Linux-Hardware Digest #873, Volume #9 Tue, 30 Mar 99 03:13:40 EST
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Re: Q : Sound Blaster SB16 PNP problem : silent card ?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sound :Creative SB16 Vibra (Donovan Rebbechi)
problem whith configurations matrox- mga- 200 agp ("alessandro")
help i have a problem for configutation Xserver ("alessandro")
Re: Compaq professional workstation & builtin ethernet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Fat 32 and linux: can I mount? ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Video cards ("karlo")
Re: K6-2 & ASUS T2P4 (Lutz Fehrle)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (westprog)
Re: Howto inst RedHat 5.2 (Apollo) ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Think Pad 560 (Roger Williams)
Re: Hardware RAID-controllers supported under Linux. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Zenin)
Re: Closing Dell Latitude Cover Crashes Linux (Douglas Nichols)
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Subject: Re: Q : Sound Blaster SB16 PNP problem : silent card ??
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 04:41:08 GMT
According to Greg H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I am one of the many, like you, who have this card, as well. Specifically,
> I have the the ViBRA 16X known as the Waveffects card (model CT4170). The card
> works fine via sndconfig in RH5.2.
As I said, there are at least a dozen different versions of the Vibra
16, all of which have subtle differences. Some of them are documented
on the OSS compatibility page.
> I noticed in the post, which you gave the URL for, that you said the 8-bit
> channel accepts 16-bit audio. This may sound dumb, but does the card function
> in Linux, then, as a true 16-bit card despite playing everything through the
> 8-bit/low DMA channel? I'm no audiophile, but the stereo MP3's and CD's I've
> played with this card in Linux sound really good. I'm just curious, that's
> all :-)
My VB16 card accepts 16-bit samples through the 8-bit DMA channel.
The number of bits of audio resolution has absolutely nothing to do
with the width of the DMA channel. In reality, though, most cards
that do 16-bit audio sampling use 16-bit DMA. It is also true that
most SB16 "compatible" (non-creative) cards are only capable of 8-bit
audio sampling under Linux.
I have heard from many people that their Vibra 16 was supported just
fine with sndconfig. I have also heard from an equally large number
of people who had problems with sndconfig, but got things working
after using my config scripts. What I have yet to hear is someone who
could not get the Vibra-16 to work after trying both methods.
-p.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: Sound :Creative SB16 Vibra
Date: 30 Mar 1999 04:25:27 GMT
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:31:36 +0200, Roberto Lusini wrote:
>Cuold someone help me to set this device,
>
>I 've compiled my Kernel 10 times, following every hints.
Ouch. I dont know why people still make out that you have to compile your
kernel to get sound working. This is untrue.
What distribution are you using ... ?
You may want to download a utility called "sndconfig" from Redhat's
site, or check to see if your distribution has a similar tool. These
cards work easily if you have an up to date distribution and the right
config utilities.
--
Donovan Rebbechi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
Web designer for Independence -- Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org/
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From: "alessandro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem whith configurations matrox- mga- 200 agp
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:39:39 +0200
i'can't configuration my matrox mga-200
for serverX
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From: "alessandro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help i have a problem for configutation Xserver
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:56:43 +0200
card matrox mga-200 sd.agp
other component no problem
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Compaq professional workstation & builtin ethernet
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 01:18:50 GMT
Hi
During installation you cannot configure the NIC. Therefore after complete
installation follow the procedure given below.
1. Execute the command "insmod tlan" at the prompt. 2. Execute the command
"netconf" at the prompt. 3. Configure the NIC by selecting the "Basic Host
Information option" and entering the IP Address, Netmask, Net device as eth0
and Kernal as tlan. 4. Select the "Gateway and routing" option from main menu
and fill in the detail of Gateway address and without fail enable the Gateway
option. 5. Accept the changes and exit from utility. 6. If you are installing
Redhat Linux 5.0 or 5.1 add the line "insmod tlan" in
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network. 7. To confirm about the configuration execute the
command "ifconfig -a" which will display the details of your NIC configured.
Regards
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jesse Rosen) wrote:
> I have linux (kernal v. 2.0.34 currently, but I will upgrade soon) on a
> Compaq network server 5100 -- it's a 200 Mhz PII. These boxes (or should I
> say boxen) have 10/100BT ethernet builtin on the motherboard. When I set
> up this machine, I didn't even bother trying to get that to work, I just
> installed a 3Com board instead as I figured that there was no support for
> this proprietary Compaq thing. Now I want to put this box into service as
> a firewall, so I need a second connection, and before I put in a second
> 3com card, I figured I ask to see if anyone knows any way to get the
> onboard ethernet to work on this machine.
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> --Jesse
>
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fat 32 and linux: can I mount?
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:28:41 -0500
Giandomenico De Tullio wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Christian D Freet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]..
>> > Does linux recognize FAT 32? I have been unable to mount my second
>> > partition which uses the FAT 32 file system...
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.....
