Linux-Hardware Digest #940, Volume #9 Tue, 6 Apr 99 00:13:46 EDT
Contents:
Iomega 2G-Jaz on laptops (Maia)
Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold problems... (Patrick Mayer)
Re: intel motherboards for linux (Ruben Tuacare)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (jedi)
Re: Any recomendations on Linux referance books? (Maia)
Re: Linux performance (Alpha or Intel?) (mack)
Re: WINMODEM and BANSHEE ("Morgan Pittkin")
Help with configuring my modem Init string ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Lexmark 3200 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: new hardisk problem... ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Suggestions from PCI linux modems (Andrew Comech)
ax59pro problems (Matthias Kilian)
120 MB superdisk on Linux RedHat 5.2 (Keith Brown)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Zenin)
Re: Help! unrecognized hard drive of ultra66, PII400 (dpc)
Re: Autoshutdown in ATX (Patrick Mayer)
playing sound + console switch = TOTAL HANG ("ouaou inc.")
Re: ping? ping? (Dan Nguyen)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) ("Jon A.
Maxwell (JAM)")
Re: Overclocking was: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Thomas
Keats)
Re: ping? ping? ("James Kosin")
Re: 1024 cylinders? ("James Kosin")
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
can i get there ("vinny")
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From: Maia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Iomega 2G-Jaz on laptops
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 00:13:28 +0200
Does anyone know if the iomega 2GJaz drive will work well with
regular pcmcia scsi adapters (I have the adaptec slimsci) or should
one buy their pcmcia adapter? How does it perform with Linux,
particularly on a laptop?
I was thinking on using this as a simple way to share big amounts of
data between my laptop and my regular pc. I've tryed to look iomegas
webpage but they have no references at all to Linux.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Mayer)
Subject: Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold problems...
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 01:36:17 GMT
Hi there,
I have Linux 2.2.5 installed on my system. KDE installed as the Window
manager. I'm trying to get Kmidi (the program that comes with KDE) to play
midi files properly. AWEDRV (or is it DRVMIDI ?) is working allright after
loading the sound bank. Unfortunately, when I come to use KMIDI, it doesn't
recognize the instruments that are loaded in the bank. Does anyone have any
insight on this matter? TIA!
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From: Ruben Tuacare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: intel motherboards for linux
Date: 6 Apr 1999 01:32:05 GMT
Bob Whittle wrote:
>
> Can anyone advise me on which Intel motherboards are compatible with a
Linux
> system.
>
> regards, Bob
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
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, 5 Apr 1999 15:41:33 -0700
On 05 Apr 1999 18:13:50 -0400, Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi) writes:
>
>> On 05 Apr 1999 15:16:45 -0400, Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi) writes:
>> >
>> >> That's not a unix problem that's a shell problem.
>> >> It can be dealt with by changing the shell. There's
>> >> nothing keeping argument expansion fixed to a
>> >> particular scheme.
>> >
>> >so if i were to keep the kernel and perhaps some rudiments of the
>> >filesystem such as /dev but remove *all* the applications, shells,
>> >libraries &c go through and put in stuff of my own design then that
>> >would still be unix in your opinion?
>> >
>>
>> We weren't discussing all of that.
>
>oh yes we were. all the unix shells do globbing by expanding the *
>args before launching your program. if you want dos globbing via
>application expansion (through a set of library routines say) you'd
>need to rewrite all the unix applications.
No you don't. Unix applications don't do their own argument
expansions. The shells do that.
--
"I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die |||
while you discuss this a invasion in committe." / | \
In search of sane PPP docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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From: Maia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Any recomendations on Linux referance books?
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 01:04:16 +0200
Try the Linux Resources page at:
http://www.ssc.com/linux/
Almost anything you need to know you
can get from there.
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From: mack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux performance (Alpha or Intel?)
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 23:01:00 +0000
Mike V wrote:
>
>
> - Is the Alpha Linux version 32 or 64 bit?
need to be careful here. The kernel is 64 bit, I think most(all?)
alpha registers are 64 bit. The file system is 32 bit. Memory
addressing is 32 bit (can only have 4Gbytes RAM).
> - Are there any Intel boxes with 64 bit PCI buses,
as far as I know no.
> aren't most 32 bit?
yes
> Simply installing 2 NIC's in the Linux server doesn't mean you get 200
> mbs of throughput, correct?
well almost. You can do channel bonding of 2 ethernet cards getting 2x out.
