Linux-Hardware Digest #224, Volume #11 Fri, 10 Sep 99 17:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Re: AMD K6-2 (Robert Sheskin)
Re: Anyone got a Umax Astra 1220S working? (Robert Fargher)
Re: CD burner suggestions? (Bryan)
Re: DMA support (martin)
Re: Help Choosing a new CPU (Greg Leblanc)
Re: Problem Mounting ATAPI CD-ROM (QuestionExchange)
Re: New beta driver for SB Live (Ian McLeod)
Re: New PC, linux compatible? ("Frank Winans")
pcmcia not working on Dell Inspiron ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem Mounting ATAPI CD-ROM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
AMD K6-2 (Swami Chandrasekaran)
Serial port problem ("G.T.")
Re: raid + quotas (QuestionExchange)
Re: Sound Blaster Live (Value) (QuestionExchange)
Re: SuSE Linux 6.2 - Voodoo Banshee Problem (Buto)
Re: How to configure modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Caldera 2.2 and Logitech First Mouse + (w/ Wheel) and MS Wheel ("Andrew J.
Norman")
Re: Problems configuring Sound Blaster 128 PCI. HELP!!!! (Jonathan Jette)
Re: Gateway 5150: Touchpad "rocker" -> Button 2? (Paul Vojta)
Help Choosing a new CPU (Thomas)
Success w/ tulip Ethernet on Presario 1800T (Gerald Cecil)
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From: Robert Sheskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K6-2
Date: 10 Sep 1999 13:15:12 -0500
>>>>> "Swami" == Swami Chandrasekaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Swami> I'm planning to buy a new computer with AMD-K6-2 processor
Swami> (400Mhz). Is it compatible with RH 6.0? How is the
Swami> performance and possible troubles I could come across.
I am running a K6-2-450 with Mandrake (optimized Red Hat) and it is
very fast, stable and no compatibility problems. You might want to
take a look at Mandrake as it is Pentium optimized.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fargher)
Subject: Re: Anyone got a Umax Astra 1220S working?
Reply-To: rob@*SPAM*ME*NOT*hyla.dhis.org
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:57:05 -0700
On 9 Sep 1999 06:39:22 GMT, f.g.a.m.wouters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am also trying to get a UMAX 1220S to work, and I have a Tekram DC390 in
>my system.
>Michael Meissner wrote about a DB50 to DB25 cable. Is this an official
>cable or do i have to "bake" it myself ?
>I asked several shops but nobody knows something about such a cable.
>What is the solution ??????????
I have a Umax 610S scanner hooked to my SCSI card. What you want is a cable
as you describe above. However, you might have better luck finding one if
you refer to it as a Mac to SCSI II cable or as a DB25 to micro DB50 cable.
The DB25 connection is a Mac kludge, the micro DB50 connection is SCSI II.
Try Mac stores as well.
SCSI 11 has 50 wires, 24 carrying signals and 26 at ground
potential. A real SCSI II cable will have a signal wire and a
ground wire as a twisted pair. Apple, in their infinite wisdom (may
the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits), decided the
MacIntoy didn't really need such quality. So the Mac kludge has the
standard 24 signal wires and only one ground wire.
>> > Don't scare me, the SCSI card is much of the reason I'm buying this
>> > model, but I could still return it. What's so crappy about the included SCSI
>> > card?
Well, for one thing it doesn't use an IRQ. It's a throwaway, junk card.
If you want to use your scanner in any OS other than windows, get a real SCSI
card. One based upon the NCR/Symbios 810 chip works great in all OS's (Win98,
OS/2, NT, Linux). They are busmastering PCI cards, though (which is what
you want.) They are also sold very inexpensively nowadays.
You will need a cable as described above, though.
Cheers,
Rob
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From: Bryan <Bryan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD burner suggestions?
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 18:19:24 GMT
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: put both reader and burner on the scsi bus. get either plextor or
: yamaha burner and pretty much any scsi cd reader.
no need to do this. why do you say this?
--
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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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:52:31 +0200
From: martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DMA support
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to get DMA / UltraDMA to work...but just standard transfer
> works
> IMOHO the problem is that the kernel doesn't support my chipset...
> Do newer kernels work with my motherboard? or did I do something wrong?
> Any input regarding this matter is highly appreciated.
>
> My system:
> Asus PA-B mainboard (uses the ALI Aladdin V chipset)
> AMD K6-2 333Mhz
> QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A (supports at least DMA)
>
> dmesg prints out :
> Linux version 2.2.5-15 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
> egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon Apr 19 22:21:09
> EDT 1999
> Detected 332760776 Hz processor.
> Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
> Calibrating delay loop... 663.55 BogoMIPS
> Memory: 63080k/65472k available (996k kernel code, 412k reserved, 924k
> data, 60k init)
> VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
> CPU: AMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 00
> Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
> Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0560
> PCI: Using configuration type 1
> PCI: Probing PCI hardware
> <snip>
> apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.9)
> Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
> RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size
> PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 78, VID=10b9,
> DID=5229
> PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
> ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
> PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled
> ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS)
> hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: FX322M, ATAPI CDROM drive
> ide2: ports already in use, skipping probe
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A, 6149MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=784/255/63
> hdb: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache
> Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.54
> <snip>
>
> /proc/pci delivers:
> PCI devices found:
> Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
> Host bridge: Acer Labs Unknown device (rev 4).
> Vendor id=10b9. Device id=1541.
> Slow devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000000].
> Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
> PCI bridge: Acer Labs Unknown device (rev 4).
> Vendor id=10b9. Device id=5243.
> Slow devsel. Master Capable. Latency=64.
> Bus 0, device 3, function 0:
> Bridge: Acer Labs Unknown device (rev 0).
> Vendor id=10b9. Device id=7101.
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
> Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
> ISA bridge: Acer Labs M1533 Aladdin IV (rev 195).
> Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts.
> <snip>
> Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
> IDE interface: Acer Labs M5229 TXpro (rev 193).
> Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable.
> Latency=32. Min Gnt=2.Max Lat=4.
> I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].
>
> and hdparm tells:
> /dev/hda:
>
> Model=QUANTUM FIREBALL EX6.4A, FwRev=A0A.0400, SerialNo=27683203
> Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
> RawCHS=13328/15/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=21298, ECCbytes=4
> BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=418kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
> DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=2(fast)
> CurCHS=784/255/63, CurSects=789577920, LBA=yes, LBAsects=12594960
> tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2
> IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4
>
> thanks in advance, sebastian
>
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Hi, i'm having the same problem, and honestly i think it has to do with the
Ali V Chipset, which uses the 1541-1543 integrated chip for both
busmastering and agp port support. i don't think it has to do with bios
settings, as the bios report screen identifies my drive correctly to be
udma2. But i do think however, that under the current stable versions of the
kernel (2.2.1 and up) it is still a problem to get udma66 going. i have
heard of a solution to work around this under dos setting the busmaster to
udma 33 but couldnt get any proper information on how to do this. any help
on this would be appreciated, and as this is a chipset used quite a lot i
think a lot of people would be grateful for it.
thanks a bunch in adv.
martin
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From: Greg Leblanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help Choosing a new CPU
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 18:19:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am getting ready to replace a Micron system that is a Pentium 200MHz
> CPU, 96MB of RAM, 6.4GB HD, and Diamond Stealth 2000 3D Pro running
> Windows NT4/SP5 and Linux Mandrake 6.0 in a dual-boot config. I will
> be replacing it with a homebuilt system that a friend of mine is
> making. I can choose any components I want to go inside this thing.
>
> Currently (and projected for the future), the primary applications I
> run on this machine are MS Office 97 Pro, MS IE 5, Outlook Express,
> Homesite, IDL (graphics imaging), SPSS (statistical), and Adobe
> PageMill under WNT while Netscape, Star Office 5.1, Gimp, and
> Wordperfect run under Linux. I regularly have multiple applications
> up and running as I am switching data between programs.
Personally, I find a P200 or P200 mmx to be plenty fast enough for these
apps. If I have at least 128MB of ram, I'm all set, becuse I run
similar programs and do a LOT of multi tasking.
>
> What I want to know is the following: Would I be better off getting a
> PII or PIII 450MHz processor and Abit or Asus motherboard with 128MB
> PC100 RAM or running a Celeron 433MHz/466MHz/500MHz on an ABIT BM6
> motherboard with 128MB PC100 RAM? Is there THAT much of a performance
> difference between the Pentium II/III and the Celerons with the above
> applications? I DO NOT want to overclock the Celeron if I go that
> route.
Personally, I might go with a K63 or a celery and get 256 Ram instead.
This will make more of a difference if you're doing a lot of demanding
multi-tasking than the faster processor will.
>
> At the same time, would it be even better to run an ABIT BP6 with dual
> Celeron 433's (not overclocked) and 128MB aof RAM? Both Linux and NT
> handle SMP so I would guess there would be a speed gain with this
> option.
