Linux-Hardware Digest #841, Volume #9 Fri, 26 Mar 99 06:13:31 EST
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Re: new system and linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Diamon Viper V550 & XServer Problems... (Elbert Clarke)
Re: ATI video card/TV out (Rage Pro) -> big-screen TV and X (root)
Mwave For Linux Project
Re: RH5.2 and Sound Blaster 16 (Arnulf QUADT)
Re: 28.8 K modem/serial speed ? (**Nick Brown)
Re: Turtle Beach Montego support in kernel 2.2.4? (Tim Moore)
StarOffice ("Ed Winchester")
Re: What Printer Should I Get? ("Ed Winchester")
3com shame! ("Donaz")
Re: How to compile Kernel 2.2.2 with redhat 5.2??? (**Nick Brown)
Soundcard settings..HELP, newbie.. (Kaushik)
Re: Mouse with scrolling wheel ("Michael W. Ryder")
Re: pppd dies on connect. without warning. (**Nick Brown)
Re: Mouse with scrolling wheel (**Nick Brown)
"WHAT’S THAT ROTTEN SMELL IN PHOENIX?"...We need your help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: new system and linux
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 08:18:44 GMT
In article <7de4ij$49$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Ruel Loehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey guys I need some help,
> I just purchased a new system for compaq and I want to install Linux,
> it has the following hardware
>
> 500 mhz p3
> 128mb 100mhz SDRAM
> 16.8 GB ultra DMA hard drive
> 6x DVD-rom
> pci 56K V.90 Data/fax modem
I have a 450Mhz P2 with the same modem and installed Linux today. After no
luck in getting the modem to work, I did a little research on the Compaq web
site only to find out this is one of those F**king WinModems. Don't even
waste your time trying to get it to work. Just go buy a real modem and also
write a little note to Compaq telling them to spend the extra $5 for real
modems.
> aureall 8820 pci audio card
I'm not having any luck getting this to work either. I know I read on the
Aureal site a while back that Compaq had a special version of these
chips/cards. It's probably the same deal as with the modem, they wanted to
save $5 so you can only use it with Windoze. I've got a SB type card I bought
for a older computer I have. I may just stick that in. Or maybe when I'm
ordering a new modem, I'll just spring for one of those new SB Live cards.
> Diamond viper v550 w /flat panel support (16MB)
> of course win98
>
> does anyone see any problems that they have already run into?
> Also, I am a newbie, if anyone can recommend any good web tutorials or
> anything it would be greatly appreciated.
It's kind of a pain to install Linux on a HD larger than about 8GB because of
some BIOS/Boot problems. There is info in one of the HOW-TO files
(Large-Hard- Drive-HOW-TO maybe?) that explains the problem, but not how to
fix it. Basicly, you have to make sure that the partion that Linux boots from
is in the first 1024 cylinders of the hard disk. I just made my Windows98
partion about 6GBs and then made a Linux partion of about 1GB for the kernal
and other stuff. I'm going to use the rest of the HD for other Windows or
Linux partions as needed.
Good Luck,
Ryan Willobee
>
> Ruel Loehr
>
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From: elbertc**@home.com (Elbert Clarke)
Subject: Re: Diamon Viper V550 & XServer Problems...
Reply-To: elbertc**@home.com
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 08:30:30 GMT
you need the 3.3.3.1 ver of xfree
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:07:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi there...
> I am running a PII-based system with a Diamond Viper V550 (16MB SDRAM).
>This card is based on NVidia's Riva TNT 128 chipset, which, I believe is
>supported by XFree86. After completing the RedHat 5.2 basic installation,
>when I ran xf86config, I noticed that the V550 wasn't listed, though the
>XFree86 website does list the card as using the XF86_SVGA server. I hence
>tried selecting the Viper 330, and I did not specify the RAMDAC or Clockchip
>since I was not able to procure the details.
> Under the videomodes, I selected 800x600 for al the color density
>modes. Upon completing the xf86config, when I do run the server using
>startx, I typically notice that one of two things happens. Either the server
>does not start at all, crashing with a plethora of error messages, including
>"Not enough memory", "No Screens found", and a whole bunch of others. The
>"Not enough memory" (which is detected as 64k!!) is particularly riling,
>considering I have 16Megs on board! I understand that some cards have some
>problem with only having 1MB being accessible by Linux, and sure hope this
>isn't one of them. Either way, when I do manage to get the Xserver to start,
>the graphical display starts up in 320x204 mode, where I really can't see
>enough info on screen to do anything constructive! :(
>
> Do reply with any pointers or hints you might have, and anything I might be
>doing wrong.
