DREAM machine
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:03:24 GMT
2 weeks ago I built the following box from scratch:
Tyan Tomcat IV motherboard
two P233MMX cpu's with fans
512MB main memory (8x64MB 60ns EDO 72pin SIMMs)
two IBM Deskstar 12.? GB HDD's (IDE)
Linksys 10/100 NIC (to talk to the internal network)
Linksys 10Mbps NIC (to talk to the ADSL modem)
Seagate TR-5 10/20GB travan tape w/3 tapes (IDE)
Tower case with AT power supply and two fans
Total cost: approximately $2600US
Adjust to taste, your mileage may vary, etc.
This particular box is a workgroup server and firewall for a small company.
The OS is Redhat 5.2 running kernel 2.2.2
dsyates wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have got exactly $2500.00 to spend on a new Linux machine. I want the
>most (fastest) bang for my buck.
>I am looking fo advice on: processor (make /speed) , motherboard,
>SCSI/IDE/or UDMA, Monitor, video card, vid acclerator, soound card,
>removable media, etc
>Should I build it myself, or go through Varesearch, ASlabs,
>penguincomputing, Dell, or what?
>Thanks in advance
>
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From: Brian Leavitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:02:43 GMT
Dave Moczulski wrote:
> does anyone know how to use sndconfig to get the SoundBlaster Live! to work.
> I'm currently running Mandrake Linux 5.3 it says that a PCI audio card is
> found, but unknown. and i try everything but can't get it to work right.
> thanks. a reply by email is aprreciated.
>
> Dave
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Creative Labs is currently working on full support for the SBLive, but as of
now, it won't work. I hear July/August is the tentative release date! I have
one ready to install once it is supported and I can't wait!
Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Eagle Exabyte TR-3 Parallel Port Support.
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:51:02 GMT
Kernel 2.2.3 has all kinds of support for Parallel devices, but as of yet, I
have been able to find a configuration that will run my old, discontinued,
Eagle Exabyte TR-3 Parallel port Travan 3 drive.
Does anyone know of a driver, or a combination of kernel options and drivers
that might actually get this beast running, and backing up my Linux boxes.
This is the last Windows-era piece of hardware that I have been unable to get
running under my now complete M$ free LAN.
Eventually I am just going to buy a completely Linux supported Travan drive
(any suggestions?), but I would at least like to give this a good shot.
Surely someone out there has one of these tape drives, and has gotten it
spinning?
Any help is appreciated.
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From: Herve Delingette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Directly Adressing a PCI Card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:03:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there,
I have a PCI card plugged on my PC and I would like to be able to read
and write physical addresses
on that board without writing a driver, knowing that I would have to run
the software as root.
How is it possible to do so?
Thanks in advance.
Herve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Lee Green)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Where do I buy supported hardware systems?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:51:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7cjk9u$98n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>We are looking for a single source of hardware systems, from small
>'workstation' based (5-15 users) to full RAID systems (200-500 users, and
>even up to 1000 users or more). We are currently limited to RedHat on Intel.
> We need a company that can supply hardware support in any major city in the
>USA, Mexico and Canada. As yet IBM and Dell do not support RAID for Linux.
>
>Does anyone out there know of a company capable of meeting these requirements?
We do that. On-site support, everything from tiny Netier network computers
(think Netwinder, except Intel-based and available NOW) to file-cabinet-sized
RAID servers with 5-channel RAID controllers and dual or quad Xeons.
Don't EMAIL me if you're interested, 'cause I'm in the tech department and
wouldn't know the non-technical stuff if you asked me. The web site is
at http://www.linux-hw.com.
I believe VA Research (http://www.varesearch.com) will also do that.
I can't think of any other Linux hardware company that has national
support, sorry. (I also don't know whether our support or VA Research's goes
to Mexico or Canada, sorry).
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"People have grown used to thinking of computers as unreliable, and it
doesn't have to be that way." -- Linus
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From: Keen Seng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Intel740 video display card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:51:09 GMT
hi,
can anyone tell me if there's a driver for the above display card? and
where can i d/load fr? tq.
shawn
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From: Brendan Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can someone recommend me a 56K6 PCMCIA modem?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:03:35 GMT
Try the USRobotics (3Com) Megahertz XJCC range - never had any problems
with them.
