Linux-Hardware Digest #728, Volume #12 Sat, 22 Apr 00 13:13:06 EDT
Contents:
cdwriter (john calison)
make ("Assad Montasser")
VIA Pro133A + Linux .... (Shrikant Joshi)
Re: CDROM prob. with new kernel (Shrikant Joshi)
Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Tekram DC395UW and Corel(debian2.1)Linux??? (mofdi)
Re: help for HP 710 c (mikeyk)
Re: SCSI Card not recognised upon installation (mofdi)
Re: SCSI Card not recognised upon installation (mofdi)
Re: cdwriter (Carl Fink)
Re: cdwriter (john calison)
Re: Linux on Inspiron (Norman Levin)
Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW? (Marcel Pol)
getting sound to work (Edward Kriek)
Running a bit hot? (John McKown)
Re: Winprinter via Win-based server? (John McKown)
Re: Newbie: Pls advise install Mandrake 7 on K6-2/350 +UMAX SCSI scanner (Marcel Pol)
Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards! (Frank Hahn)
Re: Netscape froze my machine - now bios doesn't see my hdd (zerr)
Hardware upgrade from 486 ("William C Curtiss")
Re: Which modem can run under LINUX (Dances With Crows)
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From: john calison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cdwriter
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 09:18:11 -0400
I hope someone can help me with the following question. I running
RH6.1 with an HP CD-Writer Plus 9300i (R and RW), it's master on the
secondary IDE. I understand Linux creates a virtual SCSI driver in this
situation.
Can I use "cdrecord" with this setup, in short, can I record, play,
etc... as I would if this where on a SCSI controller? And if so, can
you point me to a HOWTO so I can become familiar with the commands. I
know how to mount and read and play a CD, I read the "cdrecord" man
page, but it seems to apply to SCSI devices.
Can someone please help?
thanks in advance,
john
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From: "Assad Montasser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: make
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 14:05:57 GMT
Hello,
As a new guy in Linux I have a problem:
when I want to install a package with using make and then make install, the
command interpreter says :
bash: make, command not found.
Is there a rpm package I have not installed ?
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From: Shrikant Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VIA Pro133A + Linux ....
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 22:02:36 +0800
Hi there,
This may be a very dumb question but this is the last concern
stopping me from buying the new Mobo to
upgrade my PentiumII-300/Unknown MOBO -----> ASUS P3V4X +
PentiumIII-550E
Any idea if Linux Kernel 2.2.xx will work under a motherbaord
with VIA Pro133A chipset ?
If so does it require some patches OR migration to 2.3.xx
version of Kernel is the only solution ?
I am using Redhat 6.1 (Kernel ver. 2.2.12-20)
Cheers ....
Shrikant
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From: Shrikant Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CDROM prob. with new kernel
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 22:08:20 +0800
Toni Heinonen // Loopy wrote:
> I'm running Red Hat 6.1, which came with the kernel 2.2.12-20.
> After making my own compile, with only the new enchanted disk
> driver, and no supports for the kinky chipsets (CMD640 etc) I
> have been getting very strange behaviour from my cd-rom drive.
>
> Many times, when I try to copy a big file from the cd-rom, whatever
> program I may be using, aborts. On the screen and in the logs the
> kernel spits out one of the following messages:
>
> Mar 26 16:48:05 kernel: hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x30
> Mar 26 16:48:11 kernel: hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady
>SeekComplete Error }
>
>
> --
> "At least they're ___________EXPERIENCED incompetents"
If my memory serves me right, the make xconfig contains section where you have to tell
it that CMD640
workaround or some stuff like that is required.
I don't have Linux source right now on my disk else I would have given the exact info.
My last Kernel compilation was in the last millineum
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards!
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:09:41 -0400
In <tmUL4.1545$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/21/2000
at 01:33 AM, "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Motorola sucks when it come to CPUs (blown out of the embedded market by
>Microchip), discrete components (I know) and now all their computer data
>communications products. They used to build some nice radios but now they
>are just debris.
