Linux-Hardware Digest #865, Volume #12 Mon, 15 May 00 19:13:08 EDT
Contents:
SCSI CD writer problems -- cannot open /dev/pg? errors (Erik Max Francis)
Re: tape drives (David C.)
Sony vaio picturebook camera linux driver (Kostas Terzidis)
Why do I need Linux? (The Image)
Re: CD Music Problem (Anthony Ewell)
Re: Abit KA7/GeForce (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Why do I need Linux? (Scott Countryman)
Re: Asus V3800 drivers (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: SCSI CD writer problems -- cannot open /dev/pg? errors (Marcel Pol)
X Window Extremely Slow! ("Paul Donnelly")
Re: Internal Robotics modem problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Memory unrecognized (not the >64M problem!) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: nic problem ("Y. Ohgaki")
Re: X Window Extremely Slow! ("Y. Ohgaki")
Re: X Window Extremely Slow! (Dances With Crows)
Re: HELP !!! (TomG)
Re: Soundcard uninstalls after every reboot??? (TomG)
Re: Mouse Does Not Work In X Windows (seckloff)
Re: driver for ESS1869 sound chip? (James Franklin)
Re: Need Help! w/ audio driver for Yamaha (Bob Martin)
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From: Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: SCSI CD writer problems -- cannot open /dev/pg? errors
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 13:06:40 -0700
Reply-To: Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have a peculiar problem that occurs when both reading (via cdda2wav)
and writing (via cdrecord) to my (SCSI) HP CD Writer Plus 9200 under
Slackware Linux kernel version 2.2.13.
What happens is that, whenever there's a problem while doing a mass read
(slurping all tracks with cdda2wav) or writing (writing a CD with
cdrecord), any further operations emit strange errors (referring to a
/dev/pg? device); the only way I've seen to get around this is to reboot
(which is obviously not very acceptable).
Here's an example of the kind of thing I'm talking about (this was
likely caused by a dirty CD):
max@ice:/burn/incoming% cdda2wav -D 0,6,0 -B
135168 bytes buffer memory requested, 4 buffers, 13 sectors
Read TOC CD Text failed (probably not supported).
#Cdda2wav version schily0.6_linux_2.2.12_i686_i686 real time sched.
soundcard support
... normal cdda2wav output snipped ...
samplefiles size total will be 770944056 bytes. 18 audio tracks
recording 4370.04266 seconds stereo with 16 bits @ 44100.0 Hz
->'audio'...
cannot set posix realtime scheduling policy: Operation not permitted
percent_done:
1%cdda2wav: Input/output error. ReadCD MMC 12: scsi sendcmd: retryable
error
CDB: BE 04 00 00 12 48 00 00 0D 10 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 06 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 29 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x6 Unit Attention, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x29 Qual 0x00 (power on, reset, or bus device reset
occurred) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 36.636s timeout 100s
cdda2wav: Device not configured. Cannot set SG_SET_TIMEOUT.
This is a curious error for bad media. But any further attempt to
access the CD, results in an error regarding a /dev/pg? device (/dev/pg6
in this case, since the CD writer is on SCSI ID 6):
max@ice:/burn/incoming% cdda2wav -D 0,6,0 -B
cdda2wav: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg6'. Cannot open
SCSI driver.
open(0,6,0) in file interface.c, line 816
Use the script scan_scsi.linux to find out more.
I've never heard of a scan_scsi.linux script, so I don't know what it's
talking about here.
Again, the vast majority of the time this process is painless and works
normally. It's the 1% of the time when there's a dirty CD or a buffer
problem during writing that an error occurs -- my problem isn't with the
errors, it's with the total inability to do anything else with the CD-RW
drive after that.
Any idea how to resolve this problem without rebooting? Thanks.
--
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A highly categorized list of Web links.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: tape drives
Date: 15 May 2000 16:17:51 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille) writes:
> On 12 May 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) wrote:
>>
>> A tape drive is your only viable alternative.
>
> I'd like to make a different suggestion: using a second hard disk for
> the backups.
>
> The price of hard disks has fallen to the point that a second hard disk
> is *much* cheaper than a tape drive and tapes. It's also much quicker.
