Linux-Hardware Digest #722, Volume #12 Fri, 21 Apr 00 11:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Q. laptop advice ("arndike")
Linux on RS6000 ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: voodoo 2000 video card problem (Doc Shipley)
APIC/ACPI/APM Confused! ("John Duffy")
dec rz 25 ("hugo hallqvist")
Re: block_number --> sector number ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Re: Tape backup Python SCSI question ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Adaptec ARO-1130U2 RAID supported ? ("Xavier GALLEZ")
printer problems ("Ian")
Re: printer problems ("Ian")
Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards! (Frank Hahn)
Re: megaraid as a module, HOW? (Robie Basak)
Hardware Pricing Metasearch (Kevin Gaughen)
Re: PC to PC via USB ? (Douglas Sand)
Re: 101 key keyboards (Clueless Bozo)
Re: Hardware Pricing Metasearch (Cihl)
Re: Matrox G400 and Suse6.4 (Steffen Kluge)
gateway EV900 ("jbogle")
Re: Graphics card driver (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: hd? (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: joystick port on SoundBlaster 16 PCI (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: Linux on Inspiron (Henrik Carlqvist)
ex-scsi ? (William C. Actus)
3c905c with Wake-on-lan ? ("Alan W. Jurgensen")
Help: Installing Linux on External Harddrive that can boot ("Lambchop@MAGIX")
Re: ex-scsi ? (William C. Actus)
Re: Linux Sewrial mouse not working (Howard Coles Jr.)
SCSI Card not recognised upon installation (Michael O'Reilly)
IDE or SCSI CD-RW? (Michael O'Reilly)
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From: "arndike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q. laptop advice
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 13:35:39 +1200
Hello
I am in the process of buying a laptop which will need to run linux
Can anyone please advice of any models/ manufactures etc to avoid
Does linux support inbuilt lan and modems form various manufacturers ?
what is the minimum spec?
I will be looking to buy either a new entry level or one or two year old
model (All dependent upon price)
I will use applications such as apache, gimp and kde also koffice when
stable, staroffice for now . There will be a fair amount of web usage so
screen colour/ resolution etc is an issue.
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux on RS6000 ?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:27:44 GMT
Hi,
Anybody had any luck installing Linux on an IBM RS6000 ? Is it possible
in any way ?
Is there any documentation on that ?
Thanks,
Oliver Devoogdt
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Doc Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: voodoo 2000 video card problem
Date: 21 Apr 2000 05:21:30 -0500
Parminder Lehal wrote:
>
> I am unable to configure X for my voodoo 2000 video card.
> Documentation says that SVGA server runs fine for this card
> but in my case it only works in 320X240 pixel mode. I am
> using REDHAT6.0 and XFree86-3.3.3
>
> Can any body help ? Please................
>
The Voodoo3 is only supported in XFree86 v3.3.5 and later.
--
Doc Shipley
Network Support
TARL Labs, UT
Austin, Texas
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From: "John Duffy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: APIC/ACPI/APM Confused!
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:28:25 +0100
Hi
Caldera eDesktop 2.4 (2.2.14 kernel)
ASUS TX97-XE motherboard
Intel Pentium 233MMX
My fresh install lilo.conf has a line 'append = "debug=2 noapic nosmp"' and
dmesg reports the following:
...
mapped APIC to fffe000 (00266000)
...
SMP motherbaord not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation
...
If I remove the "noapic" parameter from my lilo.conf dmesg reports the
following:
...
mapped APIC to fffe000 (00266000)
...
ACPI first time initializing...No ACPI Bios found!
...
SMP motherbaord not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation
...
How are APIC/ACPI related? They seem to be - there was no reference to ACPI
in the boot messgages before I removed the "noapic" parameter.
Is ACPI an advanced APM?
My motherboard manual faithfully tells me that ACPI is supported.So, why
should the ACPI Bios not be found?
Ultimately, what I want is for my PC to power down when I close down Linux.
There are numerous references in the Cladera user manual that my PC will do
this "if my hardware supports it". Is this APIC/ACPI support they are
referrring to?
Now, I understand (I think) that the kernel needs to have APM support
compiled in to use APM, which would achieve what I want. But, Cladera
eDesktop 2.4 doesn't have this by default and I would rather go the
non-kernel compile route if possible if I can get APIC/ACPI support up and
running.
