Linux-Hardware Digest #885, Volume #9 Wed, 31 Mar 99 13:13:34 EST
Contents:
CD Autochangers (Teac CD-C68E) (Neil Burrows)
Re: ESS Maestro-2 Sound card under Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Best Data internal modem (was LT Winmodem?) (Colin)
Updated LMS/Phillips CM206 cdrom driver? (Parise)
GUS MAX module problem (askme)
Re: need help with scsi ("Mortimer, Ian (EXCHANGE:MDN03:4634)")
Re: One last question...:) ("R.Bertrand")
What is the best modem to use with RedHat 5.2 ("Ken Farmer")
How do I install a new PCMCIA card? ("Tom Ellis")
Re: Adaptec AHA-2940U2W (BL)
Re: Using make menuconfig ("Jose M. Urena")
Re: Creative Soundblaster pro (Piniek aka Piotr Ingling)
Re: 3Com USR 56k Internal modem
Re: Auto-shutdown in Linux? (Michael Wagner)
Re: hardware and slackwae (Charles Brands)
Re: Cheapest possible working video card? ("M.C. van den Bovenkamp")
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Anthony Ord)
Re: SCSI controller/device advice (Phil Brutsche)
VideoCD? (Nagy Attila)
Re: SB16 as module hangs up (Greg H.)
Tekram P6B40D-A5 Problem With Dual 350s (Leonard Burns IV)
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From: Neil Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CD Autochangers (Teac CD-C68E)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:31:15 +0100
Hi,
Can anyone tell me if there is linux support for the Teac CD-C68E 6CD
Autochanger? (http://www.teac.com/dsp/cdc/cdc_c68.html)
By support I mean the ability to switch discs remotley or automatically
without having to press one of the buttons on the front of the drive.
Just this would be really handy in a Server which is located about 40
miles from my house/work and that's just too far to go whenever I need
to switch a disc! :)
Many thanks,
Neil Burrows
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ESS Maestro-2 Sound card under Linux
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:59:49 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> We recently purchased some new laptops which use the ESS Maestro-2
> sound card. However, this card doesn't seem to be supported under
> Linux (2.0.36 or 2.2.2) at the moment. I was wondering if anyone
> out there has a machine with this sound card and managed to get
> it working under Linux? If so, we'd love to know the trick.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
i'm currently using my maestro-2 card with linux. the thing is, you need to
enable the maestro's built-in SB compatibility using the MAESTRO.COM program
that came with your maestro (hopefully). it was in both my c:\ and my
c:\windows\system\ when i bought my computer.
the method is mostly a hork-style workaround: you boot into DOS mode (NOT the
windows dos shell!), run maestro.com (which will provide you with IRQ, DMA,
and IO addresses), and then LOADLIN your kernel, which you'll have to copy
from your linux partition to your DOS partition too.
alan cox is currently working on a driver for the ESS Maestro, but it's still
in development (it's in 2.2.5-ac1). look at his diary at
http://www.linux.org.uk.
hope this helps.
chris
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From: Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Data internal modem (was LT Winmodem?)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:11:01 -0500
Brian Wildasinn wrote:
>
> Rob Clark wrote in message ...
> >In article <7dghk8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >Brian Wildasinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>Will this other modem work in any version of Unix, such as
> >>Linux or BSD? I'm looking at the modem card right now
> >>and the green laminate says,
>
> By the way, this is a VESA slot internal modem.
What is a VESA slot? I've heard of a VESA Local Bus slot but I find it
very hard to believe that someone made a modem for that slot.
> How do I get it recognised? My Win98 doesn't even find it when
> probed in "Add Hardware" or whatever in the system manager.
> Is there a modem probe for Linux or BSD? My hardware
> is ASUS 440bx PII 350 with 5 PCI and 4 VESA slots.
Ahh! I think you mean ISA slots. VESA slots went the way of the Do-do
with the 486s.
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Reply to "cwv [at] idirect (dot) com"
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From: Parise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Updated LMS/Phillips CM206 cdrom driver?
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:05:29 -0500
The LMS/Phillips CM206 cdrom driver seems not to have been updated for
kernel
versions beyond about 1.3.xx. It will not link in with the kernel
version 2.0.36 (or .35)
and when you try to load it as a module (that was built at the same time
as the kernel and
with the same source tree) you get the message:
" load failed: module symbols do not match kernel symbols"
Has anyone updated this driver for 2.0.36?