Interesting. I guess you don't like the PowerPC, then? The 68000 series
processors were always a step or two ahead of Intel's offerings. Not that
I could benefit -- I've never been a fan of MacOS and the Intel
architecture was what you had if you wanted a DOS-based system or even
OS/2. The PowerPC movement had originally promised to bring the two camps
together in a hardware since but this hasn't really blossomed. If
Motorola CPUs aren't any good, why were all the PC folks rushing to do
PowerPC OSs?
--
===========================================================
Duane A. Bielling
http://www.datasync.com/~bielling
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Matt. 6:33; John 3:16; Rom. 8:1
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards!
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:14:11 -0400
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
04/21/2000
at 10:10 AM, "Thomas J. Canich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>i seem to recall reading somewhere (probably on slashdot) that they are
>software, but that linux, et al will be supported. So it's bad and good
>at the same time.
Regardless. If *all* OSs were supported it still is not a logical
solution. If you can get hardware to do stuff on it's own why provide a
software solution? It is asinine. Especially in Windows where CPU cycles
are already at a premium.
I guess we should be grateful of Bill Gates, though. If it weren't for
bloatware we wouldn't have 1GHz processors and cheap RAM. Then again, we
wouldn't need it.
--
===========================================================
Duane A. Bielling
http://www.datasync.com/~bielling
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Matt. 6:33; John 3:16; Rom. 8:1
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From: mofdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tekram DC395UW and Corel(debian2.1)Linux???
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 07:16:29 -0700
Any hints how to install a DC395UW-SCSI-Controller on debian
2.1?
I have downloaded Tekrams dc395x_trm Driver for debian2.1,
but a kernel and module build seems to fail, because of
wrong initializations.
Are there any ideas?
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From: mikeyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: help for HP 710 c
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:43:25 -0400
e-mail me and I'll send you simple instructions and the files you''ll
need.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
julien ESCUDIE wrote:
> how can i do my hp 710 c work with mandrake 7.0Ian a écrit :
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From: mofdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Card not recognised upon installation
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 07:24:17 -0700
hi,
try getting the setup-diskette for the 2910 (it has a
7850-Chip, too.
boot from the disk and enable adapter-termination (it is
stored in the eeprom, then).
If you don't suceed in getting the disk,
mail me and I'll zip and mail it.
good luck,
mofdi
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From: mofdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI Card not recognised upon installation
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 07:29:21 -0700
hi,
I forgot something:
You'll need the aic7xxx driver module, too, from the RH-CD
cu,
mofdi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: cdwriter
Date: 22 Apr 2000 14:49:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 09:18:11 -0400 john calison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can I use "cdrecord" with this setup, in short, can I record, play,
>etc... as I would if this where on a SCSI controller? And if so, can
>you point me to a HOWTO so I can become familiar with the commands.
I gather you don't know how to do basic web searches? It literally
took me thirty seconds with Google to find the CD Writing HOWTO in
the incredibly obvious place, the Linux Documentation Project
(www.linuxdoc.org and many mirrors). There's also a 75% chance it's
right on your hard drive, either in /usr/doc/HOWTO or
/usr/share/doc/HOWTO.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum
<http://dm.net>
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From: john calison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdwriter
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 11:25:46 -0400
Carl Fink wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 09:18:11 -0400 john calison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Can I use "cdrecord" with this setup, in short, can I record, play,
> >etc... as I would if this where on a SCSI controller? And if so, can
> >you point me to a HOWTO so I can become familiar with the commands.
>
> I gather you don't know how to do basic web searches? It literally
> took me thirty seconds with Google to find the CD Writing HOWTO in
> the incredibly obvious place, the Linux Documentation Project
> (www.linuxdoc.org and many mirrors). There's also a 75% chance it's
> right on your hard drive, either in /usr/doc/HOWTO or
> /usr/share/doc/HOWTO.
