Linux-Hardware Digest #124, Volume #11 Sun, 29 Aug 99 00:13:31 EDT
Contents:
Re: WinModem on VMWARE for Linux ... Workable solution? (Mircea)
Re: WinModem on VMWARE for Linux ... Workable solution? (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: **Please Help me i'm a beginner i have problems whith modem and (Lew Pitcher)
Re: ETHERNET .- (Terrence Coccoli)
Re: USB and Cams (homerm)
Linux on a laptop? ("Alex")
Re: Which soundcard is best for Linux? (Dave Brown)
Creative WebCam II support (Pat Finnegan)
Re: Finding LAN Bottleneck ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2 (Robert H. C. Ralston)
Re: can I tell a winmodem by looking at it? (Jerry Lapham)
Re: which digital LCD panel to use with XFree86? (Mark Cooperstein)
Re: HP Deskjet 1000C ("Robert (Bob) McGwier")
Pre install question ("steve cook")
Re: Re: How to identify winmodem (Davis Eric)
Canon BJC 2000 (Mike McLean)
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WinModem on VMWARE for Linux ... Workable solution?
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:14:20 -0400
Cyrus Mehta wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Crazy idea, but will VMWARE running on a linux Box with a guest OS of Windows9X,
> be able to dial in with my WinModem and establish a PPP connection with my ISP.
>
> Next Q: Can my Linux Environment then be able to see the network connection?
>
> And YES, I know this is a TWEAKY solution around the winmodem problem, but
> since I am considering VMWARE anyways, this might kill two birds with one stone.
>
> Cyrus
No way - that's addressed in a FAQ on their website, somewhere. VMware
will only see and use whatever hardware is already usable in the host
OS, Linux in this case. Hell, it can't even use raw SCSI devices, if
they're not mounted somewhere.
MST
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: WinModem on VMWARE for Linux ... Workable solution?
Date: 28 Aug 1999 23:59:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Cyrus Mehta ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Crazy idea, but will VMWARE running on a linux Box with a guest OS of Windows9X,
> be able to dial in with my WinModem and establish a PPP connection with my ISP.
I am afraid this will not work. As VMWARE emulates devices to the Guest OS,
which VMWARE accesses as normal devices under Linux. If Linux does not
"see" the WinModem then VMWARE can not emulate it. Sorry.
> And YES, I know this is a TWEAKY solution around the winmodem problem, but
> since I am considering VMWARE anyways, this might kill two birds with one stone.
VMWARE is a cool product but it still relays on the underling OS (Linux).
- Justin
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: **Please Help me i'm a beginner i have problems whith modem and
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:17:25 -0400
Drope wrote:
>
> Hello i'm trying linuxversion mandrake 6.0, i have a internal modem card
> logicode 56w-p and totally compatible whith us robotics
> I have also a creative labs sound card 64 PCI
>
> Tha,ks for your answers
> Pedro
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Your Logicode 56WP modem is a 'WinModem' which requires software drivers
in order to work.
As Logicode is no longer in business (see the news article at
http://www.idg.net/crd_logicode_9-48653.html), there is little chance
that Logicode will
develop and release a Linux driver for this modem, or even release the
specs necessary for
someone else to develop a driver. It looks like you gotta get a new
modem, sorry.
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: Terrence Coccoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ETHERNET .-
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:59:15 GMT
http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-12.html
Jorge Dominguez wrote:
> Hi all :
>
> I've installed in my notebook a nic ethernet 3Com Megahertz 10/100 and i
> don't know which is the correct driver for linux red hat 6.0 .-
>
> Can you help me ?
>
> TIA
>
> Jorge Dominguez
> Corrientes-Argentina
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: homerm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB and Cams
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:36:53 -0400
QuestionExchange wrote:
> USB support isn't expected until kernel version 2.4, tenatively
> slated for this Christmas.
> Microsoft's full-time employees together with the people who
> design
> the USB devices write the Windows drivers. The linux drivers
> are
> written by volunteers who often are helped very little by the
> hardware companies and work in their free time for the fun of
> it.
>
> --
> This answer is courtesy of QuestionExchange.com
>
>http://www.questionexchange.com/servlet1/showUsenetGuest?ans_id=3010&cus_id=USENET&qtn_id=2554
This may not be 100% accurate. Ceck out this site:
http://www.dynamine.net/linux-usb/HOWTO/
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From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on a laptop?