Regards
John Duffy
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From: "hugo hallqvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dec rz 25
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:33:13 +0200
I wonder if someone could point me in the direction as of where to find
specs on jumpers on the DEC RZ25 scsi hard drive. I want to enable
termintion, but haven't got the manual and there is lots of jumpers on the
drive. Any help would be appreciated. I have already searched www.pc-disk.de
with no luck.. :-( (It's not the RZ25-L mentioned there, this is a 400 MB
hd, the -L version is 500 MB).
Regards, Hugo
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: block_number --> sector number
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 06:53:30 -0400
> i need a way to translate from a filename -> the numbers of the sectors it
> takes on the disk.
A sector is usually 512 bytes.
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape backup Python SCSI question
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 06:56:38 -0400
> Hi,
>
> apparantly I can't seem to get functioning our Python 12GB scsi tape
> drive.
>
> I do the following :
>
> [root@callisto blitter]# mkdir test
> [root@callisto blitter]# touch test/test
> [root@callisto blitter]# tar cvfW /dev/st0 test/
> test/
> test/test
> tar: Read error on /dev/st0: Input/output error
> tar: Read error on /dev/st0: Input/output error
You have mixed up the options to tar. I assume you're trying to write
here-- notice that you're getting a read error. To keep the options
straight, I suggest giving up the traditional form of tar and writing
the options as:
tar -vW -f /dev/st0 -c test
At present you are asking for
tar -vW -c /dev/st0 -f test
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From: "Xavier GALLEZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec ARO-1130U2 RAID supported ?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 13:30:05 +0200
Does anybody know wether the Adaptec RAID controller ARO-1130U2 is supported
by RedHat Linux 6.1 ? I would like to install such a controller on an Intel
LanceWood (L440GX) motherboard.
Thakns in advance,
Xavier
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http://www.meca.ucl.ac.be/~gallez
Centre for Systems Engineering and Applied Mechanics (CESAME)
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Batiment Euler, Av. Georges Lemaitre, 4-6
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, BELGIUM
Tel: + 32 - 10 - 47 2365
Fax: + 32 - 10 - 47 2180
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: printer problems
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:41:52 +0100
I get this when I try to configure my printer :-
An error has occurred on usr/lib/rhs-printfilters/printerdb : no such file
or
directory at usr/lib/libDrakX/printer.pm line 296
Can anyone help?Thanks.
P.S. I have posted this letter a few times but I can't seem to get a
response, I hope someone can help.
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: printer problems
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:55:32 +0100
No need to answer my question as I have just stumbled across the answer
myself. The problem is that I have a winPrinter, goes well with my winModem.
My printer is a HP 720.
P.S. Bodyswerve Packard B stuff, as it's all bobbins.
Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8dpeoi$l0c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I get this when I try to configure my printer :-
>
> An error has occurred on usr/lib/rhs-printfilters/printerdb : no such file
> or
> directory at usr/lib/libDrakX/printer.pm line 296
>
> Can anyone help?Thanks.
>
> P.S. I have posted this letter a few times but I can't seem to get a
> response, I hope someone can help.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards!
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:10:02 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 01:33:32 -0700, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:29:13 +0200, Magnus Svensson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>>http://www.techextreme.com/hardware/guides/md/
>
>Even if there were Linux drivers for these win-droppings I would still
>refuse to install them - they are a major source of errors and slowdowns on
>W9x machines (like who would notice). Imagine playing Diablo II online and
>your modem or adsl card starts sucking cycles!
>
The funny part of the article was about needing a 550mHz processor.
I thought it was bad enough that the winmodems needed a 133mHz
processors.
The other thing I though was funny was that it was not considered
cost effective to install a DSL modem now in a computer costing
less than $2,500.00. Now, with theirs, that would be lowered to
$1,500.00! Has no one thought about standard network interface
cards?
How much can these things cost when you can find them in stores
for US $20.00-50.00? You also don't need any special hardware.
I have two 10mb NE2000 cards sitting in a 486-33mHz computer
running Slackware. This is setup as a firewall for my system.
This seems to be one of those solutions that is looking for a
problem. ;)
--
Frank Hahn
Two percent of zero is almost nothing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: megaraid as a module, HOW?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:21:44 GMT
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:22:37 -0400, Michael Way said:
>i have a dell server running redhat 6.1 with an AMI megaraid controller.
>
>currently to get it to work i need to load the megaraid module by hand:
>
>insmod megaraid
>
>and then i can mount the filesystem located there.
