Linux-Hardware Digest #269, Volume #11 Thu, 16 Sep 99 17:13:37 EDT
Contents:
Driver for Logitech Internet Keyboard (Rainer Wiener)
Re: Sound under X is skipping and popping (Andy Robertson)
Drivers for D-Link DFE-530TX ? (Niall Parker)
Printing on a HP 720C ("Jorge Egoavil")
Re: Linux & smp (Henrik Carlqvist)
Voice Modem Voice Mail Suggestion ("David Cowan")
Re: Linux, sound and Neomagic Magicwave (Dennis Lee)
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? ("G.T.")
Re: UDMA on Ali Aladin V chipset? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sportster Flash: what is it? ("no_carrier")
TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0 (Michael Imberman)
TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0 (Michael Imberman)
Re: TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0 ("Simon Barnard")
linux dvd video player ("Vaessen")
dvd video player for linux ("Vaessen")
TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0 (Michael Imberman)
TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0 (Michael Imberman)
Ethernet & Internet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
IDE Disk Mirroring ("Charlie Miller")
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (Eduard Bloch)
Re: Aiptek HyperPen 6000 Driver (f1ayr)
Re: Lilo +10gig drive setup options. ("Charles Sullivan")
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From: Rainer Wiener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for Logitech Internet Keyboard
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:34:40 +0200
Hello,
for some days I bought me the Logitech Internet Keyboard. And it works fine
with my computer. But I have one question: Is there a driver for the Internet
Keys? So that I can also start my Netscape over this keys?
Cu
Rainer
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From: Andy Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sound under X is skipping and popping
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:55:11 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> Hello everyone
> I am trying to get my Linux workstation to do sound. I am running an
> AMD K63-450, 256 meg ram, S3Virge DX 4mb graphics card, Sound Blaster
> PCI 128 sound card, with the X-Free86 SVGA server.
Let me clear this up a little. I am running Red Hat 6.0, with the
es1370
driver for sound.
> Sound runs fine (except for the CD-ROM, but that's another issue).
But,
> whenever a window under X get's refreshed (I go to a new page under
> netscape), moved (under enlightenment), I hear a popping or clicking
> sound
> on my sound card. Sometimes this occurs when I type text in a window
or
> move the
> mouse over the window. This noise is sometimes like static, other
times
> it is like
> running finger nails over a chalk board.
> The sound files are wav's or MP3's. The distortion is less sever
under
> mpg123 versus X11Amp, but it is still mostly there. Does anyone have
> any
> idea how to fix this? Is it that the drivers for this sound card are
> not that sophisticated? Is it that this is a problem for all Linux
> sound
> cards? Is this a problem with X?
To fix this, I tried and failed at the following
1: Booting with the linux no-hlt option
2: Trying different mp3 players
3: Double and tripple checking the sound settings
4: Using nice to change the priority of the sound applications
(esd, x11mp3, mpq123).
5: Looking for buffering options for the sound driver.
6: Tried setting and unsetting the X PCI-burst options
To fix this, I succeeded at the following.
1: Building my own 2.2.11 kernel. Why this fixed it, I do not
know.
I was running the default RH 6.0 kernel. The kernel I compiled had
the minimum options, with no modules.
> I would appreciate any pointers, posted to this newsgroup or emailed
> directly to me.
Thanks for everyones help and suggestions.
> Thanks!
> andy
I now hope this helps someone in a similar situation.
> --
> Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never
> do any harm to the world. -- Voltaire
andy
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:23:13 -0700
From: Niall Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Drivers for D-Link DFE-530TX ?
Anyone have (or working on) drivers for the DFE-530TX ethernet card ?
I've sent in a request via DLink technical support, let's see if they
live up to support for "today's most popular operating systems" ! ;)
... Niall
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From: "Jorge Egoavil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing on a HP 720C
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:59:21 -0500
Please, can anyone help me configure my Hewlett-Packard 720C printer?
I'm running RedHat 6.0 on a Pentium MMX 200MHz with 32MB of RAM.
Thanks for your answers.