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:53:35 -0700
Hi, I'm new to Linux, and have it installed on a Pentium 200 with 64 MB of
RAM, and haven't thought about a modem or anything; it's just a stand-alone
"experimental" at the moment. However, a new computer is in my immediate
future, and since I'll be in college and moving around a lot I was hoping to
get a laptop, and since I like Linux (so far, anyway) I was hoping to have
Linux on this laptop.
Now, my question is what makes a good Linux laptop? Is it something that is
worth the time and money to setup, or not? My primary use for it would be
C/C++ programming and other nerdy stuff, so I'm not looking for glitzy,
beefy multimedia capabilities; I'm more attracted to sheer computing power.
Can anybody give me an idea of what I'm getting myself into? Heck, I'd even
like to hear someone's description of their dream Linux machine, just to get
an idea of what is a priority, and what's not.
Thanks very much,
Alex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Which soundcard is best for Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 29 Aug 99 00:59:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michel Catudal wrote:
>Tim Izod wrote:
>>
>> Or in preference, use the ALSA driver
>> (http://www.alsa-project.org or look on freshmeat). The ALSA drivers
>> are free, they're GPL and IMHO they sound better. Plus you get
>> /dev/dsp support if you compile them with OSS support. The reasons why
>> ...
>
>They are actually a pain in the ass to install. I read thru the doc
>and flushed the file. Too much shit to do just to get a stupid
I tried to do the ALSA drivers. After downloading and attempting to
compile, it needed some libraries and/or tools that weren't installed.
After installing the needed libraries and tools and successfully compiling
and installing, ---they didn't work! I've decided that sound is just
not worth it!
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: Pat Finnegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative WebCam II support
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:18:16 -0500
Is there any support/projects developing support for the parallel
version of the Creative WebCam II? I just got one and I want to stay
away from WinBlows as much as possible.
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Finding LAN Bottleneck
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 01:14:37 GMT
> SohoWare SFA110A
Am interested to know if you did anything special
to make the SohoWare NIC work (assuming it's in a
Linux rather than Windows box)?
I had problem with port hanging (everything would
resume on bouncing port with ifconfig) until I
changed a couple of values in the driver (using
Becker's current stable, not development and not
driver with kernel release, version.
Though I still got some strange behavior,
including surprising number of collisions, hangs
went away.
I have not had a chance to optimize settings or
investigate collisions, but did condunct some
informal tests between this box (with Cyrix
MII-333 (3X83)) with fast UDMA IDE disk and a true
tulip equipped AMD-k6 with a slow UDMA IDE disk,
transferring a 150 mb file each way, using both
NFS and FTP.
My NFS transfers averaged about 3.9mb, FTP about
5.2.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert H. C. Ralston)
Subject: Re: Need last word on AMD K6-2
Date: 29 Aug 1999 02:05:06 GMT
In article <37bf6e34.37617647@news>, Scott H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I'm running my K6-2 450 on an FIC PA-2013 revision 2 board with one
>meg cache. But if I had to do it again, I would more than likely pick
>up an Epox EP-MVP3G2. FIC's tech support leaves a lot to be desired,
>while I've heard nothing but good things about Epox and their
>products.
You're not kidding! The FIC PA-2013 currently on the market will *burn
out* if you try to use it with a 3DFX Voodoo3 3000 AGP card. This little
tidbit is not found anywhere on the box, in the manuals, or even on FIC's
US web site. You have to go dig through their Taiwan site to find the
tech support FAQ where this is mentioned. Well, anyway, you can guess
what happened to me about a week after I put together my brand-spankin'
new machine. The damn motherboard not only croaked itself, it trashed my
Voodoo3 card too! I will *never* buy another FIC product again, and I
would firmly recommend that staying away from their products.
Robert Ralston
1L, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry Lapham)
Subject: Re: can I tell a winmodem by looking at it?
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:41:06
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/27/99
at 05:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) said:
> "Wilbur Killebrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > For all practical purposes, if it is a PCI or ISA/EISA board, there is
> > little chance of it being anything but a winmodem.
> For PCI. If it's an ISA card, is is definitely _NOT_ a winmodem.
No, lots of "winmodems" are ISA. PCI modems are a relatively recent
phenomenum.
-Jerry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Cooperstein)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: which digital LCD panel to use with XFree86?
