Linux-Hardware Digest #747, Volume #9 Fri, 19 Mar 99 14:14:11 EST
Contents:
Re: AMD k6 2 350 (Jeff McWilliams)
fujistsu c340 modem and linux? ("Geekster")
Re: Thinkpad 760 and Linux (Greg Paswindar)
Re: ATI Xpert under Linux only does 640 x 480 ?!?! (Rod Roark)
SCSI LVD drives and Linux (=?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard?= Gachelin)
Re: Hardware RAID-controllers supported under Linux. (bryan)
AMD-K6 [B], >32MB, Linux and dmesg ("David S. Zimmerman")
ATI RAGE PRO USERS??? (Dennis Abuan)
Linux setup on Alpha ("Headley Sappleton")
Re: Tulip driver, with buildin 21143 controller. (Tiger)
CD mount error ("Rich")
Re: HELP!- Creative Ensoniq Audio PCI (1371) MIDI (Koen de Boevé)
Re: VIPER 550 TNT IN LINUX (Jim Henderson)
Best SCSI CD-ROM/Controller (Mark Ayzenshteyn)
Re: "Select the application, and then the platform" (Donal K. Fellows)
Adaptec 2906 card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems installing Debian 2.0 on toshiba laptop ("Siw Njåtun")
Re: X munges the graphics card? (Re: Windows 2000 Rah! Rah! Session ("M. le
Rutte")
Kensington "Expert Mouse 5.0" w/ Linux (Zane AE)
Re: SB16PnP-How? (Jim McCusker)
Re: Hardware RAID-controllers supported under Linux. (Gary Momarison)
HP 2100 and ghostscript (Bill Simpson)
Re: Linux & PCI Modems (Johan Kullstam)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff McWilliams)
Subject: Re: AMD k6 2 350
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Leonardo Lanzi wrote:
>Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
>
>> Alistair P Furnell wrote:
>>
>> Yes some AMD don't work at all with Radhat 4.2 5.1 5.2.
>> If you have the 'good' AMD chips it may work ;)
>>
>> Don't use AMDK6 if you don't want to have problems. There is many.
>>
I have an AMD K6-300 in an Asus P5A ATX motherboard, 64M PC100 SDRAM, ATI
Xpert98 PCI video card, Symbios 53c815 based Fast SCSI-2 card, Intel
EEPRo10/100 Ethernet card, Fujitsu 6.4M UDMA hard drive. Everything works
fine. I started using it with a Debian Linux distribution sporting the 2.0.35
Kernel. I've since compiled about 10 different versions of the 2.2 Kernel
series, from pr3 through pre7, and now 2.2.3. No faults, no crashes.
Does your system have adequate cooling ? I'm using an AOpen mid-tower case.
I added a 2nd fan in the front of the case. I'm using a Vantec heatsink/fan
with heat conductive compound between the CPU and the heatsink.
I know some older AMD K6 CPU's (or was it the K6-2?) had a bug in them that
resulted in Sig 11 errors when compiling stuff. I bought mine around November
and it has been very solid. I run Netscape, scan stuff on my Microtek SCSI
scanner, edit them in Gimp, print stuff to my DJ660, all without crashing.
Jeff
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From: "Geekster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fujistsu c340 modem and linux?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:53:11 GMT
i have been using linux over telnet for a year or so and i finally got up
and installed it on my laptop. it is a fujitsu c340 lifebook,,, but i cant
seem to get the modem up and working,,,any advice? does anyone know if it is
a winmodem?
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From: Greg Paswindar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Thinkpad 760 and Linux
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:53:12 GMT
Hi all.
I run RedHat 5.2 (kernel 2.0.36) on my Thinkpad 760XL with Turbo
Tokenring PC Card and PCMCIA modem.
My WM is KDE and all the things are running well. Now, trying to install
Wine to run Lotus Notes from Linux.
The only problem occur is DHCP but I think it most on kernel level,
token ring, and dhcp level.
That's my share to you.
Erik FAURE wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I want to install on my Thinkpad 760 Linux.
> Which distribution can I use ?
> I have already RedHat 5.1, but ...
>
> Thanks. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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best regards,
Greg Paswindar
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(All disclaimers apply)
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From: Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Xpert under Linux only does 640 x 480 ?!?!