>
>Parrish Robinson wrote:
>>
>> mount -t vfat /dev/mount_device /mount_dir
>
>Strange, ....
>
>I can mount FAT32 part w/
>
>mount /dev/hda1 /DOS -t msdos ....
>BUT i can't SEE (virtual)LongFileName ! ONLY 8+3 ...
>
>P.S.
>/dev/hda1 IS a FAT32 partition !!!!!!!
Not strange at all. Type 'vfat' includes support for FAT32 and
long filenames; type 'msdos' includes support for FAT32
(at least with kernel version 2.0.34 and higher) but not for
long filenames.
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From: "karlo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video cards
Date: 30 Mar 1999 05:26:38 GMT
> When it starts to probe the video card it gets an error of" Cant find
> video RAM"
> I have a BX 2 motherboard with AGP graphics.
You missed the most important thing.
What chipset is your vga card?
That would greatly help if you want help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lutz Fehrle)
Subject: Re: K6-2 & ASUS T2P4
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 16:33:33 GMT
Running a K6-2 333 (non CXT Core) at 5x75 (2.2V), using wire method.
No problems at all during compile or other work.
Did you pay attention to the fact, that the 2x multiplier for the CXT
means 6x and not 4x? Smallest multiplier for your CXT- Core is 4.5x
(old 2.5x position).
Regards
Lutz Fehrle
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove meb)
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:50:45 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi *!
>
>I searched Deja News for this but came up empty...
>I'm looking for people who succeeded running a K6-2 on an ASUS P55T2P4
>motherboard under Linux.
>I tried to accomplish this by following the guide at:
>http://www.angelfire.com/bc/upgradecenter/website.html
>
>I modified the board as to get the additional multipliers (4x, 4.5x, 5x) and
>I'm currently trying to get a K6-2/300 CXT to run properly. The CPU gets
>reported correctly (BIOS 0207), but as soon as I try speeds > 240MHz, I get
>the dreaded sig 11 during my test runs (I use a kernel compile in parallel to
>a Window Maker compile as test run - load ~ 2, most of the available memory
>in use). Here's what I tried so far:
>
>- I checked the core voltage - it's exactly 2.2V. I alos tried 2.3V to no
>avail. - different bus speed/multiplier combinations (e.g. 4.5x60 vs. 4x66 -
>no difference). I haven't tried bus speeds > 66MHz yet. - two different
>kernels: both 2.0.36, one stock-Red Hat (i.e. 386 compiled), one custom 586
>compiled - no difference
>
>All tests run absolutely solid at 233MHz or below and also with my old P133
>CPU.
>The K6-2 stays cool during all operations, as far as I can judge (nice big
>heatsink with fan and a generous helping of thermal component).
>
>Basically, I'm running out of ideas. I'm beginning to wonder if the CPU is
>simply faulty and if I should bring it back...
>I'd really appreciate if anybody had any suggestions. The complete
>system setup is:
>
>K6-2/300 CXT on ASUS P55T2P4
>160MB EDO RAM (2x64+2x16, 512KB cache, tag RAM upgraded appropriately)
>ASUS SC-200(?) NCR810 SCSI adapter
>2xIBM DCAS 2.1GB SCSI, 1x Quantum 240MB SCSI
>8xIDE CDROM (on secondary controller, primary is disabled)
>ATI Xpert@Work 8MB
>OPTi 931 sound card (ISA)
>3c503 NIC (ISA)
>running Red Hat Linux 5.2, 2.0.36 kernel
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Thomas
>--
>Thomas Ribbrock, http://www.bigfoot.com/~kaytan
>
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From: westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 16:27:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter Wilson wrote:
> >
> > Sorry, my point was not about single vendor - not a good idea.
> > My point was that this was the last major attempt by anyone (anywhere)
> > to lift OS design from the rut it has fallen into. My point was also
> > that to do the job properly requires a lot of cash - or a lot of
> > dedicated amateurs (not pejorative).
> >
> > Also in reply to Matthias Warkus: "New != Better". NT has proven that
> > point conclusively. My reply "Old != Better" either - just familiar.
>
> Well in some ways, New and Old mixed together slowly could be perfect.
> You'd get innovation and new technology, and with the old all the bugs
> would have been worked out. So as they slowly mix together, more bug
> fixes and improvements are made, though because of the slow mixing, most
> of the bugs aren't released to the general public, or if they are get
> eliminated very shortly after the release. Hmm sounds like linux.
That is an excellent way to fix bugs, but it is totally unable to fix poor
initial design decisions. What happens on Linux when you type 'rm * .tmp'
instead of 'rm *.tmp'? Just the same as on any Unix system for the last 20
years. Why hasn't it been fixed? Because it would break old programs.
It simply isn't possible to design a 21st Century operating system that is
backwards compatible with a 1980 OS.
