Linux-Hardware Digest #729, Volume #9 Fri, 19 Mar 99 08:15:31 EST
Contents:
Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive (Scott)
RedHat 5.2 on a IBM ThinkPad 770E ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hard disk tweaking advice? (James Moon)
Low-cost Auto-sensing HUB? (Dae)
Recommend Fast Ethernet Card (Jon Slater)
ghostscript driver for minolta PagePro 8 (philipp)
Re: Monitor Frequency (Xwindows) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Monitor Frequency (Xwindows) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Anyone have any experience with Intel DK440LX motherboard and CELERON?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: lost "RPM" (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls flat)
(jedi)
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session falls flat)
(Paul Flinders)
Re: Looking to buy Linux-compatible TV card
Re: Cirrus Logic Laguna 3D 5465 rev2 and Xfree86_SVGA (Thomas Zajic)
Screen problem : Cotton GD-5164 (Laurent GRAWET)
Re: Free SCSI, Free SCSI, Free SCSI!!! (this is not spam) ("Colonel Panic�")
trouble with mouse...
Re: Sound problems with OPTi 82C930 (Ed Wilts)
Re: celeron 300a vs 333, 366, 400... celerons (Allen)
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating RH Linux 5.2 to new hard drive
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:40:14 GMT
Denton wrote:
>
> Greg Waugh wrote in message
> >I thought I would do a cp -a * (or
> >a few with correct tmp mount points), then boot from a floppy with the new
> >HD as root and run LILO, but I'm fuzzy on how to set up the /proc and /dev
> >filesystem.... and if there are going to be any issues with the swap
> >space... Thanks everyone! Any help would be very appreciated!
>
> Don't use the 'cp' command for this task. I can't remember the reason, but
> it has something to do with changing permissions or messing up links (I will
Actually if you use ip with the -a option, it tries to keep as much of
the structure as possible. It worked for me, when I moved to a new
drive.
> research it and get back to you as to what happens). There is no reason to
> write or use some bloated program, such as DiskCopy. One has already been
> written for unix/linux, the 'tar' command.
>
> tar cvpf `/` | (cd <new drive>; tar xvpf `/`)
>
> The filename `/` should work, but you'll have to experiment. Make sure the
> new drive is mounted and use the mount point as the destination.
>
> Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat 5.2 on a IBM ThinkPad 770E
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:07:32 GMT
I am trying to install Red Hat 5.2(Cheapbytes cd version) onto my ThinkPad
770E and have ran into nothing but problems doing so. The first wrinkle I
have ran into is the fact that I have a floppy drive and a dvd drive that can
only be used one at a time...an either/or type thing. My machine has 2 1.95
gig partitions and a 800 meg partition. First of all...I decided I would do
a floppyless install using the ezstart.bat on the root of the cd-rom. This
plan was foiled when I would boot to DOS and I was not allowed to access my
DVD drive. I would type f: at the c prompt and would get invalid drive
letter...or something similar. I decided then to boot back into windows and
copy the cd-rom to my c drive. I created a directory on C called Redhat and
copied the contents of the entire cd to it. I had made the supplemental and
boot disks earlier so I already had them. I powered down the ThinkPad..and
changed out the DVD and floppy drive. I put the boot disk in and powered up
the machine. The machine booted off the disk and I went into expert mode and
proceeded just like normal. I decided to install to that 800 meg partition so
I went about using linux fdisk to blow away the dos partition on it and set
up a linux native and linux swap partition on it. I then established my
mount points for my other 2 dos drives and for my root partition. The next
screen wanted to know where to find the files for the install. I knew they
were on c:\ in the Redhat directory so i chose /dev/hda1 and then tabbed down
and entered Redhat on the line and then tabbed to OK. I then got a message
that the install files could not be found at the location specified. It
wouldn't find them no matter what I did. Any ideas?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Moon)
Subject: Hard disk tweaking advice?
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 17:07:37 GMT
I've been looking for ways to boost the performance of my Western
Digital Caviar 6.4 meg EIDE drive. Hdparm works to some extent, but
I'm curious as to what /etc/fstab mount settings I could also try.
"Default" mounting on my old 486 with an ISA bus isn't very speedy.
Thanks. JM
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From: Dae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Low-cost Auto-sensing HUB?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:40:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can anyone recommand a low cost Auto-Sensing Hub (atleast 5 port)? I
can't afford a switch and I've got computers I need to network (some
with 10baset and some with 100basetx), so I thought an Auto-Sensing hub
would do the trick.
BTW, what's the draw back to an auto-sensing hub to a switch?
TIA - Dae
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From: Jon Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:09:28 GMT
Can anyone recommend a fast PCI Ethernet card for Linux?
Thanks!
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Fax: (303) 247-5167 80301
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From: philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.news.groups,linux.help
Subject: ghostscript driver for minolta PagePro 8
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:09:59 GMT
Hi
i want to use my minolta pagepro 8 laser printer under linux.
does anyone know which ghostscript driver i shall use?
please give me a tip
philipp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Monitor Frequency (Xwindows)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:08:14 GMT
In his obvious haste, [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled thusly:
: I've got a problem...