It can't be easily removed and stored off-site. And if you make
multiple backup sets, the media cost will kill you. $200 for a hard
drive may not be too terrible, but $200 each for 3 or 4 hard drives is
something altogether different.
> If the second hard disk is identical to the first one, you can use
> "dd" to make an exact copy. You can also make a "traditional" backup
> to the second disk, using a program such as tar with compression.
>
> You can buy a removable tray for a few dollars so that the backup disk
> can be easily removed and stored elsewhere, for security.
Trays that allow hot-swapping are not cheap. If you have to power-down
your system every time you do a backup, it's not a very convenient
solution.
> One disadvantage of this system is that if you make an exact copy of
> the disk using "dd", you can't have multiple backup versions (for
> example, having three backups as of February, March, and April). This
> may not be a problem if you're not planning to have multiple backups
> anyway.
Only having one backup of your system is a dumb idea.
What happens if you encounter a failure during a backup run? Now not
only is your system hosed, but so is your only backup.
And what happens if something gets corrupted, but you don't notice it
for a few months. If you don't have some archived backups, you may not
ever be able to recover an uncorrupted version of the file.
-- David
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From: Kostas Terzidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sony vaio picturebook camera linux driver
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 13:27:31 -0700
Does anybody know of any linux driver for the Sony vaio picturebook?
I am trying to write a java based program for that device.
K.
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From: The Image <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why do I need Linux?
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 20:17:59 GMT
I hate asking newbie type questions on an ng, so my apologies to anyone
bored by this question! Everyone seems to be saying that if you want to
do anything serious on computers you need Linux! Why?
I've bought the magazine Linux Format, but apart from saying that Linux
is an alternative to Windows, it tells me very little. The mag provides
a CD for 'Definate Linux' but I want to know why I need it (if I do at
all) before installing.
--
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 13:40:19 -0700
From: Anthony Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD Music Problem
Hi,
I didn't realize it was there. When I clicked on the "Rec"
setting it started playing perfectly. Thank you!
Many thanks,
--Tony
aewell@gbis dot com
What does "Rec" stand for anyway? Record?
Junk Mail wrote:
> Anthony Ewell wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using red hat 6.0 and an ensoniq audio PCI card.
> > I can not get music CD's to play.
> >
> > When I start xplaycd, everything seems to be working visually
> > (the time counter runs, the track indicator gets all the tracks
> > correct, etc.). X11amp works fine. My XFce noises all sound off
> > the way they should. Under Windows NT (this is a multiple boot
> > system) the CD-ROM plays music without problem.
> >
> > Also, sometimes when I try to get the CD to play and loose
> > track of time, it will actually start playing. But, this anomoly
> > can take over an hour to occur.
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas what is going on and
> > how to fix it?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > --Tony
> > aewell @ gbis dot com (remove the spaces and replace "dot" with ".")
>
> You did not mention whether you opened up a mixer (gmix is one) and
> checked the mixer settings.
>
> --
> My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Abit KA7/GeForce
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 13:51:20 -0700
Hi,
one day I found this review and now look at new systems without trust
check it and I believe you will discover why
http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q1/000308/index.html
you can find a lot of intrest articles about perfomance of diffrent
hardware here
http://www.tomshardware.com/
Andrey
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From: Scott Countryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Why do I need Linux?
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:03:54 -0500
Hey, no worries. If someone's bored by the question they don't have to
read it!
The answer is, "you may not need linux". You may want it, though.
Above anything else, Linux makes a great 'net server. You can't beat the
price for performance you get with this OS.
The really good news however, is that Linux is becoming a better and
better choice for your desktop. Caldera eDesktop 2.4 is an very good
choice for this environment. More and more software houses are porting
their software to Linux, Sun's StarOffice is a great office suite to rival
MS Office (except it's free), etc.
For instance, I get asked alot if Linux is ready for the desktop. I
usually say pretty close. Then I follow up and say that I think it's at
least as ready for the desktop as Windows, probably more so.
