Linux-Hardware Digest #180, Volume #11 Sat, 4 Sep 99 16:13:30 EDT
Contents:
Hardware monitor ("Anders �quist")
Re: need x server for banshee! ("Bart Dumon")
ESS SOLO-1 (Kris)
AIC7xxx: "Sequencer Ram Parity Error" - what's broken? (Andreas Jaeger)
problems installing Zip drive (parallel port) ("Autometic")
Re: Dynalink ISPH64 and SuSE Linux 6.1 ("Henrik Stokseth")
Re: multimonitor (Bryan)
FS:Cobalt CacheRaQ/Servers 40-50%off Only a few left! (GbyTheSea)
Re: Logitech Marble FX Trackball (teknite)
Re: SIS 620 Finally Works In High Resolution, just had to go to their website for
the linux drivers, duh :) ("Triumph TR-7")
Delphi for Linux ("Ecmel ERCAN")
Linux IRQ/PNP support for UMAX DTC-3181 SCSI controller? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: netscape fonts... (john)
PCI-PCI expansion (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Lundberg)
Re: ECC Memory? (J. Scott Berg)
Logitech wheel mouse (Andrew Dresden)
Re: 3.5 drive turns into 5.25 drive!!! (Jim)
Re: Recommend a good case (John Hagen)
Re: memorex 1622 fixation problems (David A. Rogers)
Re: netscape fonts... (Steven Martin)
Re: Please help: Adaptec/Seagate booting problem (M. Buchenrieder)
where to find modem compatibility lists? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How do I get my STB PCITV card working under Linux?
Re: Lots of hardware problems can anyone help (ppp, sblive, wintv) (Michael Byrne)
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From: "Anders �quist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware monitor
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 14:37:45 GMT
Looking for similar program like Winbond, Motherboard monitor but for Linux,
to montitor system temp volatage amongst other.
/Anders
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From: "Bart Dumon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need x server for banshee!
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 15:53:17 +0200
go to www.3dfx.com there you'll find an X-server for your banshee (at least
I did)
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From: Kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ESS SOLO-1
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 14:52:48 GMT
My Aptiva came with ESS SOLO-1 sound. The Hardware HOWTO says that
this is unsupported. Am I sunk or is there a work around? Any help
appreciated.
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From: Andreas Jaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AIC7xxx: "Sequencer Ram Parity Error" - what's broken?
Date: 04 Sep 1999 17:15:08 +0200
My new computer locks up after some minutes. Sometimes it already
complains at boot up with the following message:
(scsi0) BRKADRINT error(0x8):
Sequencer Ram Parity Error
(scsi0) SEQADDR=0x17
Kernel panic: aic7xxx: unrecoverable BRKADRINT.
My system: Pentium III 500 with 256 MB on Asus P2B-S board with
AIC7890. The scsi devices are a Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1201
Fast/Ultra-SE and a IBM DNES-309170W Ultra2-LVD.
I'm running Linux 2.2.10 (2.2.12 has the same problems).
Any ideas what might be broken and how to fix this?
I had the system up and running for three hours (without problems) ---
yesterday. But today an uptime of five minutes is the most I can
get.:-( I don't think I've changed anything at all, I just stress
tested it today with some compilations.
Thanks,
Andreas
--
Andreas Jaeger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
for pgp-key finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Autometic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems installing Zip drive (parallel port)
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 01:08:53 -0700
I am having lots of trouble installing my ZIP (parallel port) drive in RH6
I have entered the following:
in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
/sbin/insmod ppa
in /etc/conf.modules
alias scsi_hostadapter ppa
alias parprt_lowlevel parport_pc
in /etc/fstab
/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat defaults,noauto 0 0
in /mnt/, I created the zip directory
After booting, I entered mount /mnt/zip and the following appeared:
(I also tried: mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip)
ppa0: unresolved symbol parport_claim_Rcca15f23
ppa0: unresolved symbol parport_register_device_R064cbecf
ppa0: unresolved symbol parport_unregister_device_R3618c96f
ppa0: unresolved symbol parport_enumerate_R648d1e26
ppa0: unresolved symbol parport_release_R4430d136
The system showed me that the ZIp drive is connected using sda4.
Does anyone know how to handle this problem ?
Thanks in advance
Manuel Sul
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From: "Henrik Stokseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dynalink ISPH64 and SuSE Linux 6.1
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 16:16:42 GMT
heh, perhaps i should have mentioned the model name:
it is a TAS100H, manufacturer AsusCom but reseller Dynalink.
Sincerely Henrik Stokseth. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(remove NOSPAM. to use)
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From: Bryan <Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: multimonitor
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 16:21:13 GMT
gullickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: does linux support a multimonitor setup like win98? If so what information is
: available?
xfree86 will do this in 4.0. shortly.
metro-x will do this with matrox cards for $39
Xig will do this for about $300.