B=
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From: Sergio Brandano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Live!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:03:36 GMT
Brian Leavitt wrote:
> Dave Moczulski wrote:
>
> > does anyone know how to use sndconfig to get the SoundBlaster Live! to work.
> > I'm currently running Mandrake Linux 5.3 it says that a PCI audio card is
> > found, but unknown. and i try everything but can't get it to work right.
> > thanks. a reply by email is aprreciated.
> >
> > Dave
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Creative Labs is currently working on full support for the SBLive, but as of
> now, it won't work. I hear July/August is the tentative release date! I have
> one ready to install once it is supported and I can't wait!
>
> Brian
I wonder ... is the EMU10K1 made by Creative?
If not, why opensound is waiting the specs from Creative?
Sergio
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From: jas shultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SB16PnP-How?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:51:27 GMT
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have you tried running sndconfig? I'm not sure that slackware has it, but I
assume it does as well.
Jas
eric malloy wrote:
> How do I setup my Sound Blaster PnP 16.. i got this info about it out of
> NT:
>
> IRQ=5
> DMA= 00
> DMA= 00
> I/O Range: 0220-022F
> I/O Range: 0300-0301
>
> Can someone tell me how to configure this.. when i compiled the 2.2.3
> kernel i added PnP support and SB16 support
>
> and if it helps i run slackware 3.6
>
> Thanks
> eric
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have you tried running sndconfig? I'm not sure that slackware has it, but
I assume it does as well.
<P>Jas
<P>eric malloy wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>How do I setup my Sound Blaster PnP 16.. i got this
info about it out of
<BR>NT:
<P>IRQ=5
<BR>DMA= 00
<BR>DMA= 00
<BR>I/O Range: 0220-022F
<BR>I/O Range: 0300-0301
<P>Can someone tell me how to configure this.. when i compiled the 2.2.3
<BR>kernel i added PnP support and SB16 support
<P>and if it helps i run slackware 3.6
<P>Thanks
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From: "M. le Rutte" <[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 08:03:11 GMT
[snipped parts from previous mails]
Zenin wrote:
>If Windows isn't, then nothing is. The system you're asking for
>simply doesn't exist, and won't for quite some time.
I guess that is the sad thruth. We have moved from CLI interfaces to
WIMP interfaces, maybe some bright fellow will come up with something
different.
>Cars are also "integrated so higly in the society" that "even people
>with little or no education" should be able to use them?
OK, you need a 'basic' intelligence to use a computer. You need a basic
intelligence to succeed, or survive, in this society. But the 'minimum
level' should be as low as possible. You should not exclude people from
participating in this world.
>I do not feel that those that know not of computers have the right
>to make others work 10x harder simply so they can stay 10x less
>competent. If they don't want to learn anything, I'm not about to
>waste my time writing code for them. I've got better things to do
>with my time, and so do they (even if they don't seem to know it).
I partly agree with that. Many people have a stance of 'I don't know
diddly about computers, I don't understand nothing about them'. This
fear holds them back from trying.
In one of the market segments we sell one of our products we replace
manual labour with a computer. Those people haven't used a computer for
all their lives and suddenly are expected to sit all day behind a
station. Things we take for granted are complicated for them.
Maurice le Rutte.
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From: Paul Mc Kenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running CD-Rom of Soundcard
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:52:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Your CD-ROM may not even be an IDE device. Is there actually a master/slave/cable
> select jumper on it? Don't forget that the Sony/Panasonic(? one of those might be
> Mitsumi, I don't remember) CD-ROM interfaces also use 40-pin connectors. What speed
> is your CD-ROM? Generally speaking, if it's 4x or less, there's a good possibility
> that it's a proprietary interface and you're just wasting mental clock cycles. :-)
I am sure that the drive is IDE. Up until this 486, I have never used a CD which didn't
attach to the IDE controller. Also the sound card connector is marked IDE. And as I
said, this drive was working with this sound card under windows 95. ( I think the drive
was originally attached to an old Pentium I had)
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From: Paul Flinders <[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 falls
flat)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:06:36 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Szarka) writes:
> On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:50:02 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
> wrote:
>
> :>I change resolutions quite a bit, why should it be such a
> :>inconvenience to change a stupid setting?