You need a machine at the other end of the line with 2 cards as well and
you need a hub or switch in the middle with separate circuits. This gives
you 200Mbit/sec. Linux TCPIP on Intel tops out at about 240Mbits/sec
(network copy from memory to /dev/null). TCPIP was built for generality
and not speed. If you want more speed look for the VIA user level drivers
and cards like Myrinet, SCI, G-NIC-II. Avoid Gbit ethernet - it gets
240Mbits/sec
with current TCPIP drivers.
> How can I boost the ability of the server
> to shovel data as fast as possible?
pretty soon you run into the limits of PCI which is a burst mode bus
and not designed for constant throughput. max poss = 32bits x 33MHz = 1Gbit/sec.
at that stage you got to multiple servers linked through a fast switch.
See the Linux Virtual Server Project (sorry don't have URL handy, ask
again if you can't find it with AltaVista/dejanews)
Joe
--
Joseph Mack, NA3T, FM05lw EME(B,D)
AZ_PROJ map server at http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Morgan Pittkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WINMODEM and BANSHEE
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 20:40:20 -0400
I suppose there is probably somewhere to get drivers for banshee if it isn't
already supported, you can probably use a regular VGA driver if you can put
up with it for a while, but winmodems DO NOT WORK AT ALL under linux, hence
the name WINmodem :-) I am very new at this too don't give up,
Morgan Pittkin
Dan wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello all,
>
>1. Does LINUX supports BANSHEE video card.
>2. Does LINUX supports WINMODEM ?
>
>10x
>
>Dan
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help with configuring my modem Init string
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 02:10:50 GMT
I have a LECTRON 56k V.90 modem, and I have been able to successfully
able to get it to respond to ATDT and so on, but I have not been able
to connect to my ISP in linux. I am using the ppp-on, ppp-on-dialer,
and ppp-off scripts, and RH 5.0. Is there some other easy way to get a
ppconnection started, and what sort of modem Init string should I use?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Lexmark 3200
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 01:34:51 GMT
In article <XNgM2.3727$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Joy Brahma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way of getting my Lexmark 3200 printer working in Linux ?
>
Not yet. Though I'm trying to see if I can get the Win3.1 drivers to run
under WINE. I think I'm getting close. I know printing from a windows app in
WINE under Linux is kind of like kissing your sister, but it's all we've got
to work with (if even that much).
I have this same printer, and what amazes me is that they went to the trouble
to write an OS/2 driver (!?). If they went that far, why didn't they just
throw in a Linux driver too? If it'll run under OS/2, then it should be able
to run under Linux, if they'd just write the software for it.
But *do* go to their tech support site and voice your concern, or even just
play dumb and ask them how to get it to work in Linux. A very polite woman
responded to my first query apologizing for the lack of a solution, but
encouraging such input because they forward it to their marketing dept, and
if the marketing dept. sees enough of it, they'll have their software dept
write a driver.
I would just go out and get a real printer, but my wife would divorce me. So
I guess I'll wait & keep Win95 for a printer driver.
PK
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new hardisk problem...
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 22:11:29 -0400
You'll probably have to go into the 'expert' menu of fdisk and set the
number
of cylinders to the correct number for your drive. If you have LBA enabled
in your bios this will be approximately 1220. If your root partition ('/')
will
extend beyond cylinder 1024, create a small /boot partition of 5-10 Meg
below that point. Then you won't have to worry about the warning.
Tan Hwee Lee wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Oops.. hehe forgot to mention that I am using Redhat 5.2...
>
>Charles Sullivan wrote:
>
>> What version of the kernel and fdisk are you using?
>>
>> LILO can boot from the hard drive only if the kernel is located entirely
>> below the 1024 cylinder boundary.
>>
>> Tan Hwee Lee wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >Just got myself a 10.1 G ide harddisk.. When trying to partition using
>> >fdisk.. it gave some warning messages that there will some problem using
>> >stuff like lilo and also other os partitions.. Any idea why is this so
>> >and what is the max cylinders that linux can handle without causing
>> >problems with lilo, or is it lilo that is having the limitation?