--
Bryan, http://www.Grateful.Net - Linux/Web-based Network Management
->->-> to email me, you must hunt the WUMPUS and kill it.
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Subject: FS:Cobalt CacheRaQ/Servers 40-50%off Only a few left!
Date: 04 Sep 1999 17:22:06 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (teknite)
Subject: Re: Logitech Marble FX Trackball
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 11:36:30 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Get a package called imwheel and follow the instructions.
It involves putting 2 statements in the XFConfig file
and restarting X. Then you type in imwheel -k and it should
function.
It works with my Logitech Mouseman Wheel mouse.
Try http://www.freshmeat.net for the package.
teknite
On 3 Sep 1999 21:56:24 GMT, Scott Gennari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Hi,
>
>> does anybody know if it is working with Linux and can give some thoughts on
>> his/her expierence.
>> THANX,
>> Henrik Becker
>
>I couldn't get my Logitech Marble FX trackball to work with SuSE 6.2.
>
>Same goes for my PS/2 MS intellimouse .....
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From: "Triumph TR-7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: SIS 620 Finally Works In High Resolution, just had to go to their website
for the linux drivers, duh :)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 12:35:33 -0500
Stephan Skrodzki wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Allix wrote:
>>
>> Well I'm still kicking myself , for not going to their website in the
first
>> place, for all you SIS people out there , head straight to www.sis.com.tw
>> I can finally get 16 , 24 and 32 bit modes in linux, and boy does it ever
>> look good
>
Argh. I have their 591(I think) integrated video card onboard the mobo.
Can't even get it to work in regular vga. even treid the drivers and all it
does is blank the screen, and scramble the text mode when I bail out.
XF86setup just sits there.
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From: "Ecmel ERCAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Delphi for Linux
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:17:08 +0400
Hi,
Is there any newsgroup or website which we can discuss the so called Delphi
for Linux?
If not, I had set-up a place in my forum are at
http://avrora.virtualave.net/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=linux
If you know, another place please inform.
Ecmel ERCAN
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.periphs.scanners
Subject: Linux IRQ/PNP support for UMAX DTC-3181 SCSI controller?
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 17:34:35 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have just purchased a UMAX 1220S scanner, which comes with
a SCSI controller card which is actually a rebadged
Domex (also known as DTC) DTC-3181 scsi card.
On the 18th of April a couple of posters to comp.periphs.scsi
gave information on how one could use this card under Linux.
The last message of the thread from 'Frank' stated that one could
alter the default jumper setting of the card from PNR ('plug &
run') to PNP ('plug & play') upon which Linux would be able
to use interrupts with the card. The default setting doesn't
enable interrupts, making use of the scanner under Linux
quite slow.
Thanks to the information in the messages to date I'm able to
use the scanner under Linux 2.2.12 with no interrupts, but when
I change the jumper the card 'disappears' - neither Linux nor
Windows 98 can find it!
Does anyone have this card working under Linux in Plug-and-Play
mode, using interrupts?
(I tried to contact 'Frank' but he seems to have moved on; his
e-mail address bounces mail)
Thanks,
Brad Rosser
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: john <john*nospam*@jjgb.com>
Subject: Re: netscape fonts...
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 10:07:27 -0600
Mark McDougall wrote:
> "J. Blair" wrote:
>
> > i'm running netscape 4.61 on my system, and i'm wondering why the fonts
> > are so small. is there a way to change this? in the preferences, i
> > changed the font size of the "variable width" and "fixed width" fonts,
> > but not all the fonts on the screen are large. in winblows, the fonts
> > are all rather large and legible. thanks for your help...jimmy
>
> I suspect this is because the fonts displayed are not the 'default'
> fonts but rather fonts specified in the html itself, which is why
> changing system settings won't help at all.
>
> I'm having the exact same problem (eg. <http://www.retrogames.com>)
> which, from memory, specifies a font size of 2. I can barely read it!
>
> Anyone know the solution???
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> | Mark McDougall |
> | Engineer |
> | Virtual Logic Pty Ltd |
> | http://www.vl.com.au |
You should be able to set the actual size of the fonts in the
edit|preferences|appearance|fonts menu. I have mine set ti twelve points.
The fontsize 2 is a reference in the HTML. Default font size is 3. If you
never use a tag to change font size, 3 is it. And if you have 12 points set
as your default size, then anything displayed in a document without a font
size reference, will be displayed in 12 points. If 12 points is too small in
your screen resolution, then bump the font size in your
edit|preferences|appearance|fonts menu...
--
Please remove *NOSPAM* for Email reply...
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Lundberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI-PCI expansion
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 20:20:17 +0200
Hi,
Does anyone know if any PCI2PCI-card exist?
