Linux-Hardware Digest #744, Volume #12 Tue, 25 Apr 00 16:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: sound distorted! (Edward Lee)
3D support in Linux (Sandhitsu R Das)
Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards! (Edward Lee)
Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux (JEDIDIAH)
Re: cdwriter (JEDIDIAH)
suSe 6.3 vs. Matrox Millenium II ("Maurice")
Re: Get a FREE Palm Pilot (Alexis Bilodeau)
X-windows on Trident 9750 AGP ("ludc")
Re: Disk partition for linux install ? ("ludc")
installing trident 9750 agp under slackware ("ludc")
Re: Which tv tuner supports PAL color system ("Richard Gaywood")
Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Corel Linux (Greg Horne)
old Canon multipass printer ("Fathead")
Re: Get a FREE Palm Pilot (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Gyland)
Re: 3D support in Linux (James Helferty)
Lousy graphic's !
Re: Get a FREE Palm Pilot (Alexis Bilodeau)
Driver for Point Of Sale printer? ("Martin Stuijfzand")
Re: 3Com OEM winmodem on Gateway 9300 CX under linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: i810 (Scott Zielinski)
Re: ati xpert128 video card problem (Danny O'Brien)
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound distorted!
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:53:07 -0700
You need 16-bit sound for mp3 and realplay. Unfortunately, I have no idea how
to setup your sound chip.
John Culleton wrote:
> I can send sound samples to /dev/audio and /dev/dsp OK as
> described in the Sound-HOWTO. I can play midi files or cdroms OK.
> But when I attempt to use either system sounds under KDE or
> REalplay 7 clips I get horribly distorted sound. Here is my
> /dev/sndstat:OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
> Load type: Driver compiled into kernel
> Kernel: Linux john 2.2.13 #6 Mon Apr 24 23:33:02 EDT 2000 i586
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
> Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
> Type 26: MPU-401 (UART)
> Type 2: Sound Blaster
> Type 29: Sound Blaster PnP
> Type 7: SB MPU-401
>
> Card config:
> Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1,1
> (SB MPU-401 at 0x330 irq 1 drq 0)
> OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0
>
> Audio devices:
> 0: Sound Blaster (8 BIT/MONO ONLY) (2.01)
>
> Synth devices:
> 0: Yamaha OPL2
>
> Midi devices:
> 0: Sound Blaster
>
> Timers:
> 0: System clock
>
> Mixers:
>
> Here is the pertinent part of dmesg:
>
> Sound initialization started
> <Sound Blaster (8 BIT/MONO ONLY) (2.01)> at 0x220 irq 7 dma 1,1
> <Yamaha OPL2> at 0x388
> Sound initialization complete
>
> I have recompiled the kernel, inspected dmesg etc. What could be
> causing the distortion?
>
> The OS is Linux Slackware 7. The card is an Orchid Gamewave 32
> which emulates Soundblaster.
>
> John Culleton
>
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From: Sandhitsu R Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: 3D support in Linux
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:27:28 -0400
Which chipsets have full 3D support in Linux ?
I don't want to buy a board which gives 3D performance in Windows but only
2D in Linux.
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NOOOOOOoooo!!! Bastards!
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 21:08:41 -0700
Win, Hsp, or Soft modem are not that bad. I have been using one lately because I
am having problems with hardware modems. I can call from a TI modem (ISA
hardware) to an USR modem (External), but not the reverse. A soft modem (PCI
HSP) works both ways with an USR modem. Performances are similiar in either
cases.
The problem seems to be that the TI modem reports connection with V42bis, but
neither modems support it. Namely at%C? does not work for both. Any idea?
D G wrote:
> David Acklam wrote:
> >
> > External devices are ALLWAYS better than internal ones...
>
> Nope. External devices can be exactly the same or better than external
> ones. The location of the device doesn't matter. What matters is how
> good the device is and how you interface to that device.
>
> > DSL is no exception...
> > The best DSL devices are external, and connect to the PC by ethernet or ATM,
> > since (1) they need no new drivers (you connect with a common, supported
> > nic), and (2) they don't feed off your CPU!