>> >
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Subject: Re: Suggestions from PCI linux modems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 5 Apr 1999 22:26:19 -0500
On 05 Apr 1999 16:43:07 -0400, Leonid Andreev wrote:
>Actually, this a question for the person who started the
>discussion: who in the world would actually want a PCI modem?? We are
>talking about a device transmitting 56Kb/s, and you absolutely need to
>put on a PCI bus which handles what, 1Gb/s?
Hey,
Well that's not exactly true: if you transmit _text_ at 40Kbps, the
modem compresses signal, using up the entire 115Kbps bandwidth... I
was getting above 8KB/s when transmitting _text_ at 26400bps.
With K56Flex at CARRIER 46667 I am getting... here it is:
2569 bytes received in 0.239 secs (11 Kbytes/sec)
Of course this is only for plain text...
To summarize, PCI would be something to consider, BUT...
I guess a true controller-based PCI modem would cost above what ISA
modems cost, while even now it is tempting to get a cable or something
for increasing internet needs. Also, prices on all sorts of wires drop
so rapidly (Leonid, do you know you can call Russia for $.33/min? see
http://www.pt-1.com), so probably PCI modems will not be much of an
issue. Cables are coming.
Cheese,
Andrew
Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modem
Expect to pay below $50.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Kilian)
Subject: ax59pro problems
Date: 5 Apr 1999 23:06:42 GMT
Hi!
I have some problems with my system:
1. Poweroff doesn't work: instead of turning off the machine, a kernel OOPS
appears (protection fault).
2. The good old sig11 problem. I had this problem with a MSI-5169 motherboard,
too. After changing memory and CPU, my vendor changed the motherboard (to the
AX59PRO).
I'm running Linux 2.2.5 on an AX59PRO with newest BIOS (downloaded
two days ago; I just don't want to reboot to see the version number),
an AMD K6-II/300 and a ATI Xpert@Work.
Anyone with similar problems, especially sig11? The Poweroff isn't such
important, but sig11 is a very serious bug. To trigger this bug reliably, I
just compile two glibc's and some kernels.
Or is it possible that the errors are consequences of my old motherboard, i.e.
wrong code created when compiling egcs, glibc, binutils, etc with my old
motherboard?
I would thank for any success/failure stories with the AX59PRO and AMD K6-II.
Kili
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From: Keith Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 120 MB superdisk on Linux RedHat 5.2
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 21:46:40 -0500
Is anyone using a 120 MB superdisk on Linux RedHat 5.2? Is it
supported?
Please reply via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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: 5 Apr 99 21:44:36 GMT
In comp.lang.java.advocacy westprog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>snip<
: No. The problem is not with the rm command, which works fine. It is with
: the file system, and the filename expansion of '*'.
You know not of what you speak.
Neither the file system nore the kernel do any wild card expansion
at any time what so ever. This is *entirely* done in the shell, and
*only* done in the shell.
It also *must* be done in the shell in a sane environment. To do
this at the application level causes nothing but confusion as every
application will use different expansion rules. See DOS for a real
world case subject.
: This is not something that can be fixed in rm, or by writing a new shell.
You might want to actually do some research before speaking; You
would not look so foolish.
>snip<
: I'll wait and see. The new Apple OS seems to be finally here in the real
: world. If it has managed to dismember Unix sufficiently it might be
: interesting.
Actually if it manages to *keep* enough of Unix it might be
interesting.
--
-Zenin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Yah, Emacs is a good OS, but I prefer FreeBSD.
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 21:20:35 -0400
From: dpc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help! unrecognized hard drive of ultra66, PII400
I as well have a new Ultra66 card. I did not install Linux on drives
attached to this card (but I assume I could have) In any case, instead of
restating everything, I will point you to the UltraDMA HOWTO. It helped me
significantly and I now have my drives on the Ultra66 card working even if
the howto is for the Ultra33.
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA-5.html
Instead of doing a cat /proc/pci, do a less /proc/pci - then it won't just
scroll through. But if you read the howto - you will see there are some
numbers you have to get. As of now - I'm still booting linux from a floppy
b/c I can't set it set up in the NT bootloader, but at the boot prompt, I
have to type the following:
linux ide2=0x6c00,0x7002
Once you read the tutorial, you will understand what this means. You may
also have to play around with BIOS settings if, for example, you do the
parameters and it disables another pci device. Good luck!
dpc
remove _NOSPAM- to e-mail directly to me.