I'm sure that raised a few eyebrows, but look at it this way. Say you're
going to have a three year old banging away at the keyboard... on your
own, prized machine. Would you rather them be doing that under Windows or
Linux? Under Windows, there isn't much of a way to protect the system
from damage by someone who doesn't know what the heck they're doing. You
can wipe the system in a hearbeat. But look at Linux. Just give the
toddler a restricted userid that can only munge it's own files and other
than some drool on the keyboard you don't have anything to worry about.
You can let them dork around in X with not many worries at all.
Now take the kiddo, make them age 45, maybe named fred, and you have a
typical corporate desktop situation. Management wants to build the
machine in a certain way, and have it stay that way without Fred the
worker messing it up. With windows, Fred can do whatever he darn well
pleases to torque the box. With unix (in general, in our case Linux), he
can be given just enough authorities on the box to do what he needs to do,
but not enough to cause downtime. Very nice indeed. Plus you get better
performance out of the same hardware over windows.
Whether you can get all of the apps you need under Linux is a different
story.. just depends on what you're doing. If you're open to options, you
probably can.
You may want to take a look out on http://www.freshmeat.net and see if
playing with any of that software intrigues you. That will give you an
idea of what's available under Linux.
Good Luck!
/Scott.
The Image wrote:
> I hate asking newbie type questions on an ng, so my apologies to anyone
> bored by this question! Everyone seems to be saying that if you want to
> do anything serious on computers you need Linux! Why?
> I've bought the magazine Linux Format, but apart from saying that Linux
> is an alternative to Windows, it tells me very little. The mag provides
> a CD for 'Definate Linux' but I want to know why I need it (if I do at
> all) before installing.
>
> --
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Asus V3800 drivers
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 14:21:39 -0700
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Hi,
you should use basic TNT2 dirver. Just run XFSetup and select any card
which has TNT2 chipset. (IF you intrested in DRI you can try to install
xfree86 4.0 with latest nvidia drivers - but it can works only for few
programs - for example Quake III. Not tested by me)
Andrey
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<pre>xfree86 4.0 with latest nvidia drivers - but it can works only for few</pre>
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From: Marcel Pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: SCSI CD writer problems -- cannot open /dev/pg? errors
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:22:59 GMT
Erik Max Francis wrote:
>
> I have a peculiar problem that occurs when both reading (via cdda2wav)
> and writing (via cdrecord) to my (SCSI) HP CD Writer Plus 9200 under
> Slackware Linux kernel version 2.2.13.
And when you use cdparanoia, does it also happen?
When I use cdda2wav I get a lot of i/o errors, and after some time
it just quits.
When I use cdparanoia, all goes well, and in my ears all sounds well
also.
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SuSE 6.3 Kernel 2.2.13
Don't visit http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/marcelpol
This sig is stolen.
But it was released under GNU, wasn't it?
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From: "Paul Donnelly" <pauldonnelly@@hotmail.com>
Subject: X Window Extremely Slow!
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 22:45:58 +0100
I'm pretty new to Linux/Unix so please bear with me.
I managed to get Linux installed ok, but when I tried to load X Window it is
crawls so slow that it unusable.
I think the problem lies in the my graphics card (S3 Trio3D/2X).
the only information I could find was at the xfree86 FAQ page, which was as
follows:
************************************************************
as a quick workaround for XFree86 3.3.3.1 to 3.3.5 you can specify
ChipID 0x8a10
VideoRam 4096
in the device section or compile your own server from XFree86 3.3.5 sources
using the following patch:
--- xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/vga256/drivers/s3v/regs3v.h~ Mon Sep 6
10:47:18 1999
+++ xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/vga256/drivers/s3v/regs3v.h Fri Sep 24
14:39:18 1999
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
/* Wait until Command FIFO is empty */
#define WaitCommandEmpty() do { int loop=0; mem_barrier();
\
- if (s3vPriv.chip == S3_ViRGE_GX2 || s3vPriv.chip == S3_ViRGE_MX ||
s3vPriv.chip == S3_ViRGE_MXP) \
+ if (S3_ViRGE_GX2_SERIES(s3vPriv.chip) ||
S3_ViRGE_MX_SERIES(s3vPriv.chip)) \
while
((!(((((mmtr)s3vMmioMem)->subsys_regs.regs.adv_func_cntl)) & 0x400)) &&
(loop++<MAXLOOP)); \
else if (S3_TRIO_3D_SERIES(s3vPriv.chip)) \
while (((IN_SUBSYS_STAT() & 0x5f00) != 0x5f00) &&
(loop++<MAXLOOP)); \
************************************************************
The problem with this is it makes no sense to me what so ever! If someone
could explain the above procedure I'd be most grateful.
