Linux-Hardware Digest #946, Volume #12 Sun, 28 May 00 20:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: USB scanner support ("Nathan Appleton")
Re: Newbie: Sound Blaster 16 {no sound} (Falcon)
Re: Xfree86-4.0 (Falcon)
Re: College, Ethernet, etc... (Rod Smith)
isa parallel controller ("Caen")
Re: Fun with Brain Dead Printers. (Scott Alfter)
Ethernet Trauma (A little help needed.) (James Edward Gray II)
Re: Fun with Brain Dead Printers. (Scott Alfter)
Help Promise ultra ata 66 card ("william")
Re: College, Ethernet, etc... (Chris Pitzel)
Re: gateways - ethernet cards ("Rich")
Re: Can't setup Sony CDRW Redhat 6.2 (Mark Bratcher)
Re: home network problems ("solitaire21")
Re: MATSHITA LS120 Ver5 (Jim Conner)
Re: Fun with Brain Dead Printers. (Bloody Viking)
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From: "Nathan Appleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB scanner support
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 15:12:05 -0700
If anyone knows of/finds a good USB scanner to use with Linux add it and
rate it at LhD:Linux Hardware Database (http://www.linhardware.com). Here
is a list of current scanners at LhD, none of the USB scanners are reported
to work, though.
http://www.linhardware.com/db/searchproduct.cgi?_catid=13
"Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Unrot13 this;
> Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Gene Heskett sends Greetings to John Thompson;
>
> JT> Anybody have any recommendations for a decent USB scanner for a
> JT> linux system?
>
> ATM, no. I just saw a message here, or in .setup, to the effect that
> USB is still a bit infantile, supporting only mice and keyboards so far.
>
> Somebody else may have tested results that indicate *their* device is
> working, and if they do have positive results, please feel free to jump
> in and correct me.
>
> But please, if you do, full details please so the rest of us can do it
> too. That way, if a scanner becomes known as working in linux/USB, then
> we should be able to quote to the maker that his sudden burst of sales
> proves that linux users are a group to promote *his* products to, but we
> must have the full specs of the API to do it.
>
> I'm one who will go out and get a medium priced (<$250 USD) one tomorrow
> if such is the case. I simply can't justify a >$400 unit that has scsi
> and is supported by sane for home useage though, I take it to work where
> our elderly epson does a great job.
>
> Cheers, Gene
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Falcon)
Subject: Re: Newbie: Sound Blaster 16 {no sound}
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 18:16:45 -0400
On Sat, 27 May 2000 08:36:01 -0700, "The Chief" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have the Mandrake 7.0 Linux package! I can't get it play any sound looks
>like a IRQ Conflict How do I Fix!
What happens if you type # soundconfig from the console?
>I have a Riva tnt2 video card I can't get it Config! Does Linux support it?
XFree86 4.0 does, and very well in fact ;)
>My Printer hp 882c only prints in b&w
Try the 660 printfilter. It only works @300 dpi, but it's color (b&w
works fine too). There are some that are worknig on a better driver,
but it's not ready for prime time. Might I suggest a nicely worded
letter to HP about thier lack of support for this?
>I supposes thats why!
huh?
>Please Help Thanx
HTH,
--
Falcon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Falcon)
Subject: Re: Xfree86-4.0
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 18:20:34 -0400
On Sun, 28 May 2000 04:30:03 GMT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I upgraded my Xfree86 to 3.3.6 the other day. I have an ATI
>Rage 128 video card. I was using 3.3.5 with the Suse XFCom drivers. 3.3.6
>has the driver built in the SVGA X server. It works great with the
>exception of Xconfigurator detecting the card but selecting the wrong
>chipset. I used XFSetup to set it up with no problems. My question is:
>From the documentation at XFree86.org, it looks to me like version 4.0 of
>Xfree86 does not support the Rage 128. Does it? Is it still in the SVGA
>server instead of the ATI server? JH
Quite the opposite, Xfree4 supports the Rage 128 quite nicely (AFAIK),
it's the Rage Pro (mach64) support that sux :(
--
Falcon
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: College, Ethernet, etc...
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 22:25:43 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Avallone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm going off to college at the end of August and I'm gonna need an
> ethernet card for my computer
>
> I'm obviously running Linux (why else would I be posting here?), it's a
> Pentium 166, 32MB RAM, RedHat 6.1, kernel 2.2.15. I don't know a whole
> lot about ethernet cards, but I have looked at my college's
> recommendations (they are here:
> http://www.millersv.edu/~resnet/cards/cards.html). For those of you who
> don't feel like looking, they recommend an NE2000 compatible card.