> >
> > I used to have no problem with internal devices, but it is becoming harder
> > to tell the difference between true hardware and software-based hardware for
> > internal devices....
>
> And that's a bad thing? As long as it performs to specs, having a
> configurable system is far preferrable to a non-configurable
> hardware-only solution. Read up on Transmeta and ask Linus why he
> decided to work there. In general, software provides configurability
> and hardware provides performance. Mix the two and you have a great
> product--maybe not the highest performing product, but a great product.
>
> I'm not saying that win-devices are good. I'm saying that software (or
> firmware, as we like to call it) plays an important role for both the
> consumer and the manufacturer in add-on devices. Unfortunately, the
> market driver for host-based peripherals seems to be low cost rather
> than performance and configurability.
>
> >
> > A lesson to learn from the iMac: Just because it 'looks better' doesn't mean
> > it is...
>
> Agreed.
>
> --
> DG
> e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Subject: Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:28:27 GMT
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 06:52:19 GMT, Nick Brok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <8e1vq8$u1q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andreas Maunz wrote:
>>Sorry for me posting in German to this NG :-)
>>
>>Fehler:
>>In der Zeile 'insmod i2c verbose=1 scan=1 i2c_debug=0' kriege ich
>>folgende Meldung:
>>'insmod: i2c: no module by that name found'.
>>
>Sie muessen die modulen instalieren von i2c im kernel
>You must install i2c in kernel
The i2c modules typically come with the bttv driver when it is
distributed separately. Now, if you are running a linux distro
with the 2.2 kernel, the i2c module along with the rest of the
bttv stuff should have been precompiled for you.
[deletia]
This sort of situation should only come up if you have built
your own kernel...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Subject: Re: cdwriter
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 16:32:30 GMT
On 25 Apr 2000 08:28:27 GMT, Slawomir Siwek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>john calison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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?
>First you have to provide your kernel with :
>scsi-emulation
>generic-scsi
>with scsi-cd
>with/without disabling cd-ide.
>Some guys claim that you don't need to
>disable ide-cdrom but I remove it from kernel.
It depends on the kernel version. With newer kernels/distros,
you can just fiddle with what modules you load and get one
IDE device being emulated as SCSI while another isn't.
These are my relevant module options:
modprobe ide-cd ignore=hdd
modprobe ide-scsi
hdd is an IDE scsi burner.
hdc is a pioneer 10x DVD.
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From: "Maurice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: suSe 6.3 vs. Matrox Millenium II
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:58:50 +0200
hey...
luxury problem
running SuSE 6.3 without problems (so far)
only the max. resolution, in my case, is 1024x786
used to run 1280x1024. (19")
Due to the number of different answers in my environment..
{{{{ HELP }}}}
tia,
Maurice
ps....I have a Matrox Millenium II graphic card...
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From: Alexis Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Get a FREE Palm Pilot
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:28:26 GMT
Alberich wrote:
>
> Get a FREE Palm Pilot
>
> For information send an E-mail to:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what's the point, exactly?
--
Alexis Bilodeau
eMagiK Technologies
819.371.9273
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ludc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X-windows on Trident 9750 AGP
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:39:27 +0800
hello,expert.
I am trying to run x-windows on Trident 9750 Agp card with 4m Video
ram(tested only 2048m,don't know why).
I tried S3GenDac as the clockchip or something.The x-screen appears.but the
mouse doesn't move this time.Dont know why .Can you help me?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dachuan in Beijing.
Many thanks
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From: "ludc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disk partition for linux install ?
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:43:53 +0800
Ted Taechun Pak wrote in message ...
>
>Hi,
>
>I am running Win 98 in my 16 GB H.D.
>The H.D. has already been paritioned into two, 8 GB each.
>
>I would like to install linux but I don't want to dedicate all 8 GB into
>linux. I heard I don't need that much for linux.
>
>I have Win 98 installed in first 8 GB partition that I want to
>preserve. I want to divide the second 8 GB partition into two 4 GB
>partition without destroying Win 98 in the first 8 GB partition.
>How should I do it ?