Cheers!!!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Internal Robotics modem problem
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 14:28:59 -0600
In article <8fghnf$8ut$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Boomer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running Corel Linux OS Deluxe. Corel Linux is powered by the Debian
> Linux distribution and a set of complimentary tools & utilities from GNU.
> I tried to setup a Internal Robotics modem
> (33KC) on COM2 using the network / dial-up option
> When I connect to the ISP,
> I get Modem ready, Dialing,
> Logging on to network.
> Then I get Linux ERROR:
Type:
which pppd
In RedHat it's /usr/sbin/pppd. It might be somewhere else with Corel.
As root, type:
chmod a+s <path_to_pppd>/pppd
Try it again and see if it works.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Memory unrecognized (not the >64M problem!)
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 14:56:46 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sandhitsu R
Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I have an old Packard Bell Legend 220CD machine with 486DX2 running at
> 66MHz. I have two RAM slots in which I currently put two 12M modules. It
> seems the second slot module is always recognized as max. 4MB. Do I have
> to tweak anuything to have its full amount recognized (even the BIOS
> recognizes 4MB only).
Hmmm. 12M+4M=16M, similar to what I went through with a P100 laptop.
I ended up having to put the 'append=' statement in lilo.conf just to get
it to accept anything over 16M.
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From: "Y. Ohgaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: nic problem
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 06:51:39 +0900
First of all, you have check if you have:
- kernel that your NIC driver compiled in
OR
- modules for your NIC driver in /lib/modules/[kernel version]/
If you have module, try insmod [NIC driver] to see if it works.
If it does, do 'man modprobe', 'man depmod' to find out what you
need to do.
This may or may not help.
"TomC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi, I have 2 nic. When the linux boot up, eth0 & eth1 are showed ok.
> However, I type ifconfig, I can't find eth1. Then, I type ifconfig eth1
> up but it shows "Resource temporarily unavailable". Why?
>
>
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From: "Y. Ohgaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Window Extremely Slow!
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 07:06:07 +0900
I'm not a X hacker, so I might be wrong.
It seems the X Server wrongly detect video card's chipset and this patch is
fixing the problem.
BTW, I have video card with the chipset have and it work fine here w/ 3.3.5.
To get it work, I just change chipid and videoram in you XF86Config.
Yasuo.
"Paul Donnelly" <pauldonnelly@@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm pretty new to Linux/Unix so please bear with me.
>
> I managed to get Linux installed ok, but when I tried to load X Window it is
> crawls so slow that it unusable.
>
> I think the problem lies in the my graphics card (S3 Trio3D/2X).
>
> the only information I could find was at the xfree86 FAQ page, which was as
> follows:
>
> ************************************************************
>
> as a quick workaround for XFree86 3.3.3.1 to 3.3.5 you can specify
>
> ChipID 0x8a10
> VideoRam 4096
>
> in the device section or compile your own server from XFree86 3.3.5 sources
> using the following patch:
> --- xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/vga256/drivers/s3v/regs3v.h~ Mon Sep 6
> 10:47:18 1999
> +++ xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/vga256/drivers/s3v/regs3v.h Fri Sep 24
> 14:39:18 1999
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
>
> /* Wait until Command FIFO is empty */
> #define WaitCommandEmpty() do { int loop=0; mem_barrier();
> \
> - if (s3vPriv.chip == S3_ViRGE_GX2 || s3vPriv.chip == S3_ViRGE_MX ||
> s3vPriv.chip == S3_ViRGE_MXP) \
> + if (S3_ViRGE_GX2_SERIES(s3vPriv.chip) ||
> S3_ViRGE_MX_SERIES(s3vPriv.chip)) \
> while
> ((!(((((mmtr)s3vMmioMem)->subsys_regs.regs.adv_func_cntl)) & 0x400)) &&
> (loop++<MAXLOOP)); \
> else if (S3_TRIO_3D_SERIES(s3vPriv.chip)) \
> while (((IN_SUBSYS_STAT() & 0x5f00) != 0x5f00) &&
> (loop++<MAXLOOP)); \
>
> ************************************************************
>
>
> The problem with this is it makes no sense to me what so ever! If someone
> could explain the above procedure I'd be most grateful.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: X Window Extremely Slow!