> --
> Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum
> <http://dm.net>
Point well taken, I was not thinking, and thanks for taken the time to
respond. I was just concerned that since my unit is IDE this info would not be
easily found.
thanks again,
john
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Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:33:27 -0500
From: Norman Levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.laptop,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Linux on Inspiron
NOTE: inspiron for past year has defective memory. Check DELL site and get test
program.
DELL is replacing - but this could explain some problems with laptop.
--
Norman Levin
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From: Marcel Pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW?
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 17:49:21 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JEDIDIAH wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 19:54:37 +0200, Andreas Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Michael O'Reilly schrieb:
> >>
>
> Are you familiar with any brands/models that one should simply
> stay away from? I might get a faster (non-ide) burner the way
> prices are shaping up.
For IDE Cd-rom's you may stay away from Samsung and A-Open, so maybe
it's safe to stay away from their writer's too.
I had problem's with audio-extraction. When I returned it to the store,
I was one of the many with them.
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Marcel Pol
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/marcelpol
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From: Edward Kriek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: getting sound to work
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 15:55:22 GMT
I'm using an ALS-120 sound card; Caldera OL 2.4 seems to recognize the
card, but I don't hear anything....I looked at the manpages, followed
the instructions, and when I run /dev/sndstat I get a report about the
recognized sound card (SB16 compatible). It must be a little thing that
goes wrong, I presume. Can anybody help?Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Running a bit hot?
Reply-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:06:52 -0500
I've got a P-III dual 450 Hz system. I have 128M RAM, two HDs (10 Gb+37Gb),
AWE64 Gold sound card, two ethernet cards, BusLogic SCSI controller, internal
SCSI CD-ROM, internal IDE CD-ROM. Now, the question. After I use cdparanoia
to rip a CD using the SCSI CD-ROM, I notice that the CD is warm to the touch.
Is this normal? Also, I (when forced) dual boot this system into Win2K. In
Windows, I often get the "overheat" alarm. So, another question, how do I make
the insides run cooler? Is there some sort of fan that I can install. I'm
pretty good at installing PCI/ISA cards and HDs. I'm very bad an mucking with
the motherboard.
All suggestions gratefully received,
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: Winprinter via Win-based server?
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:55:09 -0500
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:14:40 -0400, Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I thought I had read somewhere (or perhaps just dreamed it) that there
>is a piece of software "out there somewhere" that can enable a Linux box
>to talk to a Windows box as a print server to a Winprinter. If I recall,
>the software would take PostScript run through GhostScript and out to
>the Windows "system printer" driver.
>
>Anyone know of this?
It's called SAMBA. http://www.samba.org . It allows the Linux machine to
look like an NT server. It also allows the Linux box to request SMB
(Windows networking) services from an Windows system.
I have two machines at home. They are connected via ethernet. I also
have a WinPrinter (HP 1000Cse). The "small" system runs Windows98 and
controls the printer. The printer is marked as "shared" in Win98.
The big machine runs Linux. On Linux, I use RedHat 6.0. I used the
control-panel application to setup my Windows printer. The HP 1000Cse
emulates a DeskJet 550. So I just did an "add" and filled in the blanks.
You'll need to know what DOS printer your Winprinter emulates and use
that one.
Another way to do it is to get an "lpd" (Line Printer Daemon) for Windows.
This will probably cost you money. Samba is free.
John
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From: Marcel Pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: Pls advise install Mandrake 7 on K6-2/350 +UMAX SCSI scanner
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 18:03:00 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Michael Badt wrote:
> 1. How to install and configure my UMAX Astra 600S (SCSI) scanner
> (unknown, cheap ISA SCSI adaptor)?
You should know which card it is, and then let the kernel communicate
with it.
You can install Sane from http://www.mostang.com/sane, and start it with
the command xscanimage. If all goes well your scanner should work.
