Linux-Hardware Digest #725, Volume #12 Fri, 21 Apr 00 22:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Drivers/support for SpeedStream 3060 internal PCI DSL Adapter and PPP over ATM
needed.... ("David Acklam")
PCI DSL Modem support ("David Acklam")
Re: Super computer (Derek Colley)
K7V sound support fot Linux??? (VIA chipset) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PCI DSL Modem support (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Gnome device mount UGH! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: a modem that works ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards! ("Brian")
Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards! (Edward Lee)
Re: SCSI (Robie Basak)
Re: Netscape Crashing Problems (Timothy)
Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not. (Eddy)
I need a /etc/fstab copy (Christopher Brand)
Re: voodoo 2000 video card problem (Steve Martin)
Re: Help! Need driver for Trident Cyberblade /i7 (Rod Smith)
Re: Drivers/support for SpeedStream 3060 internal PCI DSL Adapter and PPP over ATM
needed.... (Rod Smith)
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From: "David Acklam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Drivers/support for SpeedStream 3060 internal PCI DSL Adapter and PPP over
ATM needed....
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:08:29 -0500
I need drivers for the SpeedStream 3060 internal PCI DSL adapter, by
"Efficient Networks". This is a combination DSL interface and ATM card,
which is designed to support PPP over ATM type DSL connections.
>From what I gather, it is similar to the SpeedStream 3010 ATM NIC, but
instead of being designed as an ATM nic, it is designed as a DSL interface
(aka ANT, DSL modem, etc...).
Any info????
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From: "David Acklam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PCI DSL Modem support
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:10:45 -0500
I need to know if there is any support for PCI DSL devices, perticularly
those from 'Efficient Networks'
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From: Derek Colley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Super computer
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:34:48 +0100
I think you're looking at configuring a cluster or Beowulf of sorts.
<quote> [1]
3. Can I take my software and run it on a Beowulf and have it go faster?
[1999-05-13]
Maybe, if you put some work into it. You need to split it into parallel tasks that
communicate using MPI or PVM or network sockets or SysV IPC. Then you need to
recompile
it.
Or, as Greg Lindahl points out, if you just want to run the same program a few thousand
times with different input files, a shell script will suffice.
As Christopher Bohn points out, even multi-threaded software won't automatically get a
speedup; multi-threaded software assumes shared-memory. There are some distributed
shared
memory packages under development (DIPC, Mosix, ...), but the memory access patterns in
software written for an SMP machine could potentially result in a *loss* of
performance on
a DSM machine.
</quote>
Rgds,
Derek
Ref:
1. http://www.beowulf.org/
Simon Lemieux wrote:
> Hi,
> is it possible to have two computers running on the same HD and different
>RAM,
> connected by Ethernet, but commands that are executed are given to the idle CPU?
>
> Thanks,
> Simon Lemieux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: K7V sound support fot Linux??? (VIA chipset)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:43:06 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I got the K7V motherboard with audio onboard and the Linux
sound driver that came with the boxed CD is an object file for an older
version of the kernel (I have verion 2.2.12 on RH6.1).
Does anyone know where I can find the modules/drivers for
the onboard sound card or how to get the sound working?
Thanks,
Luben
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: PCI DSL Modem support
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:41:51 GMT
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:10:45 -0500, David Acklam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I need to know if there is any support for PCI DSL devices,
>perticularly those from 'Efficient Networks'
None. Supposedly they are working on drivers (binary only?).
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Gnome device mount UGH!
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:25:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Craig Peterein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Bratcher wrote:
> > I current have a CDROM device at /dev/scd0. My fstab has two entries
for
> > it as follows:
> >
> > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
> > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdext2 ext2 user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
> >
> > The reason for this is that I want to sometimes mount ISO9660 and
> > sometimes I want ext2. (It there is a better way to do this, please
let
> > me know.)
>
> Sure there is. Try:
>
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto user,exec,dev,suid,ro,noauto 0 0
>
> > Depending upon which one I want to mount, I just enter "mount
> > /mnt/cdrom" or "mount /mnt/cdext2".
>
> "auto" tells mount to autodetect the filesystem that happens to be on
your
> cd at the moment. So you only need "mount /mnt/cdrom".
>
> HTH,
>
Yes, it does! You're a gentleman and a scholar. Thanks. :-)
Mark
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: a modem that works
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:32:31 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
dgarbarino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
> i have to buy an external modem to use under my mandrake 7.0, which
> does work for sure?
