Linux-Hardware Digest #789, Volume #9 Sat, 20 Mar 99 14:13:23 EST
Contents:
Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) RAID controller? (Erwin Heute)
Re: Unusual number of posts differing only in date ??? (William Burrow)
Re: Unusual number of posts differing only in date ??? (Thomas Zajic)
Re: I still havent been able to get 1024x768 at 16bpp on my Emachines 300k.....Help
(Rick)
Re: Is Windows for idiots? (Dave Michaud)
Re: Modem not responding ! (TXL)
Video grabber help, black screen (William Burrow)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (John Thompson)
RH5.2, X and Trident Image 3D 975 AGP 4Mo ("Laurent Perruche")
Re: BT speedway, red hat 5.1/2, hisax?? howto?? ("Abalt Travel Ltd")
Modems and KDE ("Jason Carr")
Re: Web Hosting Questions ("Karl Bengtsson")
Web Hosting Questions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Microsoft Serial Mouse 2.0a! DO NOT READ THIS! (Bob Beaver)
Re: ATI RAGE PRO USERS??? (Bob Sully)
HELP: changing NIC ("Tong Kiat")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erwin Heute)
Subject: Adaptec Array1000SA (AAA-131SA) RAID controller?
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:43:18 +0100
Any idea how to get Linux work with an Adaptec AAA-131SA (Array1000SA)
RAID controller? Linux sees an Adaptec 398X instead and all the single
disks, but not the stripe sets which already exist.
TIA,
Erwin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Unusual number of posts differing only in date ???
Date: 20 Mar 1999 14:59:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 20 Mar 1999 05:22:06 GMT,
Michael Geary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bengt Richter) wrote:
>>Is there a problem in the delivery chain somewhere?
>>I can't believe so many folks are re-posting their
>>stuff...
>
>Something is *very* wrong somewhere. I'm getting four copies of
>everything in .announce!
The problem is coming from:
199.201.191.2
It is changing the Message-ID, so the bounces escape the natural screening
of news servers. I'm fairly sure the problem is being looked into, news
admins probably don't appreciate their news traffic tripling overnight.
>And your message came through twice too... <g>
Urk.
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William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
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From: Thomas Zajic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Unusual number of posts differing only in date ???
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:44:48 GMT
William Burrow wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Mar 1999 05:22:06 GMT,
> Michael Geary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Something is *very* wrong somewhere. I'm getting four copies of
> >everything in .announce!
Yeah, and in .hardware as well ... :-/
> The problem is coming from:
> 199.201.191.2
> It is changing the Message-ID, so the bounces escape the natural screening
> of news servers. I'm fairly sure the problem is being looked into, news
> admins probably don't appreciate their news traffic tripling overnight.
Yes, everything seems to be back to normal today ...
Thomas
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I still havent been able to get 1024x768 at 16bpp on my Emachines
300k.....Help
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 08:10:04 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I still havent got 1024x768 at 16 bits on my Emachines 300k. I've only gotten
> 640x480 at 4 colors or 16 colors and its looks like garbage. I have a 17 inch
> Viewsonic E771 monitor (1280x1024 max res...) with an ATI 3D Rage IIc AGP chip
> on the motherboard with 4 megs of memory. My monitors specs are:
>
> Horizontal Frequency = 56.40 KHz
> Vertical Frequency = 70 Hz
> Non Interlaced
> Resolution = 1024 x 768 at 16 bits
>
> Dont ask me about the dot clock because I Dont know it and the manual makes no
> mention of it. Please help me to properly configure Xserver to handle these
> settings so I can proceed with the next step in configuring everything. I've
> been stuck on this problem for about 2 weeks. Help me.
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
I just bought my Emachine last month. I never got the Mach64 sever to work right.
But, I used SVGA sever and It seems to work fairly well. I can get 1024X768 up to
32 bits.
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 11:15:43 -0500
From: Dave Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Windows for idiots?
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.software.year-2000
Kay Schulz wrote:
>
> Hiya
>
> Bloody Viking wrote:
>
> > In comp.os.linux.advocacy Richard Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > : Heheh. Ah, I love Linux on my PC, 'tis true, but...
> >
> > I can appreciate the mainframer mentality, being on a low budget.