> :
> : Why? It's not like color is a real issue anymore.
>
>
> I thought linux was about being "free" I would like to be "free" to
> change resolutions easily.
It's not so easy - you would have to extend the X11 protocols to
inform applications when things changed and teach applications what to
do when the display changes from 24bit 1600x1200 to 4bit 640x480
I suspect that there would be resistance from both the open group and
the xfree developers to such a change but in principal it's possible
The reason the X window system does not handle depth and resolution
changes is that in general the hardware it grew up on did not support
on the fly changes fo that nature.
Of course X does allow you (where the hardware supports it) to have
more than one depth active at the same time, which is considerably
more flexible.
>
> It's not about the color, it's about the fact that If I'm trying to
> show a group of people a web page or something it's easier to show
> them it at 640x480 so they can see it from further away. With 9x/nt
> it's a few clicks away.
This is quite an interesting statement because it shows how your
expectations are shaped by what you're used to. Generally you can't do
much with the fonts which windows apps use so you do have lower the
resolution to make them "bigger". The X Toolkit solved this problem
years ago (it's a pity than we seem to be making retrograde steps
here) - just make the fonts bigger.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: old proprietary cd-rom recognised as scsi? (REPOST)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:53:21 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, i just compiled the 2.2.1 kernel and noticed that it seemed to recognize
> my old proprietary cd rom (which i previously had to use via dos cause i
> couldn't get linux to recognize it). but "seemed" is the key word here, this
> is what it told me upon bootup:
> Kernel detected SCSI CDROM drive /dev/, checking for a disc:
> mount: /dev/ is not a block device
What kind of cd-rom is that? some creative labs thing? an old Sony
maybe?
> now in NT the driver for this drive is a scsi driver so i guess it makes
> sense for linux to see it as a scsi device but as you can see it detects a
> cdrom at /dev/ not /dev/cdrom (or /dev/anything for htat matter)
NT sees everything as a SCSI device, even IDE hard disks...
Could you be more precise about the cd-rom model? Linux supports several old
proprietary drives, maybe yours is one of them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ega Video Card/Montior
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:53:42 GMT
Will it be work with just text based linux(no graphics, x-windows.....)I am
going to get an old 486 and can get these parts for cheap(mon,vid card)Its
slakware newest ver as well as the kernel
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From: Ulrich Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: usb devices on Linux2.0.xx or MKlinux?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:57:37 GMT
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is there any experience out there using an usb port on a Notebook or
PPC-MKLinux?
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From: "not" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Canon BJC 5000
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:09:07 GMT
Does anyone know if this is supported? Where could I find a driver?
Thanks,
Peter
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: choosing a portable
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:58:21 GMT
Ask NeoMagic, not the linux community. The reason support for them was
lacking for so long was their obstinate stance against giving driver source
code to the opensource community.
Anders Peterson wrote:
> I have a Toshiba Port�g� 300CT running S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3. My plan is to
> buy a new (much better) portable and upgrade to S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0.
>
> Most of the computers I�ve looked at, like the HP OmniBook 4150, use a
> 256bit NeoMagic graphics chip. Linux has no support for these (only
> 128bit versions). NeoMagic is by far the most popular graphics chip
> today. All the better portables use the 256bit version. Linux will just
> have to support it. Does anyone know when this will happen?
>
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From: "SChelvan Ponn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Advise please re RedHat 5.2 and my install....
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:59:58 GMT
I have done a similar setup before with Windows 95 - NT and Redhat 5.1. You
must be really careful when you partition the remaing space for swap and
system for linux.
Linux can coexiit on the same hdd....
Gary wrote in message
>Hi Martin and Greg,
>Thanks for both your replies... I will break the seal and see what
>happens... I'd like to add a 4th question if you don't mind... namely I
>already have Windows NT installed on my dual processor system, and have a
>free partition on my HD... would Linux be able to coexist on the same HD
>with NT, could I stick it in partition 4 and have it leave NT relatively
>untouched? Anyway, while waiting for your reply, I'll be opening the seal
>and trying to figure out which of the 4 enclosed Linux books to try
>reading/printing (thank god for fast autoduplexing laser printers).
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
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