>
> Now, I'm not looking for directions on installing it (that's what the
> HOWTO is for), I just need advice/recommendations on what you think is
> best and cheapest.
Their recommendation is a bit on the overpriced and/or underpowered
side. For a modern system, I'd definitely AVOID an NE2000-compatible
board. Most of these are 10Mbps-only (which may be all your campus
network supports, but 10/100 cards often cost less than the $30 they
want for the no-name NE2000 card they're hawking, and will work as well
on a 10Mbps-only network). Since you've got a P166, I assume your
computer can handle a PCI card. If so, many boards based on DEC Tulip
clones are available for under $30 -- often half that amount. Examples
include the Linksys LNE100TX, the NetGear FA310TX, and the NDC SOHOware
Fast 10/100. You can get any of these for less than $20 from
http://www.buy.com or other mail-order retailers, or typically in the
$20-$30 range from local retailers like CompUSA, Best Buy, or Micro
Center. D-Link is another popular low-cost brand. They sell or have sold
at least three models with very similar names and very different
designs. One was a Tulip clone (the DE-530TX, IIRC), another uses a VIA
Rhine chipset (DFE-530TX), and one uses and RTL 8139 (DFE-530TX+, I
believe). All work fine in Linux; you've just got to know which driver
to use (tulip.c, via-rhine.c, or rtl8139.c). Boards by 3COM and Intel
are also popular and well-tested in Linux. Although they're good
products, they also tend to be more expensive, although you can
sometimes find them for low sale prices or in "OEM" versions sold with
less fluff in the way of driver disks and so on.
You can also obtain Ethernet cabling for a lot less than your campus
computer store wants. Again, buy.com has 25-foot cabling for $5-$10,
depending on the manufacturer, vs. $15 from your campus store.
Note, though, that you'll pay for shipping if you buy mail order, and on
smallish purchases, this can wipe out your savings. It'll also be more
of a hassle to return if something's defective.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Caen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: isa parallel controller
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 17:35:02 -0600
My parallel port on the mb is messed up, so i had to use an isa parallel
controller from intek21.
(DPARAL1 card:intek21.com). The problem is, i wanna use a par port Zip100
connected to the
card but Linux never saw my drive. But it did see my printer when i
connected it to the card and it is working perfectly. Can somebody suggest
anything that i can do? I can change the port address and irq by using
jumpers on the board. I've tried a few diff settings yet it still didn't
work. I'm using RedHat 6.2, 2.2.14 kernel.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Fun with Brain Dead Printers.
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 22:37:16 GMT
In article <8gpo0c$i35$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter) writes:
>>In article <8gp3mu$c1r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Oh, that reminds me --- I have a postscript printer. I have a postscript
>>>file. How do I get one to print on the other *under Windows*?
>
>>"copy foo.ps lpt1:" in a DOS box (or in DOS mode) works for me.
>
>OK, next question: I have a PCL5 printer, and a PCL5 file. How do I get one
>to print on the other *under Windows*?
There are DOS and Win9x versions of Ghostscript; their use is about the same
as under Linux/*BSD/etc. Binaries are available, or you might be able to
roll your own from source with Cygwin or something similar.
(I suppose having access to PostScript-compatible printers at home (Lexmark
Optra Color 40) and at work (Lexmark Optra S 2420) has spoiled me a bit. :-)
In the past, though, I've used Ghostscript on everything from an HP DeskJet
682C down to an old Apple Imagewriter...mainly under Linux and SunOS, though
I've used some of the older versions under DOS as well.)
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (salfter at (yo no quiero spam) delphi dot com)
\_^_/ http://salfter.dyndns.org
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Subject: Ethernet Trauma (A little help needed.)
From: James Edward Gray II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 22:40:15 GMT
I am having a little trouble getting my Ethernet (LinkSys) card setup
under Linux (Red Hat 6.1) and would appericiate any help you could give.
The HOWTO sent me to their homepage, where I pulled off the instructions
quoted below. Everything goes well until I type in the "modprobe tulip.o".
Here I get a "Device or resource is busy" error. I am banging my head into
a wall here, so thanks in advance for all your help.
> If Your Distribution Supports Modules
>
> Make sure that you have the kernel source tree installed. Consult your Linux
> documentation for further help if you need it.
>
> Linksys network cards use a driver called Tulip, which is stored in a file
> called tulip.c. Although you will find this file on the disk that came with
> your Linksys card, it is a good idea to download the latest copy of the Tulip
> driver, since improvements are constantly being made. If you choose to
> download a new copy of the driver, you will need to compile it.