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux & smp
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:16:05 +0200
Thorsten Lange wrote:
> is there a way (on a smp system) to dedicate a processor to a
> specific process?
One way might be to renice the process with such a high priority that no
other process will be able to take the CPU from it unless it is unable
to make use of more CPU power. You will have to be root to do this.
regards Henrik
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From: "David Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Voice Modem Voice Mail Suggestion
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:15:09 -0500
I am wanting to use my linux machine as an answering machine and fax answer.
I need a suggestion on what modem to get prefferably cheap that has good
voice support in linux... also some suggestions on software would be good.
I eventually want to be able to check my voice mail over the web if there is
anything out there to do that... or simplify it.
Thanks,
David Cowan
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From: Dennis Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux, sound and Neomagic Magicwave
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:52:21 -0400
Check out this page:
http://www.radcyberzine.com/linux/linux-dell.html
As mentioned on that site, they haven't found a solution yet.
I'll be installing Slackware on my laptop soon. I'll let you know what I
come up with.
Dennis
CAPOEN Philippe wrote:
> =
> Hi!
> =
> I=B4m trying to configure a REDHAT 6.0 on my computer ( a Dell CPi
> A366XT) for sound.
> =
> I have a Neomagic Magicwave 256/3DX chipset.
> =
> Does anyone knows where can I found inforation about a such card.
> =
> Cheers
> =
> --
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From: "G.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:16:04 -0700
David M. Cook wrote in message ...
>On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:12:04 -0700, David Rabanus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>>I wonder which window manager might be the fastest on a Compaq Laptop
>
>Try Window Maker. A version already comes with Redhat 6. To run it
instead
>of gnome create a file in your home directory called .Xclients
>
>#!/bin/sh
>exec wmaker
>
>Then make it executable with chmod +x .Xclients. Install the user specific
>Window Maker files with wmaker.inst. Then restart X.
>
>If you want even faster, try IceWM. It isn't as elegant as Window Maker,
>though.
I'd go with WindowMaker if it works ok for you. But if you want something
faster that looks better than the twm, icewm, etc, then try xfce. It's very
light and fast but I find that WindowMaker has a good combination of speed
and features.
Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UDMA on Ali Aladin V chipset?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:45:48 GMT
Try:
http://www.ali.com.tw
They have a beta driver. I installed it and it works.
Glenn Shorrock
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gene Heskett wrote:
> Unrot13 this;
> Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Glen Parker;
>
> GP> Is there any way to get Linux to use UDMA on the Ali shipset
> GP> (this is kernel
> GP> 2.0.37 on an Asus P5A board, with K6-2-400) ?
> GP> Maybe only with 2.2.* kernels?
> GP> Any pointers appreciated; docs, patches, etc.
>
> 2.2.9 and up work just fine *in UDMA-33*, which requires you run the
> drive makers dos utility to switch them down from UDMA-66, it is not an
> auto-switch in my experience.
>
> Cheers, Gene
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From: "no_carrier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sportster Flash: what is it?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:45:03 GMT
One shop in Italy wants to sell me a UsRobotics Sportster Flash, internal,
56K.
They do not specify anything else about that modem.
Can you guess what model they are referring to? At USR website I cannot find
any "sportster flash" to see the specifications.
Do you think it will work under Linux?
Thanks in advance for replies
Ganriele T.
PS: to reply me direcly cut away "NoSpaM" from my e-address.
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From: Michael Imberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat
Subject: TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:06:57 -0500
I am in the process of installing RedHat 6.0 and have Xentor32 TNT2
card. I see there is now support for the TNT2 chipset in the xfree86
package ver 3.3.5. However, I am rather confused as to which file
corresponds to the TNT2 supported X server:
X3DL.tgz 3Dlabs server
X8514.tgz 8514/A server
XAGX.tgz AGX server
XI128.tgz I128 server
XMa32.tgz Mach 32 server
XMa64.tgz Mach 64 server
XMa8.tgz Mach 8 server
XMono.tgz Mono server
XP9K.tgz P9000 server
XS3.tgz S3 server
XS3V.tgz old S3 ViRGE server (please use SVGA server)
XSVGA.tgz SVGA server
XVG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this
server)
XW32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server
Perhaps, I am looking at the wrong place
(ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.5/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc/Servers/).