> >
>
> I run it on my notebook. MS crashes in average twice a day,
> Linux never so far
> But I have to keep MS because my publisher insists on winword files
>
> >
> > : (1) My one true PC desktop OS love is still OS/2. Okay, you can stop
> > : laughing. :-) But Linux makes an excellent secondary OS.
> >
> > I tried installing OS/2 but my computer's flaky BIOS didn't like it. Oh,
> > well. My loss. It's like me and LILO with Linux.
> >
>
> My love is and ever was NextStep/OpenStep
> This was fun
> MS is a job
> Linux is my freaky character
>
> >
> > : (2) I'm too young to have been around then (I'm only in my mid-30's,
> > : so the bad code must be some earlier programmer's fault! <grin>),
> > : and
> >
> > Yep, it was. The Y2K bug was coded in back in the 1970s. They voded in job
> > security!
> >
>
> I'm less concerned about that bug, but more about the Intel PIII security
> flaws and
> the MS security violations and the effect
>
> >
> > : (3) Our system doesn't have a problem anyway because we treat dates
> > : and times as a single standard binary counter the way it should
> > : be done, and have done so since this particular system was first
> > : implemented back in 1966. ;-)
> >
> > UNIX uses that system with an epoch too. The UNIX 32-bit expiry is Y2K+38.
> > We have time, but why procrastinate? By then, we will be using 64-bit or
> > 128-bit by then... hopefully! That says nothing about embedded systems or
> > poor people with old used PCs though.
> >
> > The RTC expiry is Y2.1K. You could use a 64 bit time_t and have the OS
> > backdate the RTC and store the backdating information in a file like
> > /etc/backdate. The RTC would be occasionally backdated, the information
> > stashed in /etc/backdate and time_t would continue to count the seconds in
> > a 64 bit signed integer. The Gregorian Calendar has a full cycle of 400
> > years, so this could be done with the /etc/backdate file and a backdate
> > daemon. (backdated, anyone?) Better yet, the backdating could be put in
> > the kernel so a daemon wouldn't be needed. After all, time_t is found in
> > the kernel.
> >
> > Of course, this is an ugly way to make Linux last forever, but I can't
> > think of a better way, given the nature of PC hardware. One thing we
> > learned from Y2K and the mainframes is that old hardware and old software
> > WILL be around and need to be remediated. The original UNIX programmers
> > actually did give this some thought, as though they were prophets. I don't
> > know if Linus thought of Y2K+38 when he coded his first kernel.
> >
> > Since I run a computer until it dies for good, I can't help but think of
> > this especially with the current Y2K hype. I may well be one of those with
> > legacy computers! :)
> >
> > --
> > CAUTION: Email Spam Killer in use. Leave this line in your reply! 152680
> > Humans never fly. They either ride a flying bus or drive it.
> >
> > 3731807 bytes of spam mail deleted. http://www.wwa.com/~nospam/
>
> --
> // Do you suffer from long term memory loss ?
> // - I don't remember:-( aus 'amnesia' von Chumbawamba )
> Kay Schulz
> Senior Software Architect
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All I need to know is my IRIX 6.5.2 is Y2k complient... :)
--
"Micro$oft is merely the greatest marketing firm ever to exist.
They have to be, they market Windoze."
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| David P. Michaud | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TXL)
Subject: Re: Modem not responding !
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 16:31:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 19 Mar 1999 22:54:40 GMT, Laurent Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I'm having the EXACT same problem with my dist... I too have a win
modem. I also have an old external GVC supermodem that I use for
debugging, and linux doesn't see it either. I think that maybe the
win modem (on com3, /dev/cua2) is somehow "masking" the other.
I'll be watching for follow-ups if anyone knows how to solve this.
.oO(TXL)
_o_
/>
============================================
"Curiosity skilled the cat"
>Hi,
>
>I've just installed the RedHat 5.2 (kernel 2.0.36). My modem is a USR
>56K professional message modem (external modem). I still have a winmodem
>that I don't use anymore inside my computer.
>
>Under Windows 95, my modem is connected on COM 1 (port 03F8, irq 4).
>Therefore in control-panel I set my modem to /dev/cua0 (I've also tried
>/dev/ttyS0).