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:00 GMT
Andrew Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have installed Redhat Linux 5.2 And everything is (appears :-) ) to be
>working fine exvcept my graphics card under X-Windows
>
>It is an ATI Xpert@Play PCI 4MB and even when I select Xpert@Play from the
>list of cards on installation (and select my Samsung SyncMaster 3Ne from the
>list) I have to manually choose screen modes and do select all relevent
>ones. However the system will only boot into 640x480 no matter what. It
>tells me there is no setting info for 1024x768 and 800x600 or something.
What tells you that? Be specific.
>Does anyone know how to install this card under said version of Linux. As
>it is a popular card I would have thought this was a common problem. Any
>help would be appreciated. I don't mind reinstalling the whole of Linux as
>it only take s afew minutes.
Run xf86config, you don't have to reinstall.
>An email reply would be appreciated if possible,
It's possible, but that's not what newsgroups are about. :-)
>and in case you need to
>know the full machine spec is:
>K6 300 on a Tekram board with 512K cache
>64Mb SDRAM
>3.5Gb IDE UDMA Drive (450Mb partition for Linux and 50Mb partition for swap)
>Internal 24x CD-Rom
>Internal IDE Zip drive
>ISA Soundblaster AWE 64 (Haven't a clue where to start on that but not
>bothered about sound anyway :-) )
Here's a clue: run "sndconfig". :-)
>ISA Rockwell Chipset v90 modem
>Realtek network card
-- Rod
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http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard?= Gachelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI LVD drives and Linux
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:24 GMT
Hello,
I'm going to buy a Dell Poweredge 2300 with SCSI LVD drives.
Does anybody know if these drives are supported by Linux ?
I can't get any answer from Dell people (in France)
Thanks in advance
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware RAID-controllers supported under Linux.
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:25 GMT
mylex dac960 series is supported. but it isn't rock solid on k6 systems. it
does appear to be very solid under intel BX systems.
fyi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I'm trying to find out which hardware PCI-controllers are supported under
: Linux. Can anyone tell me some options for hardware RAID-systems that will
: work under Linux?
: Thanks!
: Arjan
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From: "David S. Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AMD-K6 [B], >32MB, Linux and dmesg
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:47:11 GMT
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The following is a conversation I'm having with AMD. Any help out
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To: hwsupt7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AMD-K6 stepping B, Running Linux
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Thank you for the standardized reply. My comments are interspersed
to aid you in the qualification of my problem. Regards, DSZ
<p>hwsupt7 wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>The software and hardware that was tested directly
by AMD is listed at:
<br><a
href="http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/k623d/compat.html">http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/k623d/compat.html</a>
<br><a
href="http://www.amd.com/K6/k6docs/compat/k6compat.htm">http://www.amd.com/K6/k6docs/compat/k6compat.htm</a></blockquote>
I've now looked at the mentioned sites and see that they do not explicitly
address my problem, running Linux with more than 32MB. The sites say that
the processor works with Linux. Great. But the sites do -not- mention how
much memory the motherboards had on them when they were tested. Nothing
at all about the motherboard configuration is mentioned.
<br>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Software and hardware listed on this list will not
have any
<br>problems installing or running with the K6 or the K6-2.
Our information
<br>on
<br>products not listed is limited, though. The next
recommended source for
<br>compatibility info. would be the manufacturer. If you decide
to contact
<br>them, you will need to ask whether they have done testing with the
K6 and
<br>the K6-2.
<p>Some software might be limited only by a processor ID routine that detects
<br>the installed processor and is only capable of identifying the Pentium
<br>processor and no other. In these cases, a patch or an updated
version is
<br>probably available from the manufacturer.
<br> </blockquote>
The following, from my first post to you, shows that the Linux OS does
correctly gage what processor it is running on during each boot. It tells
that the Linux community has ascertained that the AMD-K6 processor may
have problems when more than 32MB of memory are used, hence the warning
message. As your sites show Linux operability ("..will not have any
problems.."), <b>how do you address these concerns</b>?
<p>---snip---
<br>trying to find work-arounds and just suffering through the many daily
reboot cycles. I happened across the
<br> "dmesg" command and found an interesting message:
<br> . . .
<br> AMD K6 stepping B detected - system stability may be impared
when more than 32 MB are used.
<br> . . .
<p> I've got 96MB. Does anyone know more about this?
Is there a later stepping to the K6 processor that would not
<br> have this problem?
<br>---snip---
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>
<br>Best regards,
<br>AMD TSC
<p>-----Original Message-----
<br>From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<br>To: hwsupt7 <hwsupt7>
<br>Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 7:26 PM
<br>Subject: UNSOLVE [Fwd: AMD-K6 stepping B, Running Linux]
<p>>A specific question regarding incompatibilities between the AMD-K6
<br>processor and
<br>>Linux.