: When trying to set up Xwindows in SUSE linux v.6 I have problmes getting my
: monitor (and graphics card) to display resolutions of over 640*480
: I manage fine in WIndows 95 with a frequency of 60Mhz, but when setting up in
: SaX I can only choose resolutions at 75Mhz. How can I change this?
Edit your XF86Config file manually...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Monitor Frequency (Xwindows)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:07:46 GMT
I've got a problem...
When trying to set up Xwindows in SUSE linux v.6 I have problmes getting my
monitor (and graphics card) to display resolutions of over 640*480
I manage fine in WIndows 95 with a frequency of 60Mhz, but when setting up in
SaX I can only choose resolutions at 75Mhz. How can I change this?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Anyone have any experience with Intel DK440LX motherboard and CELERON?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:09:17 GMT
In several previous messages, I wrote:
> >> I recently stumbled across the Intel DK440LX motherboard which
> >> provides dual pII capability, onboard SCSI, sound and ethernet. Best
> >> of all they can be had as cheap as $130! This almost seems to good to
> >> be true -- somebody pinch me please!
I wrote that Intel does not approve use of the Celeron (as a SINGLE
CPU setup) in the DK board, but I have found some references on net
that it does work.
> >If the Celeron does work, this would be a great bonus for me as I
> >could shave $100 off the price of my system. My application is *far*
> >from mission- critical, but I would like to know what I'm getting
> >myself into.
So far, I have only heard from one person regarding use of a single
Celeron in the DK, and that was without success.
Another person said that I'd probably need to use a cacheless Celeron
since the DK motherboard can only accept CPUs with 0K or 512K cache.
According to Tmack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> If you do get a celeron, it will not be capable of SMP unless it is
> physically modified.
I am aware of this. I am not interested in setting up a SMP system.
I want the DK motherboard because because it has a fairly decent SCSI
controller on-board, and given the price of the MB, you almost get the
SCSI for free. It is enough of a deal to fork out for a PII, but I'd
really *prefer* to just slap a single Celeron in.
-p.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: lost "RPM"
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:08:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David McKinney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Sorry about that, I think I checked the right one this time. Any ideas
: on the lost Rpm command?
The "rpm" command on my system (Redhat V5.1) lives in /bin.
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
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 08:10:41 GMT
On 18 Mar 1999 17:38:00 GMT, Jon A. Maxwell (JAM) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff Szarka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (comp.lang.java.advocacy)
> |
> | I thought linux was about being "free" I would like to be "free" to
> | change resolutions easily.
> |
> | 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.
>
>It's something like ctrl-alt-minus and plus (on the number pad) cycle
>through your screen resolutions in your standard free X server.
This is too 'difficult' and the 3rd party applets aren't
'bundled in'.
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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 08:07:24 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Szarka) writes:
> I think MS's (or whoever they might have stolen it from) idea of
> properties is great. I can right click on almost anything and change
> it's settings, no how-to's, no man pages.
M$ is good at making things stick and they're heavily into usability
these days which is good.
However the X toolkit and the "editres" protocol have been around for
years and allow you to do on-the-fly changes to program setting.
The fact that the unix community has never held with the "single
organisation which makes the rules and has the sheer presence which
makes people follow them" means that most programs don't make use of
Xt and not all of those which do support editres. This is a genuine
failing on the part of Unix vendors and users but don't assume that M$
has all the good ideas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Looking to buy Linux-compatible TV card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:10:47 GMT
On 18 Mar 1999 01:21:55 GMT, CoRey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I found some web pages relating to X windows programs which let
>you watch TV in an X window, or in full screen mode. I'm interested
>in buying a TV card now; my "real" TV is only 12 inches, and the
>picture is really crappy.
>
>I'm looking for recommendations on specific TV cards known to work with
>Linux. I want to stay away from any 'WinTV' cards that only work
>with Windows. It looks like ATI is one such manufacturer to stay
>away from. Also, do these cards mostly come as ISA or PCI cards?
>I'm running out of ISA slots, so PCI is preferable.
My Hauppauge WinTV/pci works quite nicely. It's PCI, and very well
supported.
>Also, I'm wondering what type of load a TV card program would
>incur on my system. I have a Pentium-166 with 64Megs of ram.
>What % of CPU would such an application eat? I use a little 386
>laptop connected as a dumb terminal, so in the future, I could
>watch TV in fullscreen mode and continue to use text mode on
>the laptop.
The load it incurs is below 0.1, so that's not a problem. For
more information check out
http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html
for more information.
Bas Vermeulen
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From: Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cirrus Logic Laguna 3D 5465 rev2 and Xfree86_SVGA
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:11:08 GMT
[ e-mail CC�ed ]
FLERIT Frederic wrote:
> I can't run startx with my 'Cirrus Logic Laguna 3D 5465 rev2" graphic
> card.
> The server starts properly but after a while, because of the mouse it
> stops.
> The screen is frozzen and the cursor has gone.
> I have installed RH5.2-fr and upgraded XFree up to 3.3.3-1.1 without
> benefit.