>
> Thanks a ton. Do Cc: a copy to my email address as well.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (root)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI video card/TV out (Rage Pro) -> big-screen TV and X
Date: 26 Mar 1999 08:36:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Sully) writes:
> Hi all -
> I'm sure this sounds ridiculous, but there's another guy in our
> local Linux users' group trying to do it, too, so what the hell:
>
> My second machine (originally set up as a Windoze game system) is
> set up downstairs in the family room, hooked up via an audio-video =
> receiver
> to a big-screen TV set, which it's using as a "monitor" via the TV-out
> connector on the ATI Xpert-at-Play video board. This setup works fine =
> with
> Windoze-98, as the supplied drivers are set up to handle this. I =
> installed
> Linux on this machine recently (RH 5.2/Mandrake); the command-line
> interface works fine, but of course X blows it out of the water. I'm
> trying to figure out how to set up XF86Config to work with this thing.
> Anyone else out there managed to pull this off? If so, I'd really
> appreciate a copy of a working XF86Config file (or at least a couple of
> working modelines - 800x600 and 640x480 would be fine)....Thanks!
>
> =09
>
Of Course you need the Mach64 Server for the Rage Pro Cards.
Here is my config - with mode lines .
Hope this helps .
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Primary Monitor"
VendorName "AOC"
ModelName "AOC Spectrum"
HorizSync 30-54
VertRefresh 50-120
Modeline "640x480" 45.80 640 660 756 848 480 484 490 510 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1152x864" 89.90 1152 1156 1412 1672 864 868 876 896 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1028 1172 1296 768 771 777 798 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "800x600" 50.00 800 808 928 1016 600 609 615 634 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Xpert@Play PCI and AGP, 3D Rage Pro"
VideoRam 8192
ChipId 0x4754
ChipRev 0x02
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "VGA16"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "VGA2"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "Mono"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:05:05 +0000
From: <Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]>
Subject: Mwave For Linux Project
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.portable,uk.comp.os.linux,ibm.ibmpc.thinkpad
Hi,
Have you got an IBM Thinkpad or Aptiva with an
Mwave Soundcard and want to run Linux?
Maybe you would like to contribute to the native
Mwave driver project?
The Mwave Project for Linux has the answers.
http://www.flexion.org/mwave/
* Native Mwave driver project - NEW!
[HELP REQUIRED]
* Forum for Mwave/Linux Users - NEW!
* How to enable Sound Blaster Pro 3.1
Emulation under Linux
* Updated for 2.0.x and 2.2.x kernels.
* Improved layout and easy to follow.
* No Windows 3.x/95 or 98 required.
We look forward to your visit!
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From: Arnulf QUADT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH5.2 and Sound Blaster 16
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:15:20 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joel Ebel wrote:
>
> **Nick Brown wrote:
> >
> > Don't know if Red Hat's default kernels contain sound support, but you
> > generally need to rebuild the kernel, adding sound support, and
> > /dev/audio support.
> >
> > Arnulf QUADT wrote:
> > > in the process of installing RH5.2 I also tried to setup my Sound
> > > Blaster 16 card using sndconfig. I can chosse the DMA and IRQ, but at
> > > the end of the configuration procedure sndconfig tells me that there was
> > > an `error opening /dev/audio'.
>
> Don't know if this helps any, but redhat does include sound support in
> the kernel by default. You shouldn't have to do anything but run
> sndconfig andlet it autodetect it.
>
> Good luck,
> Joel Ebel
Yes, this is what I thought. In fact recompiling the kernel where the
sound option was already turned on according to the config menu does not
change the situation, implying that sound support is by default in the
redhat kernel. Given that the card is a SB16 and not a SB16 PnP The
autodetect or pnpdump don't seem to allow any automatic detection. My
impression is that I need to do something else to be able to write my
explicit specification of the card DMA, IRQ ... somewhere and access
/dev/audio.
Arnulf
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 28.8 K modem/serial speed ?
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:08:44 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks... I'm torn between staying with my current ISP (who are a very
professional, Linux-friendly outfit) and upgrading to ISDN, or going to
someone else with V90 and keeping my current regular phone line.