<br>>
<br>>Do more recent processors in this family have similar problems with
Linux?
<br>Do
<br>>you have Linux enthusiastic engineers in your organization that track
such
<br>>problems and field questions?
<br>>
<br>>
<br>></blockquote>
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From: Dennis Abuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI RAGE PRO USERS???
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:28 GMT
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has experienced setting up a
linux box with the following card:
ATI RAGE Pro 2X AGP w/ TV-OUT
and if so,
what are your experiences hooking up the TV out
to a TV to see if any of the drivers for the
video card show anything on the screen..
The reason why I am asking is that I am developing
a embedded linux box with this specific card built
in and would like to know if the drivers that linux
already has is enough to run the video board.
Your replies are greatly appreciated.
BR,
Dennis
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From: "Headley Sappleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.alpha,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Linux setup on Alpha
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:29 GMT
Can someone who may have installed Red Hat Linux on a Alpha Multia box help
me?
I am not getting anywhere with this. I added an external SCSI box with a
hard drive and CDROM.
Nothing seems to happen when i put in the RH booth disk into the multia
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tiger)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Tulip driver, with buildin 21143 controller.
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:31 GMT
Stephen Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
the latest tulip driver solved your problem or not?
>Yer. I did get the latest tulip driver dated the 24-Feb-'99. re-compiled as per
>my orignal posting.
>Cheers,
>Stephen,
>Alice Springs,
>Out Back Oz.
>John Strange wrote:
>> Try a newer driver at
>>
>> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers
>>
>> [Snip ]
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From: "Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: CD mount error
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:32 GMT
Reply-To: "Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
Can anyone offer any advice, I keep getting this error whilst trying to
install SuSE 6.0 Linux:
An error occured mounting the CD. The error output of the mount command is:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd
or too many mounted file systems
My Cdrom works with DOS/Win98 and it works with Linux during most of the
installation. I have tried entering into YAST and
configuring Installation Medium to IDE ATAPI but I get the same error
message. I have noticed when my PC starts Linux it reconises the Maxtor IDE
hard drive as /dev/hda and the CDrom as /dev/hdb.
Thank you
Richard Booth
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From: Koen de Boevé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP!- Creative Ensoniq Audio PCI (1371) MIDI
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:35 GMT
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, mvrao wrote:
>The sound is working (incl recording). But MIDI is not working at all. I
>get the error /dev/sequencer not supported with playmidi.
>
>So I moved /dev/sequencer and linked it to /dev/dsp. Now I get the error
>no sound card found when I do playmidi ! Sound (.wav files) still work.
>
>I am using the 1371 driver that comes with linux (RH 5.2)
That's because soundblaster 64/128pci don't have a wavetable on board, they
provide you with software to do the wavetable thing.
But of course , this software is only for windows.
there is a software wavetable for linux though, TIMIDITY
check out http://www.goice.co.jp/member/mo/timidity/
I got midi working with a SB 64pci, but it is only working with TKtimidity, a
TK based interface., I couldn't get timidity to work with Kmidi or any other
interface.
Also it works in Netscape, but I got a lot of reverb and hicups .
regards
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From: Jim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIPER 550 TNT IN LINUX
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:23 GMT
Go to http://www.xfree86.org and download the SVGA X11 server from the
FTP site. You don't need the entire update to XFree86 3.3.3.1, the SVGA
server by itself works fine.
I've got this same card running 8 virtual screens at 1280x1024x32bpp
under KDE. As time goes on, I'll be spending more and more time under
Linux and less and less under MS products (though I have to support the
MS products, so I have to keep them around).
Jim
Tony wrote:
>
> Hey,
> Being a WAY rookie Linux user, I was wondering if there is a driver
> for my viper 550. 16 colours (ALMOST!) makes me want to use Windows98 again.
>
> Thanks.
> Tony :)
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From: Mark Ayzenshteyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best SCSI CD-ROM/Controller
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:53:43 GMT
Hi all,
I am running slackware 3.6 with a 2.0.33 kernel on a P200. I have a tekram
390F with a panasonic 7502 and a Micropolis HD on it. The panasonic isn't
very good when it comes to reading CDs. It gets errors often, but it burns
flawlessly. I have tried a buslogic 950 controller and many of the data
errors went away. The termination is all correct. The problem with the
setup is that when the CD has an error the sytem freezes. In DOS the same
setup produces a read error and things go on, but linux dosen't like
dealing with errors and locks up. My question is what is the most tolerant
SCSI controller under linux in ppl's experience. I think I am going to get
a plextor 32 for a reader as its speed and error handing can be controller
from linux, but I want to get a better controller.