Both OSs do SMP fairly well, I would say that with the 2.2 kernels on
Linux they're about on par. But like I said before, for heavy duty
multitasking RAM is more important than processor speed.
>
> Of most importance here is that the system is fast and STABLE. I want
> to stay away from overclocking because I don't know enough about it
> and I don't want to have to be worried about burning up my hardware.
>
> Also, would someone recoommend an AGP video card that is stable under
> both of these operating systems (WNT and LINUX). Something that is
> say 8-16MB.
Get yourself a G200 if you can get it, they're GREAT cards for running
X, and have very good drivers for NT as well.
>
> Thanks a ton in advance for everyone's comments, help, and feedback.
>
> Hope this doesn't start a global flame war!
>
Greg
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem Mounting ATAPI CD-ROM
Date: 10 Sep 1999 13:1:55 GMT
> I am trying to install Redhat6.0 but I can't get
> the OS to mount and read my CD. I got the error
> 'Mount failed-- Medium not found'. I checked that
> the device /dev/hdc -> /mnt/cdrom existed and is
this --------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ looks a little
bit strange.
/dev/hdc shouldn't be a symlink. (or do i get your
description wrong?)
> listed during the boot-up sequence.
>
> Does anybody know what might be wrong? I am new
> to Linux.
> Thanks,
>
> Yakub
>
>
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>
if you do `ls -l /dev/hdc` you should get something
like this. (the "root" and "disk" thing may be different)
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Dec 17 1998 /dev/hdc
-are you sure that the drive is master on the secondary
ide interface ?
if it is slave on the first interface the divice is /dev/hdb.
for slaves on the secondary interface it is /dev/hdd
-the directory you are mounting to ('/mnt/cdrom')
must exist before you try mounting. maybe there is
just /mnt.
check if the CD is ok. try a normal (pressed not written) one.
could be that the line is /etc/fstab is messed up.
this should do is without reading that file.
mount -t iso9660 -o defaults,ro /dev/hdc /mnt/
hope that helped.
-heinrich
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From: Ian McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.kernel.general
Subject: Re: New beta driver for SB Live
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:53:22 +0930
any idea where I can get this card?
puddin tame wrote:
> I tried it. It works as advertised with RH 6.
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From: "Frank Winans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New PC, linux compatible?
Date: 10 Sep 1999 14:44:45 GMT
We could start a whole newsgroup on this. People doing it for work use
would most
frequently run afoul of the newest vga cards not being supported for
xwindows yet...
> I'm about to put together a new PC. Does anyone have any comments about
> components that are *not* supported under Linux? (FWIW, I've not used
> Linux before, but do have plenty of PC experience).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: pcmcia not working on Dell Inspiron
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:02:08 -0400
I am trying to set up a friend's new Inspiron 7000 but can't get it to start
the pcmcia (and, therefore his network card). During the boot process there
is a mention of the pcmcia and it is supposed to be activated (set in
linuxconf). But it clearly isn't as lsmod doesn't list it. Sounds like I am
overlooking something quite simple, but what is it?
Thanks, Nelson Hogg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem Mounting ATAPI CD-ROM
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:05:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am trying to install Redhat6.0 but I can't get
> > the OS to mount and read my CD. I got the error
> > 'Mount failed-- Medium not found'. I checked that
> > the device /dev/hdc -> /mnt/cdrom existed and is
> this --------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ looks a little
> bit strange.
> /dev/hdc shouldn't be a symlink. (or do i get your
> description wrong?)
> > listed during the boot-up sequence.
> >
> > Does anybody know what might be wrong? I am new
> > to Linux.
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Yakub
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
> >
> >
> if you do `ls -l /dev/hdc` you should get something
> like this. (the "root" and "disk" thing may be different)
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Dec 17 1998 /dev/hdc
> -are you sure that the drive is master on the secondary
> ide interface ?
> if it is slave on the first interface the divice is /dev/hdb.
> for slaves on the secondary interface it is /dev/hdd
> -the directory you are mounting to ('/mnt/cdrom')
> must exist before you try mounting. maybe there is
> just /mnt.
> check if the CD is ok. try a normal (pressed not written) one.
> could be that the line is /etc/fstab is messed up.
> this should do is without reading that file.
> mount -t iso9660 -o defaults,ro /dev/hdc /mnt/
> hope that helped.