>
>i've looked (in vain) for the line i need to
>add to /etc/conf.modules to get it to load
>at boot time, but i've had NO luck. anyone have
>an idea how to do this?
I don't know about this specific problem, but look in /var/log/messages
for a line saying 'can't load module ...' and alias that. If it
isn't there, you may be out of luck.
>
>thus far i've tried things like:
>
>alias raid megaraid
>
>which of course doesn't work.
>thanks,
>mike
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Michael J. Way : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Dept of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544
>USA
Robie.
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From: Kevin Gaughen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,misc.forsale.computers.net-hardware
Subject: Hardware Pricing Metasearch
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:46:56 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
We've recently gone public with a pet project, a hardware pricing
metasearch. It searches eleven different pricing engines and finds the
best deals on computer hardware components from several categories,
manufactures and models. Our goal is to make hardware deal-finding much easier.
Take a look -> http://www.lowerbound.org
Please do not misconstrue this post as an advertisement, no one stands
to make any money on the site. We don't want your credit card number
and there aren't any ads on the page. We're simply beta testing the
code and we'd like to invite everyone on usenet hardware groups to take a
look and offer suggestions for improving the site.
Please direct all questions/comments/complaints/suggestions to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your time,
-kkg (and the LowerBound Team)
==================================
Kevin Gaughen
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/kkg
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From: Douglas Sand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PC to PC via USB ?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 07:21:40 -0600
Douglas Sand wrote:
>
> Can a USB cable be wired as a "crossover" connection,
> allowing PC to PC communications?
...
> If so, is there software to use it for, say, file transfers?
>
> More generally, is there a driver for TCP/IP-like support?
>
> Thanks.
> Doug Sand
> Lucent Technologies
I found the hardware, from Jameco (www.jameco.com):
Jameco USB Type A Interlink Cable
Host-to-Host Communication
6' USB-A male to USB-A male cable
Single chip (ASIC) host-to-host communication
High-speed data transfers from 4 Mbps to 8 Mbps
164030 $49.95
The cost would be comparable to two 10BaseT boards and a
crossover cable, but would not require two PCI or ISA slots.
Also, it would work with the new "legacy free" PCs (a la iMac),
which have only USB ports, and no PCI or ISA slots.
It appears to have driver software for MS Windows.
How about a driver for Linux?
Doug Sand
Lucent Technologies
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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:46:21 -0400
From: Clueless Bozo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 101 key keyboards
"David C." wrote:
>
> Clueless Bozo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > I'm having a hard time finding keyboards without the extra keys
> > specific to a certain software vendor. Anybody know a source for 101
> > key keyboards? I really like lightweight cheapies.
>
> Why do you have to be rid of them?
Personal preference. It actually makes more of a difference when I'm running
windoze. I'm always hitting the windoze key by accident instead of alt or
ctrl.
> The keys can be used by Linux.
Cool stuff, but it seems I can re-map a 101 key keyboard as I like under
Linux.
> If its merely the presence of a Windows logo
Mostly because I don't want to learn how to disable the default action of
those keys under windoze and leave ctrl-esc for when I mean it. But yes, that
too. :)
> you can get keyboards with Linux penguins on those keys instead.
It'd be too strange to tap Tux and get the windoze tool bar. :) I'll check
Linux Mall, but they're probably more than I'd like to spend and won't really
satisfy my itch. I just prefer 101 keys and would rather get 7 to 10
lightweight cheapies for $75 rather than one (possibly heavy) genuine IBM.
A moot point for me at the moment. I just had an excellent trash picking.
Thanks for your replies.
CB
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From: Cihl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,misc.forsale.computers.net-hardware
Subject: Re: Hardware Pricing Metasearch
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 13:58:24 GMT
Kevin Gaughen wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> We've recently gone public with a pet project, a hardware pricing
> metasearch. It searches eleven different pricing engines and finds the
> best deals on computer hardware components from several categories,
> manufactures and models. Our goal is to make hardware deal-finding much easier.
>
> Take a look -> http://www.lowerbound.org
>
> Please do not misconstrue this post as an advertisement, no one stands
> to make any money on the site. We don't want your credit card number
> and there aren't any ads on the page. We're simply beta testing the
> code and we'd like to invite everyone on usenet hardware groups to take a
> look and offer suggestions for improving the site.