THanks
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donal K. Fellows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: "Select the application, and then the platform"
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:43 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Todd Bandrowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I will say though, that Windows leads for a few reasons:
>
> a. Lack of Unix documentation on X programming. Just about every
> book at the store detailing Unix development emphasises the Web or
> other text based programming. X, is, afterall, something of a Unix
> afterthought, and not really what Unix is all about. On the other
> hand, Windows GUI documentation and sample code is everywhere, and,
> much of what everyone needs to know can be found in Charles
> Petzold's quintessential book.
There are some excellent books out there on X programming. Maybe your
local bookstore just doesn't give them much shelf-space.
> b. Lack of a standardized widget library. Like, every X
> application has its own open file dialog. Yikes. Windows
> programmers quit that crap with Windows 3.1! Windows has a set of
> core widgets that ship with, and it seems like X has ten different
> widget sets, none of which really stacks up completely against
> Windows. This leads to c.
If only MS used their own standard dialogs more often... :^)
The problem is that those people who could have done it, didn't. They
gave us Athena and Motif instead. This is widely viewed as a major
PITA.
> c. Lack of a viable component software architecture. This is a
> biggy.
Granted. An issue that many people are working on.
> d. Really shitty printer support. X does not seem to have the same
> concept of device independent drawing surfaces characterized by the
> infamous Windows (and OS/2), DC. In my limited experience with X, I
> see nothing like the concept of a Windows printer DC or metafiles.
> It seems like with X, the way to print is still based on generating
> postscript files. That could be a pretty big hurdle for a developer
> to cross.
PostScript has a number of big advantages (device-independent, easy to
scale and rotate and put n-up, embeddable within itself and other
documents, etc.) A pity that Adobe aren't keen on DPS being used...
> e. Font support. X does not have anything like true type fonts.
> I've yet to see an X application on my Linux box that does anything
> that I take for granted on Windows.
Bzzzt! There is a font server for X that supports TrueType fonts.
Don't know if it is supplied with any distributions, but it ought to
be.
> f. A cultural bias in the unix community against event driven
> programming in general. Unix tends to be more of a fire and forget
> kind of a culture.
You're looking at the wrong part of Unix culture! Event-driven
programming has been here for a very long time indeed...
Looking back over what I've written, I suppose the problem with Unix
for a long time is not that there were good solutions available, but
that they were only ever available commercially, and then when that
commercial interest decided that it could temporarily increase their
cash-flow by restricting access to the tech, everyone just went
elsewhere. This has helped fuel the FSF for a long time, and we
should all be grateful indeed.
MS at least play silly buggers with their customers and competitors
*differently* to that...
Donal.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Adaptec 2906 card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:44 GMT
I am considering buying the Adaptec 2906 SCSI card for a P-133, 64MB RAM,
2-2.5GB IDE hard drives. The system is a dual boot win98 and RedHat 5.2
(2.0.36 kernel). I will be using the card to interface with a Umax 1220S
scanner and a Panasonic 4x8 CD recorder, which I will purchase with the card.
Is this card supported under Linux? The only info I can find lists 29xx
series, can this card use those drivers?
Also, if anyone has experience running a CD recorder on older hardware like
this, either under win98 or under linux, I'd appreciate that feedback.
Thanks,
G Sagers
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From: "Siw Njåtun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject: Problems installing Debian 2.0 on toshiba laptop
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:47 GMT
I have a Toshiba Satellite 230 CX. I am experiencing problems installing
Linux (Debian 2.0) from a CD.
At first I tried to boot the computer from the CD by changing the boot
sequence BIOS setting. However, that was the only BIOS setting I changed. It
appeared the computer tried to boot Linux but aborted immediately every
time.
Next I disabled CPU caching. This seemed to solve the problem. Everything
seemed OK at first, but then it turned out the machine was working extremely
slowly. (The installation process took HOURS.)
I have had a look at some recommendations for Linux installation on
different Toshiba laptops, but I have not found mine.
Any suggestions (especially concerning BIOS settings and configuration of X
windows)?
