Linux-Hardware Digest #964, Volume #12 Wed, 31 May 00 22:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: MATSHITA LS120 Ver5 ("Lowel P. M. O'Mard")
Re: Trying to hook up an HP ScanJet 6200C to a Linux PC... (the fly)
Re: Tape devices (David C.)
Re: Recommendations on a backup solution (David C.)
Re: 32Mb AGP Videocard: please help me pick one ! (Falcon)
Re: Recovering a badly closed CD-R (Falcon)
Aztech 3328 sound card (Peet)
How to format a harddisk from linux to Win?
Re: How to format a harddisk from linux to Win? (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: 2 GB File size limit? (Christopher Browne)
Re: Best qual. sound card w/ optical output ("Arny Krueger")
ATI All In Wonder 128 w/ TV Out (Scott)
Re: Best qual. sound card w/ optical output ("rei")
Re: OPL3SA2 (Edward Lee)
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 18:20:41 +0100
From: "Lowel P. M. O'Mard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MATSHITA LS120 Ver5
Giulio Orsero wrote:
> "Lowel P. M. O'Mard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto:
>
> >I have installed RedHat Linux 6.2 onto a PC which has a Matshita LS 120
>
> >hda: FUJITSU MPE3204AT, ATA DISK drive
> >hdc: �, ATAPI UNKNOWN (type 31) drive
> >hdd: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148F, ATAPI CDROM drive
>
> >The LS120 drive is set up as the master on the second IDE bus, and
> works
> >fine under winbloze NT.
>
> It seems linux has problems with certain bioses.
> In those cases you need to put the ls120 on the same ide channel as an
> IDE DISK to have it recognized.
>
> This
> >hdc: �, ATAPI UNKNOWN (type 31) drive
> shows that linux does not recognize it.
>
> Try installing it as hdb, and you'll probably see someting like:
> hdb: LS-120 VER5 00 UHD Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive
>
> Then you'll be able to use it.
>
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately I tried the above, and it showed up as
hdb, but still didn't work.
...Lowel.
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From: the fly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.turbolinux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,alt.comp.periphs.scanner
Subject: Re: Trying to hook up an HP ScanJet 6200C to a Linux PC...
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 18:23:54 -0500
I have not used it with Linux, but in Windows OSs, you must load the HP
software BEFORE physically connecting the scanner. After the software
is loaded, power down, connect the scanner, power on the scanner, and
re-strat the computer.
John Buell wrote:
>
> I've got the scanner connected, but I'm not sure it's even being detected by
> my SCSI card (a Tekram DC-390 series). It's an HP ScanJet with both USB and
> SCSI II interfaces in the back. I've currently got a SCSI II to SCSI III
> cable connecting the scanner to the Linux PC, with nothing at all plugged
> into the USB port. I've also downloaded and have been trying to compile Sane
> 1.02, and I'm thinking I might need to download the HP ScanJet backend from
> kirchgessner.net on its own and compile that as well. I'd really REALLY like
> to get this to work, as otherwise I've wasted $55 on a really nice SCSI
> cable, and the alternative is replacing some cards in the Linux PC so I have
> USB connectivity. Any suggestions?
>
> My apologies in advance if you've heard this all before; even pointers to
> some helpful FAQs would be useful at this point. Thanks in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
> John Buell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Tape devices
Date: 31 May 2000 19:36:06 -0400
Mark Twenhafel writes:
> David C. wrote:
>> mkell writes:
>>>
>>> I have searched these archives looking for "brand" name tape devices
>>> for Linux.
>>> And I didn't see any names mentioned.
>>> My question is, will a Travan TR5 EIDE device work under Linux 6.0?
>>> All I need it for is to backup website directories. Any and all
>>> help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> If it is SCSI or ATAPI, yes.
>
> The Hardware HOWTO says support is in the kernel. Does that mean that
> init probes for the device and after the kernel boots that the device
> (I'm thinking of an HP-Colorado Travan-4 4GB model) will be accessible
> from the /dev filesystem? Then to backup I just use the command tar
> or cpio with /dev/<some device> as the target?
My systems have SCSI-based tape drives. Support is automatic.
When the SCSI driver/module loads, the tape device is detected.
/dev/st0 and /dev/nst0 are assigned to it.
There is no special configuration anywhere beyond that necessary for the
SCSI card itself.
I suspect that the tape driver will auto-load in a similar fashion with
an ATAPI drive, when your IDE/ATAPI driver/module loads.
> Can you suggest web-based documentation on this? I don't have a Linux
> system installed just now. :-(
I'm afraid I don't have any on this. I just went and installed Linux.
After installing, I discovered that the driver was installed for me. If
you read the boot-up messages (which are stored in /var/log/dmesg if you
miss them scrolling by), you can see the tape device being detected when
its interface driver (SCSI in my case) loads.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Recommendations on a backup solution
Date: 31 May 2000 19:44:28 -0400
Dan Lapine writes:
> trippyd wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for recommendations on a backup solution for a redhat
>> 6.1 webserver. Mainly, I am thinking of a tape drive, I need
>> something capable of backing up 4+ gigs daily with as little
>> maintenance as I can get away with, and as simple an installation as
>> possible.
>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
>
> Get a hot-swappable SCSI removable rack. Cheapest way to go and
> excellent proformance.