>
> To download the latest version of the Tulip.c driver, go here.
>
> To download the latest test version of the driver, go here.
>
> If You Are Using a Windows Machine for Downloading
> If you download the latest version of the Tulip driver onto a Windows
> computer, you will probably find that the driver will NOT compile properly
> after you copy it to your Linux box, since Windows and Linux use different
> linefeeding. To solve this problem, either (1) download the driver using your
> Linux box, or (2) if you must download it to a Windows machine, covert the
> driver to Linux format with the DOS2UNIX program, which is freely available on
> most open source sites on the Internet.
> Next:
>
> You can compile and install the Tulip.c driver in one of two ways. If you are
> familiar with modules, you can simply compile the driver as a module and copy
> it to the proper location in your Linux system. If you aren't familiar with
> modules, and don't mind waiting awhile for your Linux kernel to recompile, you
> can recompile the entire kernel with the Tulip.c driver inside. Both methods
> are described below.
>
> Recompile Module Method
>
> Log in to your Linux box as root, admin, or super user.
>
> Obtain the Tulip.c driver from the Linksys disk, or by downloading the latest
> version of it as described above.
>
> Compile the Tulip.c driver with the following command (type the entire command
> on one line):
>
> gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__
> -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet
> -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c tulip.c
> `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ]
> && echo -DMODVERSIONS`
>
> If your system is using dual processors, compile the Tulip.c driver using this
> command instead (type the entire command on one line):
>
> gcc -D__SMP__ -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__
> -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet
> -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -c tulip.c
> `[ -f /usr/include/linux/modversions.h ]
> && echo -DMODVERSIONS`
>
> Next:
>
> mv /lib/modules/kernel_version/net/tulip.o /tmp
>
> cp tulip.o /lib/modules/kernel_version/net
>
> Next, issue the following commands as root:
>
> depmod -a
>
> modprobe tulip.o
>
> Check the /var/log/messages log file for errors. If there are no errors, then
> the module is installed correctly. Issue the following command:
>
> rmmod tulip.o
>
> Follow the instructions that came with your distribution to configure the LAN
> card. If you are asked what module to use, chose Tulip.
--
James Gray
Always expect your opponent to play the best move! -Jeremy Silman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Fun with Brain Dead Printers.
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 22:47:20 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Serban-Mihai Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I bought a Lexmark Optra 40. Under Linux, the printer was up in 0
>seconds (OK, it does speak PostScript) and the installation of pup
>(which is a simple GUI to do head cleaning, alignment and so on) took 1
>minute, including compiling and installation.
>
>Under Windoze (I have a vanilla Win95 setup), well, the Lexmark drivers
>made the OS go crazy (it simply couldn't boot anymore). WTH should I
>do? I still don't have a decent solution to this and I print using
>another driver from HP. The problem is that I cannot use the fancy
>Lexmark printer properties menu.
I've also noticed this, only under Win98. The driver Lexmark provides works
OK for most programs, but printing to it from IE5 causes a GPF (usually in
GDI.EXE) and printing to it from TurboTax 99 yielded a bunch of blank pages.
Installing the LaserJet 4 driver supplied with Win98 allowed me to print
from these programs, but only in B&W (since the LaserJet 4 is not a color
printer). I received email from Lexmark recently indicating that a new
driver is available, but I haven't tried it yet.
(The printer works like a champ under Linux, though. I have it shared
through Samba so that Win98 (running under VMware) can print to it as well.
With an upgrade to 36 megs of RAM, it'll spool any print job as quickly as
the computer can send them and then free up the computer to go on to other
things while it grinds away. Now I just need to hook my GS to it somehow
and see how its LaserWriter driver will work with it...must find a
serial-to-parallel converter, or maybe an AppleTalk interface for one of the
Linux boxen...)
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (salfter at (yo no quiero spam) delphi dot com)
\_^_/ http://salfter.dyndns.org
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From: "william" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help Promise ultra ata 66 card
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 22:52:43 GMT
Hi,
Trying to get a Promise ultra ata 66 card working with an existing system.
The system boots sees the card and recognizes the hard drive.
Running Redhat 6.2 with 2.2.15 kernel.
Downloaded the files from promise.
Can load the module ultra66.
dmesg shows that it has loaded.
How do I access the hard drive.
Any tips hints etc.
or what is the linux equivalent of HP's ioscan and Sun's drvcfg
Thanks for any help
William.
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From: Chris Pitzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: College, Ethernet, etc...