Please advise as to which is the proper x server from above or guide me
to the right location.
Thanks,
M
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From: Michael Imberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat
Subject: TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:07:56 -0500
I am in the process of installing RedHat 6.0 and have Xentor32 TNT2
card. I see there is now support for the TNT2 chipset in the xfree86
package ver 3.3.5. However, I am rather confused as to which file
corresponds to the TNT2 supported X server:
X3DL.tgz 3Dlabs server
X8514.tgz 8514/A server
XAGX.tgz AGX server
XI128.tgz I128 server
XMa32.tgz Mach 32 server
XMa64.tgz Mach 64 server
XMa8.tgz Mach 8 server
XMono.tgz Mono server
XP9K.tgz P9000 server
XS3.tgz S3 server
XS3V.tgz old S3 ViRGE server (please use SVGA server)
XSVGA.tgz SVGA server
XVG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this
server)
XW32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server
Perhaps, I am looking at the wrong place
(ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.5/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc/Servers/).
Please advise as to which is the proper x server from above or guide me
to the right location.
Thanks,
M
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From: "Simon Barnard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:47:53 +0100
SVGA server most likely (at least it is for the TNT)
Michael Imberman wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I am in the process of installing RedHat 6.0 and have Xentor32 TNT2
>card. I see there is now support for the TNT2 chipset in the xfree86
>package ver 3.3.5. However, I am rather confused as to which file
>corresponds to the TNT2 supported X server:
>
>Thanks,
>M
>
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From: "Vaessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux dvd video player
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:23:42 +0200
Are there any, if so where can i get one
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From: "Vaessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dvd video player for linux
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:25:06 +0200
Do they exist, if so, where can i get one?
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From: Michael Imberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat
Subject: TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:07:16 -0500
I am in the process of installing RedHat 6.0 and have Xentor32 TNT2
card. I see there is now support for the TNT2 chipset in the xfree86
package ver 3.3.5. However, I am rather confused as to which file
corresponds to the TNT2 supported X server:
X3DL.tgz 3Dlabs server
X8514.tgz 8514/A server
XAGX.tgz AGX server
XI128.tgz I128 server
XMa32.tgz Mach 32 server
XMa64.tgz Mach 64 server
XMa8.tgz Mach 8 server
XMono.tgz Mono server
XP9K.tgz P9000 server
XS3.tgz S3 server
XS3V.tgz old S3 ViRGE server (please use SVGA server)
XSVGA.tgz SVGA server
XVG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this
server)
XW32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server
Perhaps, I am looking at the wrong place
(ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.5/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc/Servers/).
Please advise as to which is the proper x server from above or guide me
to the right location.
Thanks,
M
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From: Michael Imberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat
Subject: TNT2 X Server for RH 6.0
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:07:38 -0500
I am in the process of installing RedHat 6.0 and have Xentor32 TNT2
card. I see there is now support for the TNT2 chipset in the xfree86
package ver 3.3.5. However, I am rather confused as to which file
corresponds to the TNT2 supported X server:
X3DL.tgz 3Dlabs server
X8514.tgz 8514/A server
XAGX.tgz AGX server
XI128.tgz I128 server
XMa32.tgz Mach 32 server
XMa64.tgz Mach 64 server
XMa8.tgz Mach 8 server
XMono.tgz Mono server
XP9K.tgz P9000 server
XS3.tgz S3 server
XS3V.tgz old S3 ViRGE server (please use SVGA server)
XSVGA.tgz SVGA server
XVG16.tgz 16 colour VGA server (XF86Setup needs this
server)
XW32.tgz ET4000/W32, ET6000 server
Perhaps, I am looking at the wrong place
(ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.5/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc/Servers/).
Please advise as to which is the proper x server from above or guide me
to the right location.