( I know it is an old drive so messages suggesting I get a newer IDE or
SCSI drive
need not be posted)
Thanks for the help!
Ron Parise
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (askme)
Subject: GUS MAX module problem
Date: 31 Mar 1999 13:44:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i've used kernel 2.2.1 with my soundcard (gus max) compiled into kernel
without any problems. now i want to compile it as a module instead, because
i can then use redhat's sndconfig-packet....
did "make dep ; make clean" and reconfigured the soundcard via menuconfig,
compiled kernel and modules, but i get this weird error at the boot:
/lib/modules/2.2.1/misc/gus.o: too many values for dma (max 1)
sound: Device or resource busy
i set my gus configuration like this :
port 220, irq 5, primary dma 5, secondary dma 5
and compiled the whole piece with pgcc. anybody has ideas what's wrong?
thankyou for your attention.
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From: "Mortimer, Ian (EXCHANGE:MDN03:4634)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need help with scsi
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:26:21 +0100
This wouldn't happen to be the Iomega ZIP100 SCSI Insider would it ???
I'm sure that the SCSI card for my ZIP is an ava1502
I think that the reason you get scsi: 0 hosts and scsi: detected total is
something to do with that card not being a full blown scsi card ie it doesn't
respond to probing
(stop me if I'm talking out of my arse here !)
I have a similar line in lilo.conf and I get the same thing.
One thing I did find out last night was that:
If you look in the directory /proc/scsi you should see a directory called
aha152x, cd into it and you'll see a file with the same SCSI id as your
card/drive (mine was 0) if you then look at that file it tells you all about
your card (I think)
Another file in /proc/scsi is called scsi - look at that and you should see
more inforamtion about your card.
Don't ask me what this is or how to mount it (I've only just started playing
around with it) but it looks like promising !
Can anyone shed any light on this ???
Ian.
Daniel Peacock wrote:
> --
> hi,
> I have a ava1502 scsi card and a hard drive that works fine when I load
> the module with
> =************************
<SNIP>
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:10:18 +0200
Reply-To: "R.Bertrand" <nospam_please@nowhere>
From: "R.Bertrand" <bertrand@bearbull>
Subject: Re: One last question...:)
Glenn Watson a écrit dans le message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi everyone - I'm looking at getting a Matrox Millenium G200 8Mb AGP
>Video card for my new Linux/Windoze system....I haven't bought a new
>system for several years, so I'm a bit out of touch with all this 2d/3d
>chatter...Wonder if someone can help me with this (probably
>oversimplistic) question...?
>
>Does the Matrox G200 support both 2D and 3D graphics (very) well? - and
>if so, are 2d and 3d graphics supported under both windoze (obviously i
>guess), and also Linux running the latest version of XFree86??
Yes. XFree86 3.3.3 needed under Linux, DirectX 5 or 6 under Windows.
>
>If so, great!, otherwise - can someone recommend a good card that will
>not be too expensive, but still give decent 2d and 3d performance under
>Linux and Windoze (or would that be asking too much...?) - BTW, 2D
>performance is *most* important as I use the PC primarily for
>assignments/coding, but I would also like a decent 3d card....
If so, G200 it's perfect. It's always one of the better 2D card.
For 3D, newer cards can be faster but be careful with the support of XFree
with very new cards...
In facts, my G200 is very comfortable for 3D games.
Sorry for my poor english.
Rémy.
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From: "Ken Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What is the best modem to use with RedHat 5.2
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:44:12 -0500
I have a USR v90 winmodem and I know I need to get a new modem and I would
like to get the best for the bucks and know that it will work with RedHat
5.2
Thanks
Ken
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From: "Tom Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I install a new PCMCIA card?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:42:06 -0500
That about covers it. How do install PCMCIA cards after installation of
RedHat 5.2? I saw a post that suggested netcfg, but that only deals with
network protocol. Is there something like autoprobe that I can use?
Thanks
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From: BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2940U2W
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:36:19 GMT
upgrade to 5.2 redhat or build your own kernel from 2.0.36.
Matt Hucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have just installed Redhat 5.0, 2.0.32 Linux kernel, but it won't
: detect my AHA2940U2W scsi card.