>
>Reading the Serial-HOWTO, I try to talk to my modem with kermit but I
>get no answers at all (not even a beep !).
>
>My mouse is an Intellimouse connected on psaux (PS/2), thus there
>shouldn't be a conflict between my modem and my mouse.
>
>In /var/log/dmesg I have :
>
>Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled
>PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver installed.
>
>Shouldn't I have some lines about my serial ports ?
>When typing setserial -g /dev/cua0 I get :
>
>/dev/cua0, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
>
>Is it normal to get an unknown UART ? I set UART to 16550A but it didn't
>change anything.
>
>Is it possible that the winmodem still inside my computer hides in some
>way the other modem ?
>
>Any ideas ?
>
>Laurent
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Subject: Video grabber help, black screen
Date: 20 Mar 1999 15:40:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am having problems with a BT848-based Zoltrix video grabber. Is there
anyone out there who knows something about these? I am using 2.0.36
and the bttv 0.6 driver. Bttv reports:
Mar 18 16:34:20 molokai kernel: bttv: 1 Bt8xx card(s) found.
Mar 18 16:34:20 molokai kernel: bttv0: audio chip: TDA9840
Mar 18 16:34:20 molokai kernel: bttv0: audio chip: TDA9850
Mar 18 16:34:20 molokai kernel: bttv0: audio chip: TDA8425
Mar 18 16:34:20 molokai kernel: bttv0: model: BT848A(Hauppauge old)
Mar 18 16:47:27 molokai kernel: bttv: Host bridge 82437FX Triton PIIX
Mar 18 16:47:27 molokai kernel: bttv0: Brooktree Bt848 (rev 18) bus: 0, \
devfn: 152, irq: 10, memory: 0xf1000000.
I only get a black screen. Grabbing an image from the screen results in the
following error:
grab: no match for: 2048x1572 24 bit TrueColor (bytes: rgb)
grab: no match for: 384x288 16 bit TrueColor (bits: rrrrrggg gggbbbbb)
Any hints?
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William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 07:33:09 -0600
Zenin wrote:
> In comp.lang.java.advocacy Steve Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >snip<
> : Linux is made for the PC. I believe Unix was made for big servers.
> ROTFL!
>
> You might want to look at the specs of the PDP-11 before you make
> such assumptions. 8k (not MB, *kilobytes*) of RAM IIRC.
Keep in mind that back then 8k was a lot of memory. The
PDP-11/20 my college had back in the '70's when I was an
undergraduate supported over 40 teletypes in a timesharing
arrangement.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Laurent Perruche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: RH5.2, X and Trident Image 3D 975 AGP 4Mo
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:55:16 +0100
Hello!
I'm a french newby on Linux and I need some help (I need very quickly to
have linux with IPsec for my studies...)
Here is my problem :
I've installed the RH5.2 distribution (kernel 2.0.36), but I can't setup X
with my Trident Image 3D 975 4Mo AGP (on ww.xfree86.org, it's said that it's
supported) : this card isn't on the card list of the setup and I've tried a
lot of Trident "drivers" with X66Setup, but, either my screen stays black,
either I've an error 111, when X is tested.
Could anyone help me finding a solution ??
Thanks
--
Lolo
PS : sorry for my very bad english :)
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From: "Abalt Travel Ltd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: BT speedway, red hat 5.1/2, hisax?? howto??
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:31:34 -0000
Jason
You know what I would REALLY need a step by step How to do it!
I got few bits but still I have few part missing!
Marco
Jason Clifford wrote in message ...
>On 19 Mar 1999, Kevin Maguire wrote:
>
>> isdn4k-utils-3.0beta1.tar.gz was quickly located
>> with several possible download sites.
>
>Just to repeat my offer from yesterday - I have RPMs available of
>isdn4k-utils-3.0beta2.1 for Red Hat 5.2 and derivitives. i386 and src
>rpms.
>
>anonymous ftp access to those who ask.
>
>Jason Clifford
>
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From: "Jason Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modems and KDE
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:06:54 -0500
I just bought Red Hat Linux 5.2. After I installed it, I wanted to go on
the internet to check my mail, but to my suprise, I could not. I tried
almost everything, from trying to set jumpers on the modem (there were no
jumpers), using that ISAPNP program (the modem didn't show up in
/etc/isapnp.conf), and using loadlin after i've been in Windows. I have no
clue what to do from here.