Andrew Comech wrote:
> Or else see http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modem
> for the list of vendors who sell V.90 modems for $40-$50 and fly at
> CARRIER 48000
> CONNECT 115200
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:57:41 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Turtle Beach Montego support in kernel 2.2.4?
http://www2.portal.redhat.com/support/docs/hardware.html
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From: "Ed Winchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: StarOffice
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:23:32 -0800
I just downloaded and installed the free version of StarOffice on top of my
LinuxMandrake. It seems to have installed ok, but the readme file mentioned
that it would automatically install into KDE. The install procedure never
questioned me about that, and I can't find where I could start it from KDE.
I can't even figure out how to start it manually. I have found a file
called soffice.bin, but so far haven't gotten it to run. Please help a
newbie.
Thanks,
Ed Winchester
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From: "Ed Winchester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What Printer Should I Get?
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:44:30 -0800
>I have been VERY pleasantly surprised by the stuff form Oki. The cheap
>little LED printers <like the $149 4W, and the $249 6W> handle abuse like
>nothing else in there price range. They are slow with first page out, but
>the quality is as good as any laser I have seen from HP
I'm in a slightly different situation. I already have 2 laser printers, one
is an Oki 4W, which you mentioned, and the other is a Panasonic KX-P6100.
Will either work under Linux? If so, which printer do I tell the setup
routine I'm using? How do I print to it? Does the printing have to be done
by GhostScript?
Any help for this newbie would be appreciated.
Also, I've had thoughts about getting a Canon BJC-5000, because I'd like a
color printer (my old one broke), and I like the option to do B size
printouts. Can this be made to work under Linux? How?
Thanks,
Ed Winchester
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From: "Donaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3com shame!
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:52:09 +0100
hi boys,
i have installed linux on an old bipentium (!) 90Mhz...
with a 3Com net-device (EISA)... exactly a 3c509b...
at start up all seems go rigth! But sothing gone left! ;-)
The device was viewed on irq 10... Eureka!!!
(Never say "eureka" too soon!)
when i tried to configure the IP address the linux-box crashed as i never
seen! (ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.1 ... after the 'enter' nothing... nothing...
NULL!!! All breezed!)
What goes left? Anybody have an idea?
bye
Donaz
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to compile Kernel 2.2.2 with redhat 5.2???
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:17:11 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You generally have to run LILO every time, because when LILO builds a
boot block, it writes the current location of the zImage file into it.
When you rebuild the kernel, it's fairly unlikely that this file will be
in the same spot on the disk.
bfei wrote:
>
> hey once you do save the zImage to the boot directory, do you have to do
> something to lilo so it can boot up with the new configuration?
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From: Kaushik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Soundcard settings..HELP, newbie..
Date: 19 Mar 1999 13:45:46 GMT
I have a Soundblaster Audio PCI 64D soundcard which came with my
Gateway2000 350 MHz PC. I don't know how to get my sound card to work.
HOWTO sounds vague. I'm a newbie at this. Somebody please help out
here..thanks in advance
regards,
Kaushik
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From: "Michael W. Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse with scrolling wheel
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 08:34:05 GMT
Pick up a copy of imwheel off of the web. It works fine with my
Intellimouse Pro.
Ed Winchester wrote:
>
> I have recently installed Linux Mandrake, and one of the mouse options fits
> my mouse perfectly, a Logitech First Mouse +, which has a scrolling wheel.
> But the scrolling feature doesn't work anywhere. Is there a way to get this
> to work? I've gotten addicted to that little wheel in (yech!) Win98.
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pppd dies on connect. without warning.
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:15:02 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try removing (if you have it) the "auth" line from /etc/ppp/options.
Does that help ?
"Michael W. Ryder" wrote:
>
> I had the same type of problem with kppp and downloaded ezppp and had no
> further problems. Interestingly, the script I use with ezppp works but
> will not work with kppp (pppd daemon unexpectedly died).
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From: **Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse with scrolling wheel
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 12:00:15 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
See
http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
Ed Winchester wrote:
> But the scrolling feature doesn't work anywhere. Is there a way to get this
> to work? I've gotten addicted to that little wheel in (yech!) Win98.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: "WHAT’S THAT ROTTEN SMELL IN PHOENIX?"...We need your help!
Date: Thursday, 25 Mar 1999 17:57:21 -0600
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