: Does anyone have any advice on how I can set this up under Linux?
: Thanks,
: Matt
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From: "Jose M. Urena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Using make menuconfig
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 09:55:20 -0500
nothing, apparantly you do not have the assembler.
do a whereis or locate or find for as86
Rick Runowski wrote:
> Ok, I ran into a problem seconds after my last post... I was performing
> the make boot, and the program exited with:
>
> (last few lines)
>
> nm vmlinux | grep -v '\(compiled\)\|\(\.o$)\|\( [aU]
> \_\|\(\.\.ng$\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > System.map
> make [1]: entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.4/arch/i386/boot'
> as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
> make[1]: as86: Command not found
> make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.4/arch/i386/boot'
> make: *** [boot] Error 2
>
> What did I do wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Rick
>
> On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Christian D Freet wrote:
>
> > The newly compiled kernel is, I believe, in the /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/
>directory and
> > it's called zImage, if you used the "make zImage" command... if you used the "make
>bzImage"
> > command, as I did, it will be named bzImage. Check out
> > http://www.redhat.com/knowledgebase/kb/cache/37.html
> >
> > There is a good description of how to finish... make sure, after you copy the
>image to where
> > ever you want it to stay permanently, that you modify the lilo.conf file to point
>to it (see
> > the file... you'll know what I mean). Then run lilo (e.g. type "lilo, [enter]")
>to map the
> > kernel... then reboot.
> >
> > On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 20:04:05 -0600, Rick Runowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Actually I am having a similar problem. I downloaded the latest kernel
> > >from ftp.kernel and I un tar/gz'ed it and I printed the instructions and
> > >followed them.. I got to the compile Kernel... where is the kernel at? Do
> > >I use cc kernel... I can't find the instructions on compiling... I'm very
> > >new to this... but where do I look... I tried the command below and got
> > >about four lines all of which have errors on them? Any help is
> > >appreciated.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> --SNIP--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Piniek aka Piotr Ingling)
Subject: Re: Creative Soundblaster pro
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:52:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dnia Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:54:40 +0200, "Andreas Richter"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisa³(a):
>This soundcard can emulate a "sb compatible" card (DOS). But I have not get
>any success to get
>some sound with linux. Does anyone know a trick?
>
Back in the old days I was using it with kernel OSS drivers. Since 2.1.90 I
switched to ALSA drivers. And I have never have a single problem with that
card. Could you be more specific about your troubles? What config do you use?
What are the boot messages saying? etc.
Piotr Ingling
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3Com USR 56k Internal modem
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:54:48 -0500
Bad news Troy, it IS a Winmodem...no jumpers=no on-board controller=winmodem
And, as you might have picked up in the ng, it won't work under Linux.
Danny Chamberlin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Remove the 24th letter of the alphabet to reply
Troy Hoehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7djl1h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>However I just bought a new
> 3Com USR 56k Internal modem that has no jumpers, and I cannot seem to get
> Linux to see it ? As far as I can tell it is not a Winmodem, and it works
> fine under Win98.
> Regards,
> Troy
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Wagner)
Subject: Re: Auto-shutdown in Linux?
Date: 31 Mar 1999 16:49:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> Yup ...
|>
|> do a search on www.dejanews.com in comp.os.linux.{hardware/misc/setup}
|> for halt, poweroff, and inittab ... in the last month
A 'shutdown -h now' works great for me...
You have to have the apropriate switch in the kernal enabled though. Look
under APM options...
--
The basic rule is this: Never support weakness; always support strength.
--The Bene Gesserit Coda.
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<http://www.in.tum.de/~wagnemic/>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Brands)
Subject: Re: hardware and slackwae
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:59:20 GMT
Thanks David. I found the list.
Charles
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 20:51:24 GMT, "David Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I don't know if it will be of much help.. but redhat's site
>(www.redhat.com) has a list of supported hardware. It is quite large, but
>the truth is there is a lot more hardware that works under Linux (even
>red-hat) that they don't provide support for. It might give you some idea,
>though. Basically anything that works under Redhat will also work on
>Slackware the main difference is the "how" you make it work.
>--DavidM
>
>Charles Brands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Hi
>> Does anybody know if a list exists that lists the hardware that is
>> supported by linux? (slackware 3.6)
>> Thanks
>> Charles Brands
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
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From: "M.C. van den Bovenkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cheapest possible working video card?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:00:12 +0200
Michael Hucka wrote:
> cheapest possible video card (one that would at least allow the occasional
> console login), what would people recommend getting?