Date: 15 May 2000 18:24:01 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 15 May 2000 22:45:58 +0100, Paul Donnelly
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I managed to get Linux installed ok, but when I tried to load X Window it is
>crawls so slow that it unusable.
>I think the problem lies in the my graphics card (S3 Trio3D/2X).
Yep, there are N+1 problems with those cards. If you're confused by the
stuff below, then you might have better luck with a more recent version of
X. The latest version is Xfree86 4.0; you should be able to find RPMs,
tarballs, or .debs in many places around the Net. I could tell you
exactly where to go if you'd posted the distro you're using.
>as a quick workaround for XFree86 3.3.3.1 to 3.3.5 you can specify
> ChipID 0x8a10
> VideoRam 4096
>in the device section or compile your own server from XFree86 3.3.5 sources
>using the following patch:
[snippage]
Edit the file /etc/XF86Config (Debian, Slack, SuSE) or /etc/X11/XF86Config
(RedHat and derived) and add these lines just after the line that says
"Section "Device" ":
ChipID 0x8a10
VideoRam 4096
Make sure there's only one VideoRam line in that file.
The other lines you posted contain a patch for the X server's source code.
If you've never done any programming/compiling and you aren't familiar
with Unix, you will probably want to hold off on doing things with patches
and compiling for a few days until you get your bearings.
Remember to Read The Fine Manual, and visit the documentation sites.
http://linuxnewbie.org and http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO are decent places to
start. Good luck.
--
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid?
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Beer is a vegetable. WinNT
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| is the study of cool. --MegaHAL
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From: TomG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP !!!
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 22:30:03 GMT
Weiting Cao wrote:
>
> I installed RH6.0 and updated XFree86 to 4.0.
> Here's the problem:
> 1. Get a usable configure file
> XFree86 -configure
> 2. Test the new configure
> XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new
> 3. Now the screen is full of flashing vertical lines. You can read
> nothing
> 4. Use ctrl+Alt+Backspace to exit Xwindows
> 5. Still some vertical lines on the scrreen. weird characters.
>
> My system:
> Athlon 600
> Matrox G400 Video card
> Seagate 17 Gb Hard disk
>
> Any suggestions ?
> Thanks a million !
>
>
>
You don't say what monitor you have. All I can really suggest is you try
the most coservative settings possible (ie lowest screen res etc)
Also, you may be using incorrect frequency settings. Try a few other
settings and see what happens.
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From: TomG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Soundcard uninstalls after every reboot???
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 22:30:18 GMT
David Orlow wrote:
>
> Do you know why this happens. Ever since I got my new sound card, after
> I reboot my computer (or ever after it just sits around for a couple of
> hours while being logged into X) the sound card somehow get
> uninstalled. When I go to play an MP3, it says I don't have the proper
> hardware for it. So then I have to go into sndconfig and resetup the
> soundcard. And another wierd thing, when it plays the test file, it
> plays it really LOUD, and it is all distorted. But everything else,
> while it is working, sounds great.
>
> Just to let you know, my last sound card is not even an option in fixing
> it. I replaced it because it was a SB 16 PCI and unless you were usning
> 95 or 98, it made my sound sound like the speakers were blown all of the
> time. They never came out with updated drivers for a year. This SB
> Live Value sounds magnificent (when it is working).
>
> Thanks in advanced,
> David
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
The solution depends on whether you load modules for the kernel.