Thanks,
M
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ethernet & Internet
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:15:44 GMT
I'm a newbie and Thanks to all who have posted. I have finally gotten
my internet connection on a cable modem working in Linux by just
reading all of the posts and HOWTO's. I think the posts helped more
than anything. I really am not sure what finally did it, but whatever
it was, a big THANKS. Now I can finally start d/l files to use in
Linux. Any suggestions out there?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Charlie Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IDE Disk Mirroring
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:55:35 -0500
Reply-To: "Charlie Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A Linux network server project on which I am currently working would
benefit from having a Raid 0 (disk mirroring) configuration. Rather
than use expensive SCSI hardware, I was thinking that it would be
great if I could configure one IDE drive as Master on the primary
controller and a second IDE drive as Master on the secondary
controller and then have a custom IDE device driver that would
perform the necessary "mirroring" functions.
Does such an IDE driver exist for Linux? I have seen third party
IDE controllers that perform disk mirroring -- has anyone used one
of these controllers with Linux?
Charlie Miller
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eduard Bloch)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 19:21:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:57:35 -0400 schrieb/wrote/a �crit
William Firkser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc:
>You might want to look into more ram. Linux needs at least 32mb to run
>at a reasonable speed - 64mb would make a big difference.
Bullshit. Linux runs good with 16MB - what you mean are probably bloated
software like KDE and Star-Office. Don't use them and you will feel the
difference.
mfG
Eduard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (f1ayr)
Subject: Re: Aiptek HyperPen 6000 Driver
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:00:11 GMT
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:25:38 +0200, "Markus Schuster"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm new with Linux and I want to use my Aiptek HyperPen 6000 Graphiktablett
>(I don't know the English word for this).
>But I can't find a driver or something like this on the web.
>Can anybody help me? (Sorry for my bad English, but I'm from Germany)
>
>
ich bin interresiert auch
i use a copernic search with graphic tablet touch pad
pearl pad pro
and genius hyperpen.
it's my 2 tablet
I contact the firm genius and in germany i visit the pearl site. i
wait a answer
i can't find me too information for the tablet.
i know that wacom and summagraphic have a driver it 's two products
linux compatible.
In France Linux magazine have an article for wacom tablet
I wait information from news also.
thanks for reading
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo +10gig drive setup options.
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:47:34 -0400
All you need for a /boot partiton is 10-15 Mb, say 2 cylinders.
Move the upper boundary of your Win 98 partition from cylinder
1031 down to 1021, and create a /boot partition on cylinders 1022
and 1023. Then just slide your 3.8 gig partition down to start
at cyl 1024. Partition Magic 4.0 will do this easily.
Kernels are around 500-700 Kb is size, so that the /boot partition
you create will hold quite a few different ones, and all are now
guaranteed to be entirely below the 1024 cylinder boundary (cylinder
numbers 0 through 1023).
Wes Robbins wrote in message <7rr3k2$633$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have setup my system first 8 gigs is Windows98se2
>second partion is 3.8 gig and is Linux Mandrake 6.0
>200 meg swap file. And yes I heed a 200meg swapfile.
>The 3.8 gig partion starts at 1032 cyn. So, LILO will not install
>without the boot files being below 1024 cyn.
>
>The hard drive is a IBM 14.4 gigs.
>
>I'm about to try adding "linear" flag to my lilo.conf. My understanding is
>this is the most basic way to fix the problem. When reading the source /
>Readme file of LILO. I noticed the following warning:
>**********
>Note that large partitions that only partially extend into the "forbidden
>zone" are still in jeopardy even if they appear to work at first, because
>the file system does not know about the restrictions and may allocate disk
>space from the area beyond the 1024th cylinder when installing new kernels.
>LILO therefore prints a warning message but continues as long as no
imminent
>danger exists.
>************
>How do I know if this is happening?
>
>Can setting the flag "linear" to kill a harddrive?
>
>Or, Does setting linear cause any harddrive lag? A.K.A slow down the
>performance of Linux?
>
>And, Finally does anyone know of a better way to fix the problem
>without erasing my windows partion?
>
>
>
>I look forward to your advise and help,
>
>Wes Robbins.
>
>
>
>
>
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