For a console login, literally *anything* will do. Rescue a few Hercules
cards and monitors from the skip. MDA even. Or anything else that will
be thrown away otherwise. If it must be new, get the absolute cheapest
VGA card you can get your hands on. Monitor same.
Regards,
--
Marco van den Bovenkamp.
CIO EMEA Network Design Engineer,
Lucent Technologies Nederland.
Room: HVS BZK 32
Tel.: (+31-35-687)2724
Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Ord)
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: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:07:59 GMT
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 23:54:14 +0200, "Osvaldo Pinali
Doederlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>jedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> >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.
>> Then write a new utility named foo or rewrite rm to exhibit
>> your notion of 'the one true interface'. Unix has less such
>> problems as it is nearly completely modular.
>
>The problem is not rm's, it's a fundamental problem of the CLI because the
>shell, not the rm program, will expand the wildcards. The right thing to do
>is having the tool to expand the wildcards when appropriate.
So in which way would "rm" and bash differ in their
expansion of "* .tmp"?
>You could
>stuff the expansion functionality in a shared lib so the developer has the
>same convenience of not having to write it. And the developer would have a
>change to check for suspicious parameters before the expansion.
What are "suspicious" parameters? A definite definition
would be nice, rather than an arm waving fudge which always
seems to happen when people try to keep the fools out.
Regards
Anthony
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| They fall apart |
| When the walls come tumbling in |
| Though we may deserve it |
| It will be worth it - Depeche Mode |
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From: Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI controller/device advice
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:04:16 -0600
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Dave wrote:
> Thanks for the advice! I've also heard a _lot_ of people recommending the
> IBM drives.
>
> I'm still trying to decide between the Quantum Atlas III drive and the IBM
> Ultrastar 9ES though. The Ultrastar looks excellent, and about the same
> price as the Quantum drives. However it only has a 512KB buffer, as
> opposed to the Quantum's 1MB. The IBM drives with 1MB (such as the 9LP)
> appear to be about $200 more.
>
> Is the extra 512KB buffer worth it to go Quantum for the price? Or is the
> performance increase negligible?
Can't help you with that one. Sorry...
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Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Microsoft: "Where do you want to to today?"
Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?"
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From: Nagy Attila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VideoCD?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:02:59 +0200
Hello
I've got several cdrom's but notified that not all can read VCDs. But why?
On the first (liteon) linux can mount the cd, and the files can be copyed.
The second one (panasonic) can't mount the cd, or in some cases it can,
but it drops me read errors.
The kernel is the same, 2.2.3.
My second question is not about hardware (sorry):
how can i copy these cds? I heard, that no cdrecorder program under linux
supports this format. Is it true?
Thanks.
---
Attila Nagy \ Phone: (361)-210-1415/194
System Administrator \
Kalman Kando Technical \ iRC: bra on iRCNET
College Budapest, Hungary \ Info: 'finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg H.)
Subject: Re: SB16 as module hangs up
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:19:03 GMT
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Aur=E9lien?= REYNAUD ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Here's the problem : I've got a good old Soundblaster 16 value running
> on a K6-233 linuxbox. The parameters are the usual IRQ7, IO220, DMA5,1,
> MPU330. It works perfectly when compiled into the kernel, but
Shouldn't the IRQ be 5 and the low DMA 1 and high DMA 3 (if you have
a high DMA channel)? If I remember right, IRQ 7 is usually for the
printer port, LPT1.
> Can anyone help?
If you're using Redhat, you should try sndconfig. Worked great on
my SB16 Waveffects card.
Greg H.
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 06:27:09 -0800
From: Leonard Burns IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tekram P6B40D-A5 Problem With Dual 350s
I have a Tekram P6B40D-A5 running dual 350s, NT sees them fine, but in
Redhat 5.2 running kernel 2.2.5, or 2.1.132, it sees both cpus, first at
351 mips, second at 3.64 mips. So it drags it way down, to the second
cpus speed. Is there something special I have to do to get this to work?
Cache is enabled, kernel is running SMP, power management is off. Any
help is appreciated. =) Can't wait for full dual 350 power.
Leonard
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