I don't have one of those US Robotics 56.6k WinModems...but it seems like
it. I am currently using a Zoom 56K PCI Dualmode modem ( www.zoomtel.com )
model #2925 modem. The WinModems don't have a DSP chip or something like
that, mine does have a DSP chip, and the manual says "PCI devices, including
your new faxmodem, use COM ports differently from the way older ISA devices
use them. Software applications will always associate the COM port number
with the 'traditional' IRQ used for that COM port even though Windows uses a
different IRQ internally...." blah blah blah... So, it appears as my modem
assigns itself an IRQ, IO base, etc, but never get's it's own com port (I
don't think Linux uses com ports?)
Anyways, about KDE, how am i supposed to use it as my windows manager? I
have it installed, but I don't know how to use it.
Thanks a lot,
Jason Carr
system:
6.1 gig hd/windows 98
1.2 gig hd/linux
24mg ram
4mg pci video card
Zoom 56K PCI Dualmode modem ( www.zoomtel.com ) model #2925
--
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Jason Carr ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
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From: "Karl Bengtsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Web Hosting Questions
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:09:04 GMT
> Is it possible to get a free DNS? Does the "technical contact" always
have to
> be from the DNS provider? Or, can I be the admin/billing/tech contact?
The technical contact can be anyone you want. He doesn't really have to do
anything anyway (I'm the technical contact for my domain, I've never had to
do anything)
> Is there any inexpensive solution for me to host a site on my Linux box
at
> home without having to pay a professional hosting service?
This depends on what kind of IP you have, static or dynamic. AFAIK it's not
possible to have a domain with a dynamic IP, as your address changes every
time you log on. There are some places (like www.dynip.com) that can
provide you with a subdomain on a dynamic IP, but that costs money, plus
you have to run a special client software, and I don't know if that
software is availible for Linux
If you have a static IP (dedicated connection/some cable modem accounts),
you can setup your box to be a DNS and to run a web server. Unfortunately,
you need two DNS's, one primary and one backup. I don't know if there are
any free DNS servers out there, my hosting provider takes care of that.
Otherwise, maybe you could get a friend to run a DNS if they have a static
IP as well.
I hope that helps,
/Karl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Web Hosting Questions
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 02:17:13 GMT
Hi all,
I am planning to get a domain name registered with InterNIC which asks for a
DNS as a part of registration. Could someone advise how to get a DNS? I don't
want to have to sign-up with a hosting service and start paying them, as I am
not ready to start hosting the site right away.
Is it possible to get a free DNS? Does the "technical contact" always have to
be from the DNS provider? Or, can I be the admin/billing/tech contact?
Is there any inexpensive solution for me to host a site on my Linux box at
home without having to pay a professional hosting service?
Please advise. Thanks.
BOB
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Beaver)
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Microsoft Serial Mouse 2.0a! DO NOT READ THIS!
Date: 20 Mar 1999 18:35:59 GMT
In article <01be70cc$31935110$330b5e18@computer>, "Mool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Why don't these mice ever work right?!!!!!!!!!!!!
It works right for me and a lot of other folks. So it must be your problem,
not the mouse's problem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Sully)
Subject: Re: ATI RAGE PRO USERS???
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:20:08 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am also trying to get this to work. I can get the command-line =
interface
to work on the TV but trying to run X sends it into never-never land (I
assume it's because of the vsync frequency). If you find out how to make
this work, would you mind clueing me in? Thanks - Bob
On 19 Mar 1999 07:53:32 GMT, Dennis Abuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>|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
_____________________________________________________________
Bob Sully - Simi Valley, California, USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.earthlink.net/~rsully/
And on the eighth day, God said: "Murphy, you're in charge."
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From: "Tong Kiat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HELP: changing NIC
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 01:19:30 +0800
Hi
Recently due to hardware failure, I had to change the network card in my
machine to a
Compex ReadyLink 100TX
Can anyone tell me what is the procedure to active this card so that it can
be use in Linux.
Pls help
Tong Kiat
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