Michael Duke wrote:
> I am just guessing here, but asa ATA-66 is so new I would not think it is
> supported yet..
>
> Michael
>
> Qifa Han wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >My Gateway PII 400 have a Promise add-on card. RH5.2 does not recognized
> >my hard drive (13.5GB, first partion Win98 2GB, the second for Linux
> >3GB). After I run boot disk, it always check partiition on my Zip100
> >drive. I use cat /proc/pci, it did not give much information since the
> >screen scroll up. I can not stop it. What I see looks like:
> > IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1)
> > I/O at 0x10a0
> >Then I use alt-F4 in RH5.2 got the message as follow,
> >
> > ide i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57
> > ide1: BM-DMA at 0x10a8-0x10af
> > hdc: ATAPI CDROM drive
> > hdd: ZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy drive
> > ide1 at 0x170-0x177, 0x376 on irq 15
> > Partition check:
> > hdd 98304 KB, 196608 blocks, 512 sector size
> > hdd: hdd4
> >
> >I am awared that some parameters may need to be passed to kernel at boot
> >time to overwrite some device. But I don't know exactly which parameters
> >shout be used. Or it is a problem with the FAT32 partition on Win98? If
> >I made the Zip drive unavailable at BIOS, the kernel said there is no
> >devise to generate file system. The hard drive was still ignored. I am
> >fairly new to this. Please be patient with my question.
> >
> >Qifa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Mayer)
Subject: Re: Autoshutdown in ATX
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 01:28:41 GMT
In article <7ea556$c94$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Andre Malafaya Baptista"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>A couple of months ago, I was using kernel 2.0.35.
>I compiled my own version with APM support enabled.
>Whenever I shutdown, power was turned off.
>Since I upgraded to 2.2.3, and with the same option(s) enabled, power won't
>turn off.
>Anybody has a hint on this?
>
>Regards,
>Andr�
>
>PS: Please, email.
>
>
Funny, I've got the same problem myself... Hints, anyone?
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From: "ouaou inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: playing sound + console switch = TOTAL HANG
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 03:44:11 +0200
I discovered last week, that if I play a sound (whatever it be, just
writing to /dev/dsp) and in the same time request a tty switch (be it on
the console or under X), the machine hangs completely (so completely
that it even does not reply to ping requests).
After some tries, I think it comes from a hardware conflict or BIOS
misconfiguration.
The problem exists on 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 kernels...
I tried to configure all IRQs and DMAs as ISA non-PnP in the BIOS, but
with no results.
Have some of you ever faced such a problem?
My config is:
333 Celeron CPU (overclocked to 416 MHz)
128 Mb SDRAM
SoundBlaster 16 MCD (yes that old and big card)
(The worse is that I have the feeling that it worked all OK a month ago,
GROARG!@#) =)
--
ouaou! fait le ouaou.
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ping? ping?
Date: 6 Apr 1999 03:25:21 GMT
David Claney <SpamFree*[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Using RH 5.2 with the 2.0.36 kernal
: using a 3com etherlink III card 3c509b-C
: Can't ping anybody else on my personal network.
: Initial setup was fine, Card works with windows 95.
: This box set up for dual boot.
: Ifconfig only goes through local loop. i have scoured the newsgroups for
: question posted already have not had any luck.
You will be able to ping yourself with no problems.
What's probably wrong is the ethernet card driver isn't built into the
kernel or loaded if its a module. Or that that eth0 hasn't been
configured.
I'll assume you got your card work.
As root, do a `ifconfig`
It should list all your network devices.
lo (loopback)
eth0 (ethernet)
ppp0 (ppp connect)
....
If you don't have a eth0 then do a `ifconfig eth0 $IP netmask
$NETMASK` where $IP is the ip and $NETMASK is the netmask
Then do a `route` to list the kernel's routing table. You should get
something like.
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
localnet * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
or instead of localnet you get 127.0.0.0
If you don't see one for your network, then
`route add -net $NETWORK netmask $NETMASK dev eth0`
where $NETMASK is the netmask.
$NETWORK:
if your IP is 192.168.5.242 and your on a class D network then it will be
192.168.5.0
C network would be 192.168.0.0 or something like that
hope that helps.
--
Dan Nguyen | It is with true love as it is with ghosts;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | everyone talks of it, but few have seen it.