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 03:25:31 GMT
Henry,
Not wanting to be contrary, but exactly what model NEC Multisync LCD
monitor did you use that was _digital_. All of the LCD models I could find on
NEC's web site were analog. Just curious, as I am having a dickens of a time
getting a Princeton DPP 560 digital LCD monitor to work with Xfree86. It
comes with the ATI Xpert/LCD digital AGP interface, and so far I can't get
squat from it.
Mark
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henry Davies
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>You don't say what resolution you are trying to get.
>
>I have used the NEC Multisync LCD monitor and that works with most any
>video driver (if I say any someone will correct me, I only used a couple
>really).
>
>I have used a couple different approaches based on Chips and
>Technologies chips. At least one of these was limited to VGA resolution
>and the other we only needed VGA for an embedded application.
>
>Alex Lewin wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to get a digital LCD panel for my computer running XFree86.
>> I'm having trouble figuring out which ones are actually compatible.
>> I know the Number Nine/Silicon Graphics pair, but it's expensive
>> ($2k+).
>>
>> Anyone have any experience using digital panels with XFree86,
>> whether linux, freebsd or whatever?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Alex
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Robert (Bob) McGwier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 1000C
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 02:53:40 GMT
Did you TRY printtool and setting it to 550C/560C/6xxC? My 1120C works
PERFECTLY with this. Maybe the 1000C will as well?
Bob
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <7pst26$2cf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I have an HP Deskjet 1000C (or C-something-or-another) that I got
> > before the 1100 and 1200 series (better printers) came out, but I have
> > to live with it... and I want a driver for it to use under Linux. I
> > have searched the HP site (someone had asked the question before and
> > the moderator didn't know) as well as this newsgroup and have found
> > nothing applicable. Please notify me if I have missed something,
> > because I am quickly becoming desprate. Any help would be much
> > appreciated!
> >
> > Kenneth Arnold
> >
> > PS - Even an extremely buggy pre-pre-release would be better than
> > nothing!
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
> >
> For anyone else searching on this issue, I have come up with some
> (depressing) information as far as the Deskjet 1000C printer. As it
> turns out, it, and several other newer HP printers, are so-called PPA
> printers, which make the computer do most of the processing rather than
> the printer. They are not quite Winprinters, however, because there is a
> driver availible that will work in a pinch. Someone has figured out
> enough about the PPA protocol to get a reduced, grayscale driver that
> works with Ghostscript. Anyone with knowledge of this protocol please
> help with this project. The Ghostscript printer compatibility page is
> located at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html, and that page has
> a link to the information.
>
> Kenneth Arnold
>
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From: "steve cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pre install question
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:06:49 -0700
Hi
Can I install linux and lilo on my primary slave drive and boot from a
floppy. I would like to avoid any problems on my primary master drive.
Thanks Steve
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From: Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.hardware.arch.intel,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Re: How to identify winmodem
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 02:36:48 GMT
Hi, there,
This modem stuff is really boring for Linux users. When will this kind
of stupid modem not be manufatured? sigh.
In my case, I used minicom in Linux to indentify my modem. The only
thing you need to do is fire up minicom in linux, then according to the
instruction it gives to talk to your modem. After using AT command, if
you get the message like "on-line" or "connected", then it is not a
winmodem. If you still get "off-line", then it is a winmodem.
I think winmode should be called losemodem instead.
Good luck to you,
Davis
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Weiss) wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>
> I need to jump in on this, my modem simply won't work on Linux, no
> matter what I do. I'll answer the questions, then comment at the
> bottom.
>
> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:56:50 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy
> Dixon) wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:30:49 GMT, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>I've purchased a secondhand pc without much documentation. I run
> >>Win98 and
> >
> >>just installed Red Hat Linux 6.0. I understand that "winmodems"
> >>will not
> >
> >>work with Linux and would like to know if there is a way to
> >>identify
> >
> >>whether or not my modem is a "winmodem". Any help would be
> >>appreciated.
> >
> >>--
> >
> >Sigh. Even if I *used* Windows, I'd think WinModems are a horrible
> >thing. I don't want to use my CPU to do the work of my modem. Grr.
> >
> >Anyway, if you know the manufacturer of the modem, you can do some
> >sluething online, but you probably already figured that out. Some
> >modems are good about this (they have "WinModem" printed on them, or
> >in the docs). These are easy. If they aren't clear, it becomes
> >largely a guessing game. Some of these clues might apply to
> >determining which box in Best Buy is WinModem.
> >
> >A couple clues that might help;
> >1. If it's PCI, there's a good chance is WinModem; if it's not, it
> >likely isn't. PCI cards have quick enough access to the system to
> >send the raw data to the modem software, that actually decodes and
> >decompresses it (this is the part that doesn't work in Linux). ISA
> >cards generally do not.