> -heinrich
>
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>
Actually /dev/cdrom should be a symlink to your real cdrom (hdb, hdc
etc. ) then a mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom should do the trick. (-t
defaults to iso9660)
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From: Swami Chandrasekaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AMD K6-2
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:01:33 -0500
I'm planning to buy a new computer with AMD-K6-2 processor (400Mhz). Is
it compatible with RH 6.0? How is the performance and possible troubles
I could come across.
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From: "G.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Serial port problem
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:46:35 -0700
Hello all,
> I'm trying to set up an external modem on ttyS0. It had previously been
> on ttyS1 so I know it works there. I linked /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS0 and
> tried to run minicom but I get device or resource busy.
>
> So I tried setserial /dev/ttyS0 and I'm getting the following error
> messages:
>
> Warning: bad magic number for tty struct (04:40) in release_dev
> rs_close: bad serial port count; tty->count is 1, info->count is 2.
>
> Do I have a bad serial port? Could it be disabled in the BIOS? What else
> can I do to troubleshoot?
Oh yeah, I don't have any gettys running on /dev/ttyS0.
Thanks, Greg
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: raid + quotas
Date: 10 Sep 1999 20:28:27 GMT
> Hi there ive set up my file server using raid 5 which works
just great the
> only problem is that I cant set up quotas because the
mounting gets called
> in my rc.local script which occurs after fstab has been run,
any
> suggestions on how to overcome this, I really want to use
quotas in that
> some users abuse the file server and ive found entire cds
worth of mp3.
It's not clear if you are using software or hardware RAID.
Anyway, try adding a line to /etc/fstab to mount RAID
partition, but in
`options` field put noauto,usrquota. For example:
/dev/md1 /mp3 ext2 noauto,usrquota 1 1
Good luck.
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From: QuestionExchange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster Live (Value)
Date: 10 Sep 1999 20:28:47 GMT
> How do I get the SB Live to work in linux? Is it simular to
the SB16?
You can get the driver at
http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
It works for me ;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buto)
Subject: Re: SuSE Linux 6.2 - Voodoo Banshee Problem
Date: 10 Sep 1999 15:29:36 GMT
In article <7qsjfe$4lf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chris Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have been trying to configure XFree86 in Linux 6.2 for use with my Generic
> Banshee card. This, I believe, is built into the SVGA server.
>
>
Chris,
You could try the linux drivers on Creative Labs website:
XF86_Banshee-1.01.tar.gz. I have an Elsa Victory II not a Banshee Blaster,
and the driver works well in rh 5.2. You may want to drastically change the
XF86Config file contained in the tarbell.
nekhbet
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How to configure modem
Date: 10 Sep 1999 12:50:03 PDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <7r72a3$j5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Flavio Moringa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>It4s an internal PCI modem, and I am pretty sure it's not a winmodem
>
>
If it's a PCI it's a sure bet to be a win-modem. (sorry).
--
Just my $0.02 worth.
Hope this helps,
Gordon
Sure this is my real e-mail address. Just try
to get past my spam filters.
There are minor children in this house.
Any adult related spam will result in a
complaint to applicable authorities.
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
From: "Andrew J. Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Caldera 2.2 and Logitech First Mouse + (w/ Wheel) and MS Wheel
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:36:08 GMT
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A number of months back I posted my fixes for the Logitech FirstMouse+
both to this group and to Freshmeat, additionally there is information on
it available on Colas's scroll wheel pages.
For the current distribution see:
http://www.physics.wm.edu/~norman/Mouse_Diag/
There is both a utility read the mouse events, and a piece of code which
performs post-initialization initialization of the wheel on the OEM
version of the mice (M-S48 and M-S48-OEM) Please read the documentation
before emailing me with additional questions.
Andrew J. Norman
______________________________________________________________
Dept. of Physics Phone: 757-221-3571
College of William & Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED]
______________________________________________________________
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Patrick Lam wrote:
> Sorry that I am posting this question to a few groups. I need to get the
> answer ASAP for a reason ....
>
> I am using Caldera 2.2. Somehow I can never get the wheel on my Logitech
> First Mouse+ to work. In XF86Setup, I can't find the appropriate driver for
> it. Is there a driver for it at all? However, choosing MouseManPlus PS/2
> seems to allow the mouse to work fine except the wheel is being ignored.
>
> Also, I tried to switch to the MS Wheel mouse (the cheaper one, not
> IntelliMouse), and tried to choose IntelliMouse as the driver. The mouse
> behaves like crazy! Is this not an appropriate driver for it? Where can I
> find a driver for MS Wheel mouse?