> [ ... ]
Hehe ... it�s been a while since this one last popped up. A quick
DejaNews search for "5465" in comp.os.linux* yields 200 hits. A
quick look in the XFree86-FAQ would have revealed:
http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/#GD546xLockUps
Q.E4- I've got a Cirrus Logic GD546x based card and am experiencing
system lockups. What can I do?
Try adding
Option "xaa_no_color_exp"
to your XF86Config file (in the Device section).
That, plus Option "no_pixmap_cache" gets rid of the occasional
screen garbage.
HTH,
Thomas
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From: Laurent GRAWET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Screen problem : Cotton GD-5164
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:11:03 GMT
Hi,
I cant configure very well this monitor. I own a SIS6205 video card.
If someone have information about it (syncs, modelines,...) please, send
it to me. (it's very important !)
Answer to : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Colonel Panic�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Free SCSI, Free SCSI, Free SCSI!!! (this is not spam)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:11:00 GMT
i sure wouldn't mind a 152x or a 154x with bios for slack 3.5......BTW, any
ideas on where i could scare up an EISA M/board for this adaptec 2742t
(EISA)that i got at garage sale for $1???
my address is mungled, please reply to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Griswold wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have several (20+) Adaptec SCSI cards that are rotting away, unused
<snip>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: trouble with mouse...
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:11:12 GMT
Hello...
i've installed r.h.5.0 linux on my pc!
it all runned good until i tried to setup my mouse...
the mouse just doesn't work !!!
only wen i kill the mouse pid and run the gpm again it starts to work , but
only did worked twice...
Can someone please help me with that ???
Thnx !
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From: Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound problems with OPTi 82C930
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:11:10 GMT
Andreas Jung wrote:
> Hi Hans,
>
> I got a HOT-247 (PnP with OPTi 82C933) and did not succeed in getting
> this card into the Linux kernel, just as you. After spending hours
> having no success I finally decided to spend 20 US$ to OSS and=20
> therefore having my sound work. Sorry that I do not have any better
> recommendation
I installed the Rawhide release this week, and finally the HOT-247 card
works again. It worked fine wtih the 2.0.36 kernel, but broke when I went
to 2.2.3. With the full Rawhide release, I had no problems with the
card. Sndconfig automatically configured it and played the samples.
.../Ed (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen)
Subject: Re: celeron 300a vs 333, 366, 400... celerons
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:11:38 GMT
Adding fuel to the fire...
The socketed Celerons are the easiest to alter to do dual SMP
configuration, even if you don't intend to overclock, 'cause all of your mods
would be done on the slot adapter, or "slocket". If you are running strictly a
Linux box, or at least all SMP capable OS's then you may get more bang for you
buck by going dual.
Don't reward Intel by buying any crippled chipset motherboard, and
unfortunately, most of the socket 370 boards are in that category (any EX or
ZX), as that is intel's attemp to get the low-end of the market too. Stick with
the BX boards, and you can't go wrong. The GX boards are good too, but tend to
be much more expensive, as this is the same chipset intended for use with the
Xeon, but some of the dual slot 1 boards that have the GX chipset have some very
impressive lists of on-board peripherals too, like sound, 10/100 ethernet, dual
channel SCSI, etc.
I have bought only slot 1 300As since they were made available, I alter
the stock P2 heatsinks to fit, and then overclock the hell out of them. I also
tend to stick with the Abit BH6 motherboards, since they will allow one to set
the bus speed, no matter what the pinout of the CPU says, and they will also
allow one to raise the core voltage supply in the CMOS setup, which is often
necessary to successfully overclock. I'm looking at the slocket/370 as a
possible SMP alternative, since the surgery to SMP is less drastic, and much
easier to do on the adapters than on the SEPP.
I was a big AMD fan 'till the Celeron was introduced, but the prospect
of buying a $65 CPU (same or less than equivalent K6) that I knew I could run at
400 Mhz or more was too hard to pass up. Now, 2 Celeron 266's and 5 Celeron
300A's later (all overclocked) I can't say I've had any regrets yet. I also
have 2 PPro boards, one of which has 256 Mb ram, and 2 180 Mhz PPro's o/c to 200
and running RH 5.2 -limited only by my ignorance of Linix, and the other one has
only 128 Mb of ram and no CPUs. I have to seriously consider whether I will
ever buy any more PPro CPUs to go on that board, as the performance/$$ ratio
suggests I'd be much better of buying a pair of Celerons with slot 1 adapters
and starting over on a good solid dual BX/GX motherboard.
Hope some of this was useful info?
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:48:56 -0500, dsyates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I keep hearing what a good deal the celerons(with 128 l2 cache are). But
>all I here about is the 300a. Is this because it is the cheapest, or the
>easiest to overclock ?Why would someone recommend the 300 a over the
>333, 366, 400, or 450 celerons, with cache, if I were to purchase one of
>these, what motherboard should I buy?
>Opinions on the longevity of slot 1 vs socket 370's would also be
>appreciated. Some celerons run on socket 370, right? Which should I opt
>for?
>why should I get a celeron instead of an amd k6-2 or -3. or a p2 for
>that matter?
Allen
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