Ari Börde Kröyer
Kopervik
Norway
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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 13:53:38 GMT
Gerhard Traeger wrote:
> [...]
> Changing spatial resolution for X-servers is done by pressing
> <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Num "+"> or <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Num "-">
>
> Way simpler than searching for the "desktop - properties - settlings" icons!
> [...]
GUI rule #1: All actions *MUST* be accessible with a menu option or an
icon and *MAY* be accessible with a shortcut key assignment.
Why do Linux people always seem to forget that 99.9% of the people who
use a computer are not experts. Try to explain to my mom that you should
press some keys to change resolution (if she knows what that is), or
that she should 'just rebuild the kernel' to include some feature.
Maurice. (not a fan of MS either)
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From: Zane AE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kensington "Expert Mouse 5.0" w/ Linux
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:53:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So I have this trackball, called the "Expert Mouse 5.0" made by
Kensington. I really like it, except for the fact that I can't get any of
the 4 buttons to act like a middle button. I can't even get pressing two
buttons at once to work. I've tried emulate 3 button, and generic 3
button, and (on the off chance they were related to each other) Kensington
Thinking Mouse. It behaves the same way no matter what. Has anyone else
had any luck getting the other buttons to work? I've looked around on the
web for a driver specific to this trackball and haven't found any.
Kensington seems not to know that Unix of any flavor exists. Any ideas?
Zane AE
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From: Jim McCusker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: SB16PnP-How?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:53 GMT
Patrick Draper wrote:
>
> > I have the SB 16 Vibra PnP. I built the soundcard into the kernel
> > (rather than a module) and ranpnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
> > cd /etc
> > isapnp isapnp.conf
> >
> > make sure isapnp isapnp.conf is somewhere in one of your bootup
> > scripts
> >
> > Don't forget to put in the stats for your soundcard when you add it
> > into the kernel.
>
> I have a solution for you, as well as a question of my own...
>
> I upgraded my kernel to 2.2.3, and built the kernel with the
> soundblaster
> support as modules.
>
> Look in the kernel documentation directory
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Sound
>
> There is a file called VIBRA16 or something close to that. In it there
> is a configuration file that you can save out to isapnp.conf. You will
> need to upgrade your isapnp package, so go to a RPM repository and
> get 1.17 or 1.18 from there.
>
> The other thing you will need to do is set up your conf.modules (or
> modules.conf) file correctly. In the kernel documentation directory,
> there is another file called README.Modules. That has all the info
> you need to set that file up.
>
> OK. That will get you half way there. My Vibra when configured like
> this will play 8-bit sounds only. When I run RealPlayer it will only
> make noise when I disable 16-bit sound.
>
> My question to everyone out there is How do I get my Vibra Soundblaster
> PNP
> to play 16-bit sound?
I found the following patch on a German newsgroup. It would be nice if
it were included in the official version of linux...:
In ~linux/drivers/sound/sb_common.c, on line 778 (my be different for
2.2.x):
if (hw_config->dma2 == -1)
devc->dma16 = devc->dma8;
- else if (hw_config->dma2 < 5 || hw_config->dma2 > 7)
+ else if (hw_config->dma2 < 0 || hw_config->dma2 > 7)
{
printk ("SB16: Bad or missing 16 bit DMA channel\n");
devc->dma16 = devc->dma8;
Jim
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~Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it,
poorly.~
~~Henry
Spencer
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware RAID-controllers supported under Linux.
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:54 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm trying to find out which hardware PCI-controllers are supported under
> Linux. Can anyone tell me some options for hardware RAID-systems that will
> work under Linux?
Some are in http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/raid.html
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Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: Bill Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP 2100 and ghostscript
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:54:56 GMT
Reply-To: Bill Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I was wondering: does the HP Laserjet 2100 work with ghostscript?
The ghostscript web page says:
lj5gray H-P LaserJet 5 & 6 family, gray-scale bitmap;
But I am about to buy the 2100 and plan to use ghostscript. I noticed
this printer uses PCL 6 instead of PCL 5; in any case, does this printer
work OK with ghostscript?
Thanks very much for any help.
Bill Simpson
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux & PCI Modems
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:52:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Amir Shamsuddin) writes:
> d) modems with a UART on-board
> - these work with linux
> Could someone tell me, or point me to modems/chipsets which fall
> into category d), ie those which work with linux?
fwiw external modems seem to almost universally fall into category d.
(there is some sort of rockwell interface external which has a
proprietary interface and should be avoided. i am not sure if these
are still being made, however.)
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