>
> Please direct all questions/comments/complaints/suggestions to:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> -kkg (and the LowerBound Team)
>
> ----------------------------------
> Kevin Gaughen
> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/kkg
Well, you asked for it.
First of all, if you use frames in a webpage, construct them
with a width and height in percentages instead of hard
pixels. Also, use standard fonts and standard sizes and
fonts for all text, including H1 to H6, instead of hardcoded
fontsizes. I run my browser (Netscape) at a high resolution,
and the webpage looks almost like a stamp in the top-left
corner of it.
Good you did the hardcoding on the image on the top. Width,
height and alt should always be included, well done.
Content of the page seems to be alright, as far as i've seen
it.
Well, you got your opinion, now *scram*!
--
% make fire
Don't know how to make fire
% Why not?
No match
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: Matrox G400 and Suse6.4
Date: 21 Apr 2000 13:53:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8dnoia$ml4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Aigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>we have a Linux Box (suse6.4, xf3.3.6) with the Matrox G400 AGP 16MB
>Card.
>The X Server (XF86_svga) crashed after a few seconds. If I add a
>"no_accel" option in xf86config , everything works OK , but slow....
>What are your experiences with that card? Anybody got it working with
>acceleration enabled?
I haven't got the card or XFree86 version you have, but have you
checked the logging output the X server produces? It customarily
goes into xdm-errors.log or similar if the server was started by
xdm. It will also show you whether the hardware (especially RAM
size) was discovered correctly. If not you may need to make some
manual entries in XF86Config.
Or you may just consider running XFree86 version 4.0. I've been
using it with the G400 MAX for 4 weeks now without a single
glitch.
Hope this helps
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: "jbogle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gateway EV900
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:58:26 -0400
Can Anyone help me. I am looking for the drivers or the compatible drivers
for a Gateway Monitor the model is EV900. Up to now I can only find generic
one that only allow me to run in 640 pixels. I am running Linux 6.0. Please
help.
-john
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Graphics card driver
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:56:58 +0200
siapa wrote:
> Anyone knows where to get driver for Creative Riva TNT2 Ultra
> graphics card driver for redhat linux6.1 ?
www.xfree86.org
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hd?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:59:26 +0200
"Robert L." wrote:
> if i buy a IDE to ISA card, what is the identifier of the drive i put
> in.
> If i use the motherboard IDE connector + the ISA IDE connector, what
> is the hd?
> primary ISA IDE master = /dev/hd? is it going to be /dev/hde?
Yes, if the IDE controller on your ISA card is set to be your third IDE
controller it will be /dev/hde.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: joystick port on SoundBlaster 16 PCI
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:05:45 +0200
"Michael W. Davis" wrote:
> PS... Voodoo 3 2000 PCI...seems to be installed correctly (passed all
> the glide2x/3x test progs), but quake2 crashes when another type of
> acceleration is selected (besides "software")???
Did you start it something like this:
quake2 +set vid_ref gl +set gl_driver lib3dfxgl.so +set gl_mode 4 +set
gl_round_down 0 +set intensity 2.2 +set gl_modulate 2.2 +set
gl_texturemode GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR
The important parts are
+set vid_ref gl
and
+set gl_driver lib3dfxgl.so
Those are the settings that make quake use your Voodoo card. The other
settings are only for resolution and image quality.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.laptop,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux on Inspiron
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:11:11 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Which is easier to useon the eyes, the 1400x1050 15" screen or the
> 1280x1024 15.4" screen? Since my external monitor (NEC 6FG) may not
> handle the 1400x1050 mode, I'd probably run it in 1280x1024 mode.
I wouldn't use a higher resolution than 1024x768 even on a 17" monitor.
When it comes to being nice to the eyes you must also consider refresh
rate. This gets even more important with big monitors as the eye is more
sensitive to flickering at the edge of your view. A refresh rate of 85
Hz is considered flicker free, but I would recommend a refresh rate of
100 Hz.
regards Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William C. Actus)
Subject: ex-scsi ?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 13:49:09 GMT
alhoewel geen specifieke Linux vraag post ik dit toch ff hier ..
hier zitten nl al de knappe koppen .. :-) (hoop ik)
ik probeer de scsi technologie ff onder de knie te krijgen :-)
interface = adaptec AHA2940AU
HD = een oude SGI Quantum XP34300 4.3 Giga
low level format levert soms een media error op soms niet
subsequente disk check geeft geen errors.
toch krijg ik bij continue lees/schrijf operaties plots een
"data protect" en/of "disk is write protect" error? en dan is het spelen
gedaan.?