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>That's easy.Try to use Partiton magic to repartition the Drive D.Then use
the newly freed space and create two partitions,of couse ,the first is Linux
native,another is linux swap.Then install Linux as usuall.I tried this in my
machine and I installed Lilo on a floppy disk.It worked quite
well.anyway,try partition magic.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ludc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing trident 9750 agp under slackware
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:49:09 +0800
X-windows using Trident 9750.Can anybody help!
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From: "Richard Gaywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which tv tuner supports PAL color system
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:59:57 -0000
> Also there's a great hack for the driver to decode scrambled cable
> channels!
Any chance you point me towards that driver?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: not sloooow, but sluggish linux modem
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:03:18 GMT
an absolute must have - irqtune. my d/l speed increased 50%
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
J.R. Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi--
>
> To those who followed this thread of about 7 weeks ago, I did
eventually
> solve the problem but was indisposed for a while and did not get a
chance
> to follow up. The solution was the combination of
>
> 1) using IRQtune (available at freshmeat, I believe) to raise the
priority
> of my serial port
> 2) using the command /sbin/hdparm -u1 /dev/hda
>
> I now maintain download speeds actually slightly in excess of what I
> achieved under Windows. Thanks to all of you who helped in the
diagnosis;
> I greatly appreciate your efforts and consideration.
>
> best,
>
> J.R.
>
> > I previously posted this question but I believe it was to the wrong
> > audience. I recently installed a 3Com USR 56K external faxmodem for
use
> > with a dual boot Win98/Linux system. The modem performs wonderfully
> under
> > Windows, maintaining download speeds of better than 5 KB/s for all
file
> > sizes. However, under Linux, I can only maintain about half of that
> > speed. I have read about people having problems with modems under
Linux
> > because of an IRQ conflict. However, I don't think this is my
problem,
> as
> > I believe my download speeds would then be abysmal instead of just
> > disappointing. The following are common to the use of the modem
under
> both
> > OSs: connect speed of 49,333 bps, IRQ 4, and the modem
initialization
> > string.
> >
> > Here is more information that may help to diagnose the problem:
using
> the
> > modem monitor, I noticed that my modem throughput is cyclical. I
will
> have
> > a few seconds of download speeds around 6 KB/s, but then the modem
stalls
> > and has to build back up for a couple seconds. This behavior is
> repeated,
> > with constant frequency, for all downloads. If I download a small
file,
> I
> > get good speed because the whole thing can transfer during the "fast
> > phase", but for larger files, I can barely maintain 2.8 KB/s because
of
> the
> > cyclical behavior of the modem speed.
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
>
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Before you buy.
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From: Greg Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Corel Linux
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:29:02 GMT
Corel Linux only supports and installs on hardware with a compatibile video
card and monitor. Otherwise you are out of luck. You can grab Debian off the
Net and install. Corel would not install on my Compaq Presario 3555 desktop
but installed flawlessly on my Toshiba 460CDT notebook. BYW, Corel may be
going bankrupt according to their latest press release if the Borland/Inprise
merger does not go through so choose your Linux distro carefully. Fortunately,
CL is based on Debian Linux so you can always update your CL system if Corel
visits the graveyard.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I did use the boot disk that came with the software, but my installation
> did even get started, it booted me out even before that. Did you get your
> problem resolved? Is your hardware 100% compatible? I know for sure that
> my graphics card and motherboard is not on the Corel Linux compatibility
> list.
>
> jeff wrote:
> >
> > I had similar poblem with download version. At around 40% installation,
> it spits
> > out
> > cd and reboots the system. But suprisely it can boot to login prompt. I
> tried to
> >
> > reload again, it went through a little far but stop around 45% and
> reboot the
> > system
> > again..
> >
> > "Robert M. Taylor, Jr." wrote:
> >
> > > Did you get a boot diskette? SuSE seems to work best booting from the
> > > boot diskettes rather than running windows during the install. I don't
> > > think I ever ran any version of windows during an install of Linux. It
> > > should reboot with a Lilo prompt. If this is not happening, the install
> > > did not work.