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
>
> Patrick.
>
>
>
>
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From: Jonathan Jette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,fa.linux.sound
Subject: Re: Problems configuring Sound Blaster 128 PCI. HELP!!!!
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:36:05 -0400
Hi JB,
Unfortunatly I've already tried this solution and it didn't work.
Thanks anyway,
Jonathan Jette.
JB wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm having much of the same problem under SuSE 6.1, same sound card. I've
> not tried this yet (I do intend to); however, I've heard that the problem
> might be caused by your system motherboard and BIOS settings which specify
> that the mother board's BIOS should try to manage the plug and play settings
> for all PNP cards. Try disabling this in your BIOS before you boot to
> Linux. I know this is inconvenient and may not work, but its one
> possibility. I'm planning on trying the solution myself later after I'm
> off-line. If you find a better solution (or one that works should this one
> not), please post it here or email me. Thanks
>
> Best Regards,
>
> JB
>
> in response to:
> Miguel wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi there,
> It's the 3rd week that I spend on my computer not being able to
> hear anything coming out of the speakers! I really need help. I use Red
> Hat 6.0. My sound card is Sound Blaster PCI 128 (sound chip es1371). I'm
> also sure that the card is supported since I've seen it explicitly
> mentionned as such on many official sites.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Vojta)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Gateway 5150: Touchpad "rocker" -> Button 2?
Date: 10 Sep 1999 12:47:53 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrew Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all-
>
>I have a Gateway 5150 running RH5.2.
>
>The laptop has a synaptics touchpad with two regular buttons and a
>rocker which in Win is equivalent to a scroll wheel, sitting in between.
>
>Because of the placement of the rocker (between rather than below), it
>is difficult to "chord" and produce a button-2 event.
>
>The rocker would be ideally suited, one would think, to emulate
>button-2, but I haven't figured out a way to do it.
The rocker is ignored unless you put the trackpad into ``absolute mode,''
in which raw finger positions instead of motion events are reported to
the kernel. In Win-9x the driver uses the trackpad in this mode. The X
server could do the same, but it does not at the present time. I have some
patches, but they're still pretty rough.
--Paul Vojta, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
P.S.: Hi from that ugly building with the boarded-up windows just to your
north.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas)
Subject: Help Choosing a new CPU
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:33:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am getting ready to replace a Micron system that is a Pentium 200MHz
CPU, 96MB of RAM, 6.4GB HD, and Diamond Stealth 2000 3D Pro running
Windows NT4/SP5 and Linux Mandrake 6.0 in a dual-boot config. I will
be replacing it with a homebuilt system that a friend of mine is
making. I can choose any components I want to go inside this thing.
Currently (and projected for the future), the primary applications I
run on this machine are MS Office 97 Pro, MS IE 5, Outlook Express,
Homesite, IDL (graphics imaging), SPSS (statistical), and Adobe
PageMill under WNT while Netscape, Star Office 5.1, Gimp, and
Wordperfect run under Linux. I regularly have multiple applications
up and running as I am switching data between programs.
What I want to know is the following: Would I be better off getting a
PII or PIII 450MHz processor and Abit or Asus motherboard with 128MB
PC100 RAM or running a Celeron 433MHz/466MHz/500MHz on an ABIT BM6
motherboard with 128MB PC100 RAM? Is there THAT much of a performance
difference between the Pentium II/III and the Celerons with the above
applications? I DO NOT want to overclock the Celeron if I go that
route.
At the same time, would it be even better to run an ABIT BP6 with dual
Celeron 433's (not overclocked) and 128MB aof RAM? Both Linux and NT
handle SMP so I would guess there would be a speed gain with this
option.
Of most importance here is that the system is fast and STABLE. I want
to stay away from overclocking because I don't know enough about it
and I don't want to have to be worried about burning up my hardware.
Also, would someone recoommend an AGP video card that is stable under
both of these operating systems (WNT and LINUX). Something that is
say 8-16MB.
Thanks a ton in advance for everyone's comments, help, and feedback.
Hope this doesn't start a global flame war!
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From: Gerald Cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Success w/ tulip Ethernet on Presario 1800T
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:07:52 -0700
All. FYI the latest driver 0.91e available from
cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.html
does the trick. Throughput on T100 network is fantastic.
Overall the 1800T works great under Linux. X runs well under the latest
XFree86
release, the LS-120 is supported fine.
Sound & modem are the only remaining deficiencies.
I recommend this box highly, it's very well executed.
Gerald Cecil
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