As many others, I have only 4 slots in my PC which are full
and I would like to add other cards.
Or in worst case - would it be possible to build a 1-to-4
PCI splitter using a PCI-PCI bridge (eg. Intel 21152) and would
this require any drivers or would the OSes (Linux and Windows)
see the cards plugged into the expansion without further fiddling?
Bjorn Lundberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J. Scott Berg)
Subject: Re: ECC Memory?
Date: 4 Sep 1999 17:09:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bobby D. Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>J. Scott Berg wrote:
>
>> I have a system that was built by a local vendor using an FIC
>> motherboard. The system is up 24/7, and every couple of months it
>> picks up a 1-bit memory error in a cached executable; the only way to
>> get the executable to run again is to reboot.
>
>Does the program actually run constantly, or does it just get to keep the
>cache due to lack of competition? In the latter case you might be able to
>bump it out of cache by running some kind of hog program for a few
>minutes.
I made a half-hearted effort at doing this, to no avail. I did find
out about a program called flushb which comes with e2fsprogs but is
not installed by default; that may do the trick, and I'll try it next
time I have a problem. What I could also do is just write a program
which allocates major amounts of memory and writes zeros to it.
--
J. Scott Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3025 E. Amy Ln. (812) 339-8368
Bloomington, IN 47408-4220
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Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 14:39:11 +0000
From: Andrew Dresden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Logitech wheel mouse
Any one know how to get a Logitech wheel mouse to work in all Linux
apps?
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From: Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 3.5 drive turns into 5.25 drive!!!
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 17:31:07 GMT
Thanks Brett...actually I tried that...and still no luck! I even opened
the computer, unhooked the drive, rebooted, then rehooked and rebooted in
the hopes that i could make the computer find it but no.
thanks again though...
Jim
B. Allen wrote:
>
> Try going into device manager in Windows (start, control panel, system,
> device manager tab), find the drive and click on remove. Then restart
> windows and see if it detects it again correctly, or use the add new
> hardware feature.
>
> Brett
>
> Jim wrote in message ...
> >I know it sounds stupid, but I have Win98 running on my computer and I
> >installed Caldera's Linux, with Partition Magic. EVerything went great,
> >until I checked "MY COMPUTER" on Win98 and my 3.5 floppy drive turned
into
> >a 5.25 drive. MY BIOS was not changed. Thats the first place I
checked.
> >When I boot, and check my CMOS it says 3.5 1.44MB floppy...no problem.
> >When Win98 boots it shows 5.25, and I don't know how to fix it, and of
> >course I now have no 3.5 floppy to use....
> >any thoughts???
> >Thanks
> >Jim
> >
> >------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> > http://www.searchlinux.com
>
>
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Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 11:38:28 +0000
From: John Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Recommend a good case
Pearce wrote:
>
> I am putting together a new system and need some feedback. I need a
> good case that will accept the ATX form factor and have a 300W power
> supply. Anyone care to recommend one? Thanks!
I'm using a PC Power and Cooling ATX mid-tower case. It has side-opening
panels and is well designed. Heavy-duty frame and has (3) 5 1/4" and (2)
3 1/2" bays external bays. Case is 17"x17" and seems a little larger
than typical for mid-tower cases, a plus IMO.
I opted for the additional hard drive mounting frame (+$5), so I have
space for 4 hard drives inside the case. I went with 2 high-capacity
fans in addition to the power supply fan and the PC P&C 300W heavy duty
power supply.
The power supply _was_ expensive, but a friendly electronics engineer
took a look at the performance, filtering and hold-up time specs for the
power supply and said "Buy it!". Power supply has some filtering of
input line voltage, unusual for most setups.
Total was about $225. Expensive, yes, but I think I'll get years of use
out of the case. I like the no-nonsense design of the frame and internal
mounting systems and, although it loses on style points, it is solidly
put together (as opposed to Enlight).
Cases are the item that almost everyone skimps on, but a good one will
do you right for years and years.
PS. These cases are used by Penguin Computing for their systems (FWIW).
Hope this helps,
--
john hagen ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David A. Rogers)
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.periphs.cdr,comp.publish.cdrom.software
Subject: Re: memorex 1622 fixation problems
Date: 4 Sep 1999 16:24:13 GMT
On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 15:58:26 GMT, Dino7 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> speaketh
saying:
>strange! make shure u close the disk
Thanks for the tip, but it's not a problem with the software I use. It does
that automatically unless I tell it not to.
I use cdrecord under Linux, generally. Linux doesn't have the fragmentation
or the time-slicing issues that Windows does. The only time I make disks
under Windows is when I'm backing up my Windows drive.
cheers,
dar
>David A. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I got my Memorex-1622 three months ago, but haven't had a whole lot of
>time to
>> play with it. I made some audio disks early on without a hitch. Now I'm
>> trying to write data disks and none of the four attempts has been
>successful.