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I purchased Corel Linux Deluxe to install on my current system so
> that I
> > > > can have dual boot between Win 98 and Linux, however when I try to
> install
> > > > Linux, it goes to the screen prior to the license agreement and then
> it
> > > > spits out the CD and reboots the computer automatically. Does
> anybody
> > > > know why it is doing this? In my computer system it seems to have no
> > > > problems with the setup. I think it might be hardware
> imcompatibility,
> > > > does anybody else have a suggestion?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > > > http://www.help.com/
> > >
> > > --
> > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > > Bob Taylor
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > SuSE Linux 6.3 on a Celeron 466
> > >
> > > bob@Peregrine:~>
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
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From: "Fathead" <pimephalis*FATHEAD*@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: old Canon multipass printer
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:31:12 -0500
Does anyone know whether you can print to an old Canon multipass 800.
It's a multi-function device, with a bubblejet printer inside. The tech support
pages on the Canon site are less than useless, and I'm at a loss. Just
wondered if anyone had had any luck printing to one.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein?= Gyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Get a FREE Palm Pilot
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:31:13 +0200
Alexis Bilodeau wrote:
> what's the point, exactly?
Probaly to make an archive of email addresses so they can spam you
later.
--
Øystein Gyland
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From: James Helferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: 3D support in Linux
Date: 25 Apr 2000 18:25:37 GMT
Sandhitsu R Das wrote:
>
> Which chipsets have full 3D support in Linux ?
>
> I don't want to buy a board which gives 3D performance in Windows but only
> 2D in Linux.
http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/
Those are pretty well supported. I've heard good things about
3DFX-based cards, too. (Lotsa drivers for them.)
James
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lousy graphic's !
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:30:05 GMT
Can i use intel i810 vidio card in linux ? If so how ? If not what would
you recommend.
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From: Alexis Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Get a FREE Palm Pilot
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:02:11 GMT
Øystein Gyland wrote:
>
> Alexis Bilodeau wrote:
>
> > what's the point, exactly?
>
> Probaly to make an archive of email addresses so they can spam you
> later.
>
> --
> Øystein Gyland
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's what I thought... I'd LOVE to have a free palm pilot, but I sort
of have some doubts about it!!! : )
--
Alexis Bilodeau
eMagiK Technologies
819.371.9273
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Martin Stuijfzand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for Point Of Sale printer?
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:07:28 +0200
Hello, does anybody have a Linux driver for Point Of Sale printer? I still
have to buy the (not too expensive) printer so almost any driver will do.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3Com OEM winmodem on Gateway 9300 CX under linux
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:04:47 GMT
I thought there is still hope for winmodems under linux
(cf http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html mentions linux drivers
available for Lucent PCI winmodem and PCTel winmodem ) ...
In article <39012ef8$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David Acklam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Replace it with a real 3com modem (i.e. hardware modem), preferrably
ISA or
> external. PCI modems will work, but they require manual tweaking...
>
> Winmodems aren't worth the trouble it takes to support them, so
(fortunately
> for computer users everywhere) they will most likely never be
supported
> under linux...
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8dnt29$eef$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> >
> > Any ideas how I should proceed to make my OEM modem work under linux
?
> >
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Before you buy.
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 15:37:29 -0400
From: Scott Zielinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: i810
> lesha wrote:
>
> Hello All
> Where i can to get kernel and xfree with support mother board on
> chipset i810
> Best regards
> Alexei
>
This link should take precicily where you need to go.
http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/linuxsoftware.htm
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From: Danny O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: ati xpert128 video card problem
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 15:39:42 -0500
Where do you get xfree86 (any version)? How do you download and install
it under Linux 6.1?
TIA
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joseph
Szymczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also had probloems with this chip, however Installing v.4.0 of xfree
> was
> easy and it works wonderfully!!
>
> -joe
>
> Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
>
> > Xfree86 3.3.6 supports the Rage128 line of cards, including the
> > Xpert128.
> > However, the 2D support in XFree86 4.0 is much better, and if your card
> > is
> > agp there is now a beta of the DRI available for 3D support for the
> > card
> > (with PCI support coming soon).
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Parminder Lehal wrote:
> >
>
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