If so, you can pass arguments to the kernel via LILO. If you then edit
your startup scripts, that should do it. If you've done all that and
still have no joy, I'm damned if I know what's wrong.
Hope I helped
>
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 23:31:09 +0200
From: seckloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mouse Does Not Work In X Windows
hi,
what kind of mice do you use? serial or ps/2-type?
I experienced that in using (logitech-)ps/2 mice. rumor is, that the
difficulties are caused by a 'flaky' controller. I couldn't check that,
but I found a way out:
before starting X by "startx", run XF86Config and specify a "mouseman"
mouse _by using the keyboard_. type "a" (=apply). now specify "ps/2" and
type "a" again. from now on the mouse works (it persists x-server
shutdowns and restarts, but not reboots). that happens with a logitech
oem mouse as well as a genuine logitech pilot mouse. later on I ran
atest using an old, 2key compaq mouse: that device works properly
without running XF86Setup previously. So the mouse in use is to blame,
too (at least partially).
just for information: I use a motherboard with an intel-vx-chipset.
good luck!
yours siggi
mike wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I could not start X windows with the origional configuration.
> When I disabled gpm , then X windows started, but
> the mouse would not work. I am having this problem
> with Slackware 7.0 and I think Rdhat 6.1
> I had previously had Redhat 5.1 on the machine and there
> was no problems with X windows running and using the same
> mouse. I believe that gpm was running there, but I can remember.
> I was never able to cut and paste in 5.1, I think, but that is
> not of great importance at this point.
> Is there a mouse driver? Maybe the wrong one is being used.
> I have tried different mouse settings with "mouseconfig", but
> it seems that there is no way to test it dynamically. It seems that
> I have to restart X windows. Actually I am not sure how to
> restart the mouse function or daemon once a change is made.
> How would that be done, with out rebooting the system?
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
> P.S. Are there any utilities that will check the mouse functioning
> that are not x programs or help diagnose mouse problems. I
> have looked for doc on how the mouse is interfaced and not
> much info have I found.
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From: James Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: driver for ESS1869 sound chip?
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:34:37 -0500
I have a Compaq /w the ES1869 and my conf.modules has the following entries:
alias sound sb
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=3 mpu_io=0x330
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
Also, make sure your boot scripts have something like this in the appropriate
place:
# load sound modules
if [ -n "$USEMODULES" ]; then
if grep -s -q "^alias sound " /etc/conf.modules ; then
action "Loading sound module" modprobe sound
fi
if grep -s -q "^alias midi " /etc/conf.modules ; then
action "Loading midi module" modprobe midi
fi
fi
On Sun, 14 May 2000, Michael Kelly wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Karen E. Chancellor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Can anyone tell me what device my sound card is compatible with? It is
>> an ISA 'plug and play', SoundBlaster compatible and SoundBlaster Pro
>> compatible with an ESS1869 chip set.
>> I am using the sb driver, but it's not working.
>> Thanks.
>> Karen
>>
>
>If it's ISA P&P then you'll probably have to run some
>configuration tool, such as isapnptools or one that
>comes with your Linux dist.
>
>Another thing you can do to try it out, is if you have
>Windows on the machine, boot that first and test it's
>working, then warm boot into Linux and try it. If it
>works then you just need to configure it. If not, then
>you may need another driver. Try
>make xconfig
>while you're in X and check out what sound drivers you
>have(assuming you installed kernel source on your machine.)
>
>
>--
>
>Mike
>--
>"I don't want to belong to any club that would have *me* as a member!"
> -- Groucho Marx
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Need Help! w/ audio driver for Yamaha
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:55:45 -0500
Kaleb wrote:
>
> I have an intel SE440BX-2 motherboard, w/ on-board sound (yamaha
> YMF-740C [DS-1L Audio Controller])
>
> sndconfig says it isn't supported, and intel doesn't post a driver for
> it. if someone could tell me where to find that driver, that would be
> great. (hints on installing the driver are also welcome)
>
> thanks
Check the sound howto, that yamaha chip is not supported, the commercial
version of the sound driver probably does. you can check
www.opensound.com
--
Bob Martin
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