>
> It's PCI.
>
> >2. If you can change the port settings (com1, etc) via jumpers,
> >even if the card is "Plug and Play," it likely is not a WinModem.
> >If it's set to Plug and Play, you may have trouble getting it to
> >work in Linux anyway; in that case, manually set com settings.
>
> Not good.
>
> >3. If there's software with it that says something like, "Requires
> >Pentium 133, 16MB RAM, Windows 95" it is likely (though not
> >necesarily) a WinModem. WinModems have that kind of system
> >requirement to run the modem software, but some manufacturers get
> >sloppy about what's needed to run the modem as opposed to what's
> >needed to run the software they bundle with the modem. If it says
> >you can use DOS, you're defnitely good to go (the WinModem software
> >won't run in DOS any more than Linux).
>
> No documentation.
>
> >4. Similar to #3, if you can uninstall the modem software and
> >communicate with it from HyperTerminal, you're good to go: With the
> >modem driver completely uninstalled, a WinModem will be as dead in
> >Windows as it is in Linux, and HyperTerminal won't let you talk with
> >it. Similarly, if you can echo 'ath1' to the port in Linux and hear
> >a dial tone (or use a Linux terminal emulator to talk to the modem),
> >you're good to go.
>
> No software. Uses Generic 33.6 on Win98.
>
> >5. If it supports "virtual com ports" up to numbers like 9 and 12,
> >it is likely a WinModem (though, again, not necessarily); WinModems
> >don't have to use a hardware com port, so it's easier to use
> >non-standard ports (1-4 are "standard").
>
> Standard ports.
>
> >6. Not much use for you, but helpful in the store, should you
> >decide this is a WinModem and need to buy a new one: if it's really
> >cheap, it's a WinModem (or junk, or a junky WinModem -- something to
> >avoid in any case). WinModems have less hardware (specifically, no
> >microcontrooler or on-board CPU) so they are cheaper to manufacture.
> >If it's $20, it's a WinModem. If it's $80, it likely is not.
> >Exceptions for specials, etc. naturally apply.
>
> Great, I have $80 to spare ...
>
> >7. If it calls itself "controller based" it's not a WinModem (that's
> >the distinguishing factor -- Creative makes a big deal of this on
> >one of their modems, recognizing it as a selling factor).
>
> No documentation.
>
> >8. Similar to 6 and 7, if you look at the card and it's tiny with
> >only a couple (3 or 4) IC's, it's probably a WinModem. If it's
> >packed with lots of stuff and is fairly large (nearly full size),
> >it's probably not a WinModem.
>
> Almost the same size as my SB64 GOLD, if it helps.
>
> >9. If it's external (again, not much use for you), it's not a
> >WinModem.
>
> Internal, natch.
>
> >10. If it's "slow" it's probably not a WinModem. Software is what
> >makes 56K modems different than 33.6 modems, so it's silly to
> >produce a 33.6 WinModem.
>
> 33.6
>
> >11. If all else fails, but you can identify the modem, post info
> >here and see if anybody recognizes it.
>
> Well, here you go.
>
> The card was identified for me, by the FCC number. The company, in
> Taiwan, has no web page, or any way to reach them.
>
> I've used a few dialer packages in Linux, as well as the RH dialer,
> no luck.
>
> It dials, handshakes, connects, then disconnects. This loops.
> /var/log/messages says something about "modem in use", "process
> exiting", then it dials, and does the above.
>
> Any ideas? I'm at the end of my rope here.
>
> - --
> Bill Weiss
> PGP key: http://home.earthlink.net/~cultobill/bill_weiss.asc
> ICQ#: 43270740
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From: Mike McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Canon BJC 2000
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 20:33:19 -0700
I've seen that others have gotten their bjc 2000's to work, but mine
does not. The parallel port driver shows it being connected, but I
can't get it to print
I'm running debian potato and used magicfilter to set it up.
Here's my /etc/printcap:
#
# Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
# provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given
# to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the
University
# may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
# software without specific prior written permission. This software
# is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.
#
# @(#)etc.printcap 5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
#
# This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig.
#
lp|bjc2000|Cannon BJC 2000:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc2000:\
:sh:\
:pw#80:\
:pl#66:\
:px#1440:\
:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/bj600-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
I'm using aladdin ghostscript 5.50
Mike
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