>> They all fail during fixation. I can't remember the brand of media I've
>been
>> using but they're blue on gold.
>>
>> It seems to occur no matter what software or os I'm using. I tried both
>> Windows with the software that came with the hardware and linux using
>> cdrecord.
>>
>> I guess I'll try a different media. But why would audio cds work fine and
>not
>> data cds?
>>
>> Anything else to suggest?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> dar
>>
>>
>
>
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From: Steven Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape fonts...
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 12:21:11 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am also running netscape 4.61. The font size for my message list was
too small and is not set in the preferences menu. I was able to find
this section in the "~/.netscape/Netscape.ad" file. Just search on the
"XmLGrid*fontlist" sections:
---- snip -----
! These are the fonts used in the outline lists used in Mail, News,
Bookmarks,
! and Address Book windows. (Note that there can't be any whitespace
after
! the commas.)
! For non-SUN platforms, user can accept font size to be 10 pt on the
message li
st
!Netscape*XmLGrid*fontList:\
!-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*,\
!-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*=BOLD,\
!-*-helvetica-medium-o-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*=ITALIC
! For SUN platforms, user wants default font size to be 12 pt on the
message lis
t to be readable
Netscape*XmLGrid*fontList:\
-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*,\
-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*=BOLD,\
-*-helvetica-medium-o-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*=ITALIC
===== snip =======
As you can see, I have the non-Sun platform section commented out. I am
running on a PC but the Sun platform section makes the message list more
readable.
Hope this helps.
john wrote:
>
> You should be able to set the actual size of the fonts in the
> edit|preferences|appearance|fonts menu. I have mine set ti twelve points.
> The fontsize 2 is a reference in the HTML. Default font size is 3. If you
> never use a tag to change font size, 3 is it. And if you have 12 points set
> as your default size, then anything displayed in a document without a font
> size reference, will be displayed in 12 points. If 12 points is too small in
> your screen resolution, then bump the font size in your
> edit|preferences|appearance|fonts menu...
>
> --
> Please remove *NOSPAM* for Email reply...
--
Steve Martin, NR7P
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Please help: Adaptec/Seagate booting problem
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 14:15:51 GMT
"Phil Botha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I installed RH6 on two ST11900N (1.7G) SCSI HDDs running from an Adaptec AHA
>1542CF.
[...]
Try disabling the option "support for DOS drives > 2GB" in the AHA1542
BIOS menu.
Michael
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Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: where to find modem compatibility lists?
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 18:50:17 GMT
Hi,
I need to find a compatibility list for 56k modems, so that I can go
buy one. My wonderful internet-bought computer didn't have a
compatible graphics card (ATI Rage Pro 128gl) so I bought the XiG
server to make it work (works great). Now I find that I've definitely
got a Winmodem - it doesn't work either. It's time to pull my head
out of the sand and research before I buy - saves time AND money.
I've searched a few places already, but haven't hit a definitive list
yet for hardware - mainly searched thru the Redhat site. Actually I
just bought the Cheapbytes Mandrake 6.0 CD and it wouldn't install
(got to the end and keeps hanging), so I've gone back to RH5.1 for
now.
My brother-in-law says to buy a US ROBOTICS 56K internal modem,
although my first impulse was to go ahead and get an external one.
Any advice, or pointers to hardware compatibility lists??
Thanks,
Chip Rose.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.hardware.arch.intel,redhat.general
Subject: How do I get my STB PCITV card working under Linux?
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 01:31:06 GMT
I have an STB PCITV card and I want to know how to get it to function
under Linux.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Byrne)
Subject: Re: Lots of hardware problems can anyone help (ppp, sblive, wintv)
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 19:14:40 GMT
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 22:18:56 +0100, "John-Paul Stanford"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> > I Have a Happuage WinTV Card that I can't get working. I'm using the
>> > latest bttv drivers and xawtv. I've followed the instructions in the
>> > Readme.HAUPPAGE file. The modules will install but I can't seem to
>> > get any picture at all when I try to tune the card in.
>>
>> What if you try to use composite or svhs? Did you set
>>
>> PLL=-DUSE_PLL=0
>>
>
>I've found what the problem is with the WinTV Card. I had setup the card
>correctly
>in the drivers directory but was over rideing it with the wong card setting
>when I
>insmod'ed the module. The TV Card works as well as windows now :)
JP,
I wonder could you tell me how you are getting the TV card to work
with the SBLive. I have both of the above working fine (ie soundcard
fine with wavs, cd's, mp3's etc, tvcard working in terms of picture)
but I cant get sound to work for the tv progs.
I have checked the mixer settings, tried each of line1, line-in etc
and experimented with different driver loading settings.
If you have sound working with this combo I would be grateful if you
could let me know how
Thanks
mick
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