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 22:54:09 GMT
> I'm going off to college at the end of August and I'm gonna need an
> ethernet card for my computer
Hmmm.. I've had very good experiences with the 3com 3c905 series. Of
course, they're a tad bit pricey compared to other cards.
The consensus seems to be, in lieu of a 3com 3c905 card, to get a card
based on the DEC Tulip chipset. They are manufactured by a variety of
manufacturers.
> I'm obviously running Linux (why else would I be posting here?), it's a
> Pentium 166, 32MB RAM, RedHat 6.1, kernel 2.2.15. I don't know a whole
> lot about ethernet cards, but I have looked at my college's
> recommendations (they are here:
> http://www.millersv.edu/~resnet/cards/cards.html). For those of you who
> don't feel like looking, they recommend an NE2000 compatible card.
You want to avoid the NE2000 series at all costs -- they are relatively
poorly performing cards, and there are a million versions of 'NE2000
compatible cards', and some of them have some very serious problems.
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From: "Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gateways - ethernet cards
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 16:36:29 -0700
What you need is to setup masquerading as suggested. I couldn't get it to
work either until I did this. It's really a very good idea since this also
involves setting up a firewall which will protect your systems.
Unfortunately this is not a very easy task as the config file is rather
complicated. Take a look at www.pointman.org for an excellent tool to help
make this process as painless as possible. I used it to create the base
config file and then modified the details manually. Very helpful.
If you've done this and still can't get it to work, try adding the ISP's
DNS values to the other boxes
and if they happen to be running Win95/98, add the IP address of the system
connected to the ISP to the Default Gateway value. This seems to work very
well for me.
BTW - the only reason you must use two NICs is if one is connected to
DSL/CM. Otherwise you have no way to isolate the networks.
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't setup Sony CDRW Redhat 6.2
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 19:36:53 -0400
Roy Edmund Antaw wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I wish to configure my CDRW to using with cdrecord but I'm unable to
> configrue it. I also new to Linux (so far it looks great!)
>
> Current Configuration:
> PII
> IDE Hard drive
> Sony CDRW IDE
> RedHat 6.2
>
> I had added append="hdc=ide-scsi" to /etc/lilo.conf and used inmod ide-scsi
> but I'm unable to use my CDRW at /dev/scd0 , what have I missed?
>
Let me ask the dumb question: did you compile IDE-SCSI emulation into
the kernel?
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: "solitaire21" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: home network problems
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 19:50:29 -0700
mandrake 7.0 complete
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From: Jim Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MATSHITA LS120 Ver5
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 23:52:29 GMT
Looks like to me that your bios doesn't fully recognize the ls120. Do you
have secondary master set to auto in the bios? I have the same drive and
it works flawlessly. When I do a dmesg, it comes up with the following:
hdc: LS-120 CSMO 05 UHD Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
Thanks, Jim
"Lowel P. M. O'Mard" wrote:
> Pip-pip People!
>
> I have installed RedHat Linux 6.2 onto a PC which has a Matshita LS 120
> drive. I cannot get the drive to work.
>
> The 'dmesg' command reports (just the relevant IDE section):
>
> PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39
> PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1060-0x1067, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1068-0x106f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
> hda: FUJITSU MPE3204AT, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: �, ATAPI UNKNOWN (type 31) drive
> hdd: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148F, ATAPI CDROM drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: FUJITSU MPE3204AT, 19547MB w/512kB Cache, CHS=2491/255/63
> hdd: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
>
> I have tried the command, "mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /mnt/ls120" but the
> only response I get is "mount : /dev/hdc is not a valid block device".
> In the /var/log/messages file I get the message "kernel: hdc: driver not
> present".
>
> The LS120 drive is set up as the master on the second IDE bus, and works
> fine under winbloze NT.
>
> Can anybody help me with this problem?
>
> ...Lowel.
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From: Bloody Viking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fun with Brain Dead Printers.
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 23:55:02 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: This is exactly what makes Linux so hysterical. You have to
: "experiment" with a piece of hardwre to make it work.
But then again, experimenting can be fun. That's why I titled this thread
as "Fun with Brain Dead Printers". If it was so easy, it would be no fun!
Sort of like programming in C is fun. Sure, it can be frustrating, but it
can also be fun if you have a warped sense of humour. The thing is that
with Linux it WILL be more of a challenge than with Windows, which
purports to make everything easy. Windows is like the attempt the Germans
made at building a cheap easy to drive fighter plane and ended up with the
He-162 as the "Volksjager".
But alas, our friends in Deutschland didn't have fly-by-wire nor a pizza
delivery industry to get pre-trained fighter jocks. And like the
Volksjager, Windows falls short for a "peoples' OS".
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