>
>
I just purchased a Diamond SupraExpress 56K external from
www.egghead.com for about $66. Works great.
Mark Bratcher
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards!
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:06:34 -0700
Hey Frank:
Did you know you can buy an excellent external xDSL modem with 4 10BaseT
outlets (minihub built in) for ~$160US? (Linksys I believe - they also make
kickass 10/100 PCI network cards that sell for about $16US) Beat that
Motorola!
Best regards,
Brian
Frank Hahn wrote in message ...
>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: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards!
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:51:24 -0700
I don't like external power supplies and cables. I wish to have internal cards
that goes into the ISA or PCI cards, if only for powers and mechanical
supports. I would be happy with internal or external RJ45s.
Brian wrote:
> Hey Frank:
>
> Did you know you can buy an excellent external xDSL modem with 4 10BaseT
> outlets (minihub built in) for ~$160US? (Linksys I believe - they also make
> kickass 10/100 PCI network cards that sell for about $16US) Beat that
> Motorola!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brian
>
> Frank Hahn wrote in message ...
> >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)
Subject: Re: SCSI
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 22 Apr 2000 01:21:06 GMT
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:31:57 +0200, Swing said:
>Bonjour,
>J'ai acheté sur une foire informatique de matériel d'occasion UN PC ( ICL
>ERGOPRO D4/33XG PRODUCT CH9830B100E1 SERIAL 74132HF) avec une interface SCSI
>intégrée à la carte mère il y à aussi un disque Dur seagate ST5660N de 518
>méga SCSI.
>Mon but d'avoir acheté ce PC d'occasion est de le dédié entièrement à LINUX
>malheureusement toutes les distributions LINUX que j'ai testées ne
>reconnaissent pas le disque dur et demandent d'installé un driver SCSI, un
>driver existe t'il pour la carte SCSI (je crois de marque NCR ) intégrée à
>ce PC.
>Merci.
I don't speak French very well, but I think you want a distribution
compatible with your SCSI adapter? If this is the case, you may
want www.linhardware.com, or the Hardware-HOWTO available at
linuxdoc.org.
Robie.
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From: Timothy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Netscape Crashing Problems
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:24:34 GMT
Will Joyner wrote:
> I am having problems with netscape crashing. Several times when a java
> based website is running and/or opened when another netscape window is
> opened, netscape freezezs. I have waited for the page to load, but
> after 5 minutes I am forced to kill the application.
>
> Then startign yesterday it started doing that to pages that don't have
> any java apps on them. Is there a way I can prevent netscape from
> crashing ?
>
> Thanks
> Will Joyner
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which Version of Netscape are you running? There is a "beta" version of
Netscape 6.0 out for Linux.
home.earthlink.net/~hairyblue
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From: Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux sucks? Maybe not.
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 03:34:02 +0200
Ben Walker wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Leslie Mikesell wrote:
> >
> >> Most (all?) Linux distributions include named, which will resolve
> >> names exactly the same for you as it does for your ISP. Fire
> >> it up, set your resolv.conf to use 127.0.0.1 (yourself) and
> >> you don't need to change it to match your ISP every time you
> >> dial a different place.
> >
> >Folks, this message and many others in this thread indicate a lack
> >of understanding of how DNS works in the first place.
> >
> >Sure, you can set up a private name server on your own system. I've
> >done it, just playing around. Sure, it'll cache queries for better
> >performance. Sure, you can set resolv.conf to point to the localhost
> >and it'll query that instead of another nameserver.
> >
> >But if you don't have at least one nameserver to pull from that has
> >been configured already, it won't work.
>
> A caching only nameserver is trivial. The only zone it is authoritative for
> is 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa, the local loopback address. The only other thing
> you need is root nameserver cache. If you use Redhat ( and I'm sure other
> distributions also) all you need is the bind package for the name server, and
> the cahching-nameserver package for the the 2 local config files. That's
> it. Name resolution will work fine. If you aren't running DNS for any
> domains, you don't have to "pull" form any other nameserver that is set up
> already. I really don't see why a caching only local name server is a bad
> idea. I have been using this on my home linux box for several years. Using
> these packages, a user doesn't have to know anything about bind. An improperly
> configured name server can be problematic of course, but a caching only
> name server should work right out of the box.
>
> If you need to run authoritative name servers, it is little more
> involved, but not that much more. I take care of DNS for 20 or so domains
> and it is not that complicated. Reading the DNS howto or the O Reilly Bind
> book will give you all the information you need. For the user using a typical
> dynamic IP dialup connection, running an authoritative server for some
> domain(s) makes little sense, unless they use DNS for their own local
> domains not registered with the InterNIC. If you just want name resolution,
> a caching only name server works just fine, and is easy to set up.