J.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Howto inst RedHat 5.2 (Apollo)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:38:15 -0500
If you've got "12xx cyl or so" on a 10Gb drive, you undoubtedly have
LBA enabled in your BIOS, so you should have only a minor difficulty
installing RH5.2 - that minor difficulty being you can't use Disk Druid
to create your Linux partitions above the 1024 cylinder boundary.
Instead use Linux fdisk; go into its 'expert' menu and set the number
of cylinders to the correct LBA value - you'll need to determine
what the 'xx' in 12xx is - then return to the fdisk main menu to create
the partitions.
S a f e c r a c k e r � wrote in message <7dnpsh$21a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>the instal says i've got 12xx cyl or so... and that could give me some
>problems with the diskdruid and fdisk... and linux....
>
>i hope i can use linux on this hd. otherwise i must buy a smaller hd.
>i've got a maxtor 9100 plus -> 10gb and 7200 rpm....
>
>--
>Greets
>
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>
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>>Something to look out for - I've read that Linux wants to boot off a
>>partition that's in the 1024 cyl of a hard disk. I'm not sure if it's
>>related to you fdisk problem but it might be.
>
>
>
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.x
From: Roger Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Think Pad 560
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 06:36:53 GMT
>>>>> Ninja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My Thinkpad 560E, P 133MHz only reports 53.04 BogoMIPS, what's
> wrong with my laptop ?
Sigh. *Now* I've put my foot in it.
That's the right BogoMIPS rating for a P133. According to the HOWTO:
"As a very approximate guide, the BogoMips can be calculated by:
Intel Pentium clock * 0.40
Intel Pentium Pro clock * 0.99
Intel Pentium II clock * 1.00
Pentium MMX clock * 2.00"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Hardware RAID-controllers supported under Linux.
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:12:02 GMT
I'm trying to get the Compaq drivers to work on my 4-way Proliant 5000. The
drivers (when compiled into the kernel) are not finding the card, and when
compiled as a module I get undefined symbols.
Has anyone else gotten this to work on the same setup? I have a SmartArray/2P.
Regards,
-scott anderson
In article <y34L2.43072$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What about Compaq ????
>
> There Raid array controllers are just brilliant and as for there servers
> (droool Droool)
>
> There is a link here for support under linux
>
> http://www.insync.net/~frantzc/cpqarray.html
>
> tony
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
> <7clma1$2g9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >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: Zenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Date: 30 Mar 99 06:25:31 GMT
In comp.lang.java.advocacy westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>snip<
: That is an excellent way to fix bugs, but it is totally unable to fix poor
: initial design decisions. What happens on Linux when you type 'rm * .tmp'
: instead of 'rm *.tmp'? Just the same as on any Unix system for the last 20
: years. Why hasn't it been fixed? Because it would break old programs.
It has nothing to do with old programs.
: It simply isn't possible to design a 21st Century operating system that is
: backwards compatible with a 1980 OS.
RTFM
alias rm='rm -i'
Or tell your shell not to expand arguments.
--
-Zenin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Yah, Emacs is a good OS, but I prefer FreeBSD.
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 23:13:21 -0800
From: Douglas Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Closing Dell Latitude Cover Crashes Linux
I didn't see that you got a reasonable reply and I cannot
offer one. I assume you are talking about the computer
cover? I think your model has some sort of write to the cmos
when you open and close the case. I suggest this may be the
problem? I usually do not open my compuete when it is
running but wouldn't be suprised if it rebooted. There are
other things that cause reboot when opening your computer
box though. Like static electricity, something shorting out.
good luck.
Emily wrote:
>
> In article <7di0tc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "John R. Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On a similar note, I've noticed that, when I try to use that little keyboard
> > lockout on the front of the case, just about as soon as I touch it, the system
> > goes into immediate reboot (and then everything has to be fsck'ed etc. :p)
> > Anyone know if this is some sort of extreme Linux-motherboard security
> > interaction? Maybe even a 'feature'?
> >
> > James Seymour wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm just installing RH5.1 Linux (w/kernel 2.0.36) on a Dell Latitude
> > > XPiCD (166MHz). If Linux is running and I close, then re-open the
> > > lid, things crash. For example: if snmpd is running, it will crash.
> > > If snmpd isn't running and I try to do a "shutdown -r now", init
> > > crashes. In both cases, the first diagnostic lines says "divide error:
> > > 0000".
> > >
> > > Anybody know what's going on here? And mebbe how I can fix it?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jim
> > > --
> > > Jim Seymour | Medar, Inc.
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 38700 Grand River Ave.
> > > Systems & Network Administrator | Farmington Hills, MI. 48335-1563
> > > | FAX: (248)615-2971
> >
> > -- John R. Owens aka KarMann http://www.execpc.com/~jowens/
> > **********************************************************
> > Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most
> > gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. --- Lazarus Long
> >
>
> The 'resume' feature (surprise) dumps memory to disk. Have you set up a place
> for the machine to dump memory? It can be a dedicated partition or a dos file.
> Check the setup cd.
>
> We do unix.
> To contact, emily -at/know-spam viscnsl [dot+ com
>
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