't is bvb gewoon niet mogelijk om linux (RH6.1) te installeren.
knapt gewoon af op deze error?
kan een scsi disk gedeeltelijk write protect zijn ?
iemand ?
TIA
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From: "Alan W. Jurgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: 3c905c with Wake-on-lan ?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:19:53 -0500
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Re: Does Linux support 3c905C ?
Has anyone gotten the 3com 3c905c-TX with the wake-on-lan feature to work
with linux? just dont work with redhat 6.2 (2.2.14-5.0) 3c90x or 3c59x
i think it was working with linux 2.2.12 and 3c59x driver...
getting a different net card isnt the best of options... i want to get
Wake-on-Lan to work!
thanks dudz!
al-man
"Mike Longhurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi,
if its any consolation. My 3c905C works great with Linux Mandrake (auto
detected no
probs), but Corel Linux will not detect it or apparently work with it. I
have almost given up
with Corel which seems a shame as I like the feel so far.
A few weeks ago I tried to install RH6.1 on a box with a 3c509c which worked
under Windows.
I could not make it work until I swapped it with another 3c509c which lacked
the wake-on-lan
feature; RH6.1 then worked immediately.
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From: "Lambchop@MAGIX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Help: Installing Linux on External Harddrive that can boot
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:25:29 +0800
HI all.
I had experience of installing LINUX into my Thinkpad ....
(dual boot Linux/Win98).
Cannot do away with Windoze due to work.
But had to let go the LINUX coz of harddisk limitation after sometime
Anyone out there have any idea/know of any external harddisk that i can
connect to my notebook which enable me to boot to it where I intent to use
for Linux. Don't want to use my current notebook harddisk for any other
things coz of data importance.....
External Harddisk can be USB/parallel/pcmcia type.....
Please reply to the group and my email.....
TIA
Lambchop
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William C. Actus)
Subject: Re: ex-scsi ?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:21:02 GMT
In article <8dpm3m$i6g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William C. Actus) wrote:
>alhoewel geen specifieke Linux vraag post ik dit toch ff hier ..
sorry guys .. wrong newsgrp ...
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From: Howard Coles Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Sewrial mouse not working
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:30:02 GMT
Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > `I am trying to run Linux Red Hat 6.1 on a machine with a serial
> > mouse port in Com1. I use a Microsoft intellimouse with an adapter
> > PS2/Serial. Linux doesn't even 'see' the mouse.
>
> Are those problems in X or with gpm? Do you have a /dev/mouse link?
> Where does it point? Which protocol(s) are you trying to use?
I am completely new to linux so excuse my ignorance. But, I also have a
Microsoft Serial 2 Button Mouse, that I cannot get to work. I was able to
get it to work at various times, but now not at all. I have tried running
mousconfig, linuxconf, and setup till I am blue in the face. Any help on
what files I should look at and what protocols I should be using would be
appreciated.
Thanks.
Howard Coles
PS excuse me if this reply is in here twice, I tried posting it last
night, but it evidently didn't know I was logged in.
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From: Michael O'Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI Card not recognised upon installation
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:52:37 +0100
My dual boot machine is running W95 and RH6.1. I have just installed a
slide scanner with its supplied SCSI card (AVA29043), and the system is
running fine from W95.
However when I boot up Linux I find that the device is not recognised.
"0 Scsi ports" scrolls off the screen at boot up. When I first installed
Linux some time ago, I remember answering a question and saying that my
machine did not have any SCSI devices. However I thought that the kudzu
programme would automatically recognise the new hardware, and set up the
system for me. Can anyone please give me some pointers on what I need to
do to get my SCSI card working from Linux? It uses the Adaptec AIC7850
driver from Win95.
Do I have to re-install or can I modify the current setup?
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From: Michael O'Reilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IDE or SCSI CD-RW?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 16:00:17 +0100
This is not a Linux specific question but I do have a dual boot Win95/RH
6.1 system. I would like to add a CD-RW drive, and I'm wondering what
the pros and cons of IDE vs. SCSI drives are. Is there any significant
adavantage of one over the other?
As described on a related post, I have just installed a SCSI slide
scanner on my machine. But it was supplied with a cut down card with no
internal edge connector. So I will probably have to buy a proper SCSI
card if I opt for a SCSI disk drive, and want to drive both devices from
one card.
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