2048/B269698D 1999/03/05 | -La Rochefocauld, Maxims
25 2F 99 19 6C C9 19 D6 1B 9F F1 E0 E9 10 4C 16
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From: "Jon A. Maxwell (JAM)" <[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: 6 Apr 1999 02:35:04 GMT
jedi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (comp.lang.java.advocacy)
|Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|>
|>No loss, they are all mostly crap anyway. Its amazing how nothing
|>ever gets fixed in Unix (like the required tabs in make files).
|
| ??? I've never put tabs in makefiles.
That's because it was fixed.
Jam (address rot13 encoded)
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From: Thomas Keats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Overclocking was: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 22:22:18 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can see why one might want to squeeze a little extra performance out of their
system, but i have always followed the guidline, that it is a temporary
solution. One would best be spent using resources in finding a new chip at a
good decent price..
Last time a friend attempted to overclock Linux (RedHat5.1) actually moved
slower. (P100)
Greg Yantz wrote:
> Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >
> > One little thing though - the Celeron is clock-locked, so you can't
> > overclock it :-(
>
> Celerons are multiplier locked. You can easily overclock them by changing
> the bus speed.
>
> > > >Eugene wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Here is my dream machine:
> > > >>
> > > >> Celeron 366 overclocked to 550
>
> Your dream machine is a toaster oven? Running a Celeron at 450 is likely
> to work. 500 is unlikely. 550 is not a good idea.
>
> -Greg
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From: "James Kosin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ping? ping?
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 23:33:29 -0400
Dear David Claney,
Be sure the Card is not setup for PNP and that you manually configure which
network interface that is connected.
The 3C509 stuff is very tricky. Most of the problems are with which
interface the traffic is going out on. Linux usually doesn't support
auto-sensing with the 3C509 drivers.
Hope this helps,
James Kosin
David Claney <SpamFree*[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7eb5qn$hrl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Using RH 5.2 with the 2.0.36 kernal
> using a 3com etherlink III card 3c509b-C
> Can't ping anybody else on my personal network.
> Initial setup was fine, Card works with windows 95.
> This box set up for dual boot.
> Ifconfig only goes through local loop. i have scoured the newsgroups for
> question posted already have not had any luck.
> Dclaney@Qa(nospam)display.com
> or continuinh this thread would be greatly apreciated
>
>
>
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From: "James Kosin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 1024 cylinders?
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 23:36:26 -0400
Dear Ken Arromdee,
Most Pentium and newer boards support >1024 cylinders. The problems really
start with most 486 boards that DO NOT support >1024 without help and a very
few Pentium boards have this problem.
Thanks,
James Kosin
Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ebsqs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> How can I tell if my BIOS supports putting the boot partition past 1024
> cylinders? (Other than by trying it, of course.) It is a VA-503+
motherboard
> which I got two months ago. The manufacturer's site mentions something
called
> "extended int13" which newer BIOSes have and which is necessary to support
> hard drives above 8 GB (but it doesn't say whether this board specifically
has
> it). Is this what I need?
> --
> Ken Arromdee |They said it was *daft* to build a space
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |station in a swamp, but I showed them!
It
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |sank into the swamp. So I built a second
> http://www.inetnow.net/~arromdee|space station. That sank into the swamp
too.
> --------------------------------+My third space station sank into the
swamp.
> So I built a fourth one. That fell into a time warp and _then_ sank into
the
> swamp. But the fifth one... stayed up! --Monty Python/Babylon 5
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 01:51:10 GMT
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>and in this case -f takes precedence over -i and rm will not prompt you.
>yet a person has argued that this isn't the case and continues to
>believe that -f as a filename doesn't become an option rm would ask.
>if it's this hard to grasp, isn't something wrong?
Well, if you argue like that (i.e. "One person doesn't get it, so it's too
hard"), then there is something wrong with _every_ scheme you could imagine.
In particular, I personally have still not completely figured out all
the subtleties of the ways in which MS-DOS wildcard expansion is broken.
Bernie
--
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From: "vinny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can i get there
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 22:56:09 -0500
hello all,
i can not get x server which is metrox to work on my comp,
i installed linux 5.0 , have a toshiba monitor and s3 card , when i run
$startx i get some /etc/x11/x is not executable,
running xconfigurator crashes after i select the card.
can anyone help or direct me to any support that charge money,
thanks
firas
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