>
> >
> >Read the BIND documentation. When you set up a name server, you have
> >to give it (a) manually-entered lookup tables for the zone for
> >which you are authoritative, (b) IP address(es) of server(s) to which
> >you are slaved and from which you can pull zone refreshes, or (c)
> >the address of the root nameservers.
> >
> >Root nameservers use option (a), since they must point recursive
> >queries to top-level servers for the individual zones. People
> >setting up (for instance) nameservers for a college or research
> >facility would use at least option (b) and maybe one or both of
> >the others, since they are responsible for providing lookup services
> >for their establishment. A home user would probably do either (c)
> >(bad choice, as has been mentioned previously in this thread) or
> >(b). However, option (b) cannot be used if your ISP will not give
> >you the IP addresses of their servers!
> >
> >Remember that DNS is a huge distributed database of mappings from
> >domain names to IP addresses. For each and every query, this
> >information had to have been inserted into a portion of the
> >database somewhere. These numbers don't come down from on high
> >nor are they brought by the Easter Bunny. Your home-rolled DNS
> >server will resolve names into IP addresses, but it has to get
Huh,
usepeerdns in /etc/ppp/options
and my brutally simple solution is the following in /etc/ppp/ip-up
echo -e 'nameserver ' $DNS1 '\\n' 'nameserver ' $DNS2 '\\n'
>/etc/resolv.conf
That simple...
well... to be honest that bloody '-e' flag got me mad for a couple of
days as echo wouldn't do escaping without it...
I sort of.. well... didn't know it until I reached for the echo man
page... yes... linux teaches you to read the manual...
But hey... I did this without downloading a freakin xx Mb of 'M$
connection wizard'... believe me... having 20 gig Hd cheap doesn't mean
I have to waste xx Mb to do such a miserably simple config... (BTW I
have an 'old' 6.4 gig spinner and I still have plenty of space left...)
--
My E-mail is crippled! If you dig Ozric Tentacles,
you know what I mean...
=========================================================
I'd rather have two girls at 21 each than one girl at 42.
-- W.C. Fields
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From: Christopher Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I need a /etc/fstab copy
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 02:31:45 GMT
I am looking for a copy of a fairly standard Mandrake 7.0 fstab. In=20
particular the line pertaining to the cdrom.
I made several changes and now several ROMS won't run. Please email me a=
=20
copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank-You
Christopher Brand
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: voodoo 2000 video card problem
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 21:35:40 -0400
Doc Shipley wrote:
> The Voodoo3 is only supported in XFree86 v3.3.5 and later.
Not quite true... it's supported by the SVGA driver in
3.3.3, as that's what I'm running right now. I'm currently
typing this on a system with a VooDoo3 2000 running 1024x768x32
and it works like a charm.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Help! Need driver for Trident Cyberblade /i7
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:46:03 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Frank A. Gerbode" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks to Rod Smith and Jim Harvey for their helpful responses to my query.
>
> I have been able to get it to work with XF86_SVGA version 3.3.6, albeit
> imperfectly.
>
> I found that I had to do ctrl-alt + a couple of times to get to a mode that
> worked.
You've probably just got it set to use a resolution that doesn't work by
default. In your XF86Config file's Screen section, you should have one or
more Display subsections. These include a list of Modes. Remove the modes
that don't work, leaving only the one that does work (or the ones that do
work), and you'll be set.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Drivers/support for SpeedStream 3060 internal PCI DSL Adapter and PPP
over ATM needed....
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:50:55 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <3900df6d$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David Acklam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I need drivers for the SpeedStream 3060 internal PCI DSL adapter, by
> "Efficient Networks". This is a combination DSL interface and ATM card,
> which is designed to support PPP over ATM type DSL connections.
AFAIK, that which you seek does not exist. AFAIK, the only Linux drivers
for internal DSL modems are for the Diamond 1MM. Your best bet is to
exchange the proprietary internal thing for an external device that
interfaces through a standard Ethernet port. If your ISP won't do this,
check on eBay (http://www.ebay.com); there are usually several people
auctioning DSL modems there. (I'll probably be one of them in a week or
so.) **BE CAREFUL, THOUGH!!** There are several competing DSL standards
(even several ADSL variants), so it's easy to get something that won't
work with your provider. Check with your ISP about compatibility before
you place a bid.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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