Sane uses backends (drivers), and if my memory serves me correct, that
scanner is supported.
Btw, sane is not always easy, if you get problems you can ask at the
sane mailinglist. That's the best choice.
> 2. Does the AMD/ASUS dictate any patches or "treatment"?
No, I'm running the same hardware with no problems.
> 3. I currently have a 56.6 USR Winmodem. I'm aware it won't work
> under Linux but I wish to keep it in the PC (till I buy a
> non-winmodem) to retain MS connectivity. Any problems?
No, Linux won't complain about an unused card.
>
> To complete the hardware picture the PC also includes:
> 1. ASUS S-400 (X40) CD drive
> 2. ATI RAGE IIC 8MB AGP graphic card+15" MAG monitor
> 3. Creative PCI 64V sound card
> 4. HP 690C DeskJet printer
the printer is supported by an experimental driver according to the
apsfilter documentation (Suse).
Good luck.
================
Marcel Pol
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/marcelpol
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards!
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 16:10:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:06:34 -0700, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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!
>
That's what I mean. It seems that not much thought goes in to some
of this stuff.
How many people actually have a 550mHz or faster processor? At least
with a standard network card, those cards will just about work in any
machine that can still run! ;)
--
Frank Hahn
Fortune's Fictitious Country Song Title of the Week:
"How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?"
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From: zerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Netscape froze my machine - now bios doesn't see my hdd
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 11:49:03 -0500
Adam Schuetze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using redhat 6.1. This evening, Netscape 4.7 froze completely.
> It took down my entire machine. I couldn't bring up another xterm or
> anything. I waited a long time (half hour) before restarting my
> machine. I was hoping that it would unfreeze if I left it alone, but
> it didn't.
>
> So I restarted my machine (hard reset button).
>
> When the computer rebooted, I saw the following:
>
> UPDATED ESCD
> INSERT A SYSTEM DISK
>
Well something messed up your bios so you need to reset it (clear the
NVRAM). On most motherboards this involves moving a jumper or a dip
switch then turning the pc on. On some you go into the bios and their is
an option to clear it. If all else fails just unplug the computer from
every thing and them remove the watch battery on the motherboard and
leave it out for about an hour, put it back in then boot up, that should
reset the bios settings.
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From: "William C Curtiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hardware upgrade from 486
Date: 22 Apr 2000 12:58:57 EDT
Ok, before I start, don't laugh. I had an old 486/33 laying around, and
having heard that Linux performance was more dependent on available memory
than CPU speed, I decided to put the board to use. The system has 64MB of
memory, a non-DMA/33 harddrive, and a local bus video card (and a gravis
ultrasound sound card, but that's another story). Anyway, the system
performs decently at the command prompt -- only heavy disk access becomes a
drag, such as doing a 'find / '. And performance as a server on my home LAN
is good, as a web server, DHCP, Samba, etc. server. KDE, however, is a drag,
so I have thought about upgrading the mother board, harddrive and video. I
already have a spare DMA/33 harddrive (the current controller doesn't
support it so I haven't installed it yet). I've been looking a some
discontinued Socket-7 boards, and can probably get a motherboard (ASUS) plus
a P/233 for less than $100. Add a cheap PCI video card for another $20 to
$30. This looks like a good speed boost for a very low price. The one thing
I've liked about the 486, though, is that the CPU doesn't need anything more
than a heatsink, and doesn't generate a lot of heat.
I already have another system as my "fast" system, so I'm just looking for a
very cheap boost. Any suggestions? Any problems with Linux on the ASUS
boards?
Thanks.
Wm.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Which modem can run under LINUX
Date: 22 Apr 2000 13:03:27 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 20:55:50 +0800, fdf
<<8ds7g7$m04$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I want ot buy a new modem and use in LINUX
>which brand and model???
Anything external that plugs into the serial port. If your phone lines
are poor-quality, you will want a more expensive modem. If your phone
lines are good quality, any cheap external will do.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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