Best performance, probably.
I'm not so sure about cheapest, though. A SCSI hard drive costs as much
as an inexpensive tape drive, and this is without the cost of the
hot-swappable mounting chassis.
(BTW, the cheap plastic removable-drive trays you find in stores usually
do not provide the electrical buffering and termination needed to
hot-swap a device.)
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Falcon)
Subject: Re: 32Mb AGP Videocard: please help me pick one !
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 19:51:11 -0400
On Tue, 30 May 2000 19:30:13 -0600, gabriel somlo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi !
>
>I'm trying to decide on a new videocard. I'd like 32Mb of RAM, and
>AGP (I REALLY need to free up a PCI slot on that motherboard :) ).
>
>I've narrowed down the choices to the following:
>
>Guillemot MaxiGamer Xentor 32 (tnt2 ultra based)
> - consistently ranks
> between the top three on Tom's hardware comparison tests
> - found it for approx. $140 on Pricewatch.
>
>Matrox G400
> - this seems to be the favorite card of the LIVID developers, and I
> have (and would like to use) a DVD drive on my computer
> - starts at cca. $125 (again, Pricewatch)
>
>Something based on the GeForce chipset, I have nothing specific in
>mind, but I'd like to get some suggestions...
>
>
>What do you guys think ? How can I get a good bang/buck ratio and
>the greatest linux-friendly videocard for less than $150 ?
http://www.compuplus.com/
Elsa Erazor III
NVIDIA-Riva-TNT2
32 MB Graphics
Card $79.00
@ your doorstep for < $100
XFree 4.0 supports it, & it rocks ;)
--
Falcon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Falcon)
Subject: Re: Recovering a badly closed CD-R
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 20:02:25 -0400
On Mon, 29 May 2000 22:17:56 GMT, Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of any method of recuperating a multi-session ISO-
> 9660 CD-R that was not closed properly. It wouldn't normally matter,
> but I have only noticed now that I don't have a copy of the data on
> the CD.
>
> Andre
Don't know enough to recommend a Linux app, but if you got a winbox,
CDRDiag will extract your data:
http://www.cdrom-prod.com/software.html
30 day trial, but if you just need to recover one CD....
--
Falcon
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From: Peet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Aztech 3328 sound card
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:30:11 GMT
My Mandrake 6.5 does recognize the Aztech 3328 sound card druning install
but does not have a driver. Any suggestion how I can make it work under
linux?
Thanks,Peet
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to format a harddisk from linux to Win?
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:30:24 GMT
Now I have a harddisk with linux partition. Looking for a way to format it
back to DOS. Since I am not a Linux user, I hope I can do it under Win
enviroment. If it is not possible, any feasible method under Linux is also
appreciated.
Thanks ahead.
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Subject: Re: How to format a harddisk from linux to Win?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:33:50 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now I have a harddisk with linux partition. Looking for a way to format it
> back to DOS. Since I am not a Linux user, I hope I can do it under Win
> enviroment. If it is not possible, any feasible method under Linux is also
> appreciated.
> Thanks ahead.
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
In DOS, delete the partition as a non-dos parition under fdisk and
create a new partition.
--
Prasanth Kumar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: 2 GB File size limit?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:35:05 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Grant Gray would say:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> is there a 2 GB file size limit on Linux? A friend of mine is doing some
>> Video editing on Windows and I was just curious whether he would be having
>> the same problem under Linux.
>>
>ext2 is 32bit and does have the 2gb limitation (i think there are workarounds
>for it), ReiserFS is 64bit and therefore has no appreciable (at least not for
>the next few years) file size limit.
All rubbish.
ext2 permits (and has, for a couple years now) file sizes up to 2TB,
but is throttled, on 32 bit platforms, to 2GB, because the file
descriptor format used, by default, in virtually all applications, is
limited to 32 bits on 32 bit platforms.
ReiserFS does _absolutely nothing_ to contribute to improvement with
regards to this limitation.
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From: "Arny Krueger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech,creative.products.sound_blaster.live,alt.comp.periphs.soundcard.sblive
Subject: Re: Best qual. sound card w/ optical output
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 01:24:35 GMT
"Jean-Sebastien Morisset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
message news:8h0tpl$iso$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm cross-posting this to several groups since opinions may vary
quite a
> bit... Let me explain what I'm trying to do first. :-)
>
> I'm building an MP3 server which I'll be hooking up to my home
> amplifier. I'll be playing mostly 192kps (and some 160kps) and want
a
> high quality output. My receiver accepts RCA or Optical inputs -- I
> prefer using the optical input, of course. The server will be using
> Linux 6.2, probably with the OSS drivers (better quality).
>
> My question is, what's the best sound card available for
> playing/recording with an OPTICAL output? If the card can support
AC-3
> 5.1, that would be a bonus. All the MIDI stuff is unnecessary for
me.
>
> I'm hoping someone will come up with a "Oh, there's only one card
for
> you..." kinda answer! <grin>
>
I finished some preliminary tests on a Midiman DIO 2448 this
afternoon, and it very much looks like there's only one card for
you...
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ATI All In Wonder 128 w/ TV Out
Date: 1 Jun 2000 01:26:08 GMT
Hello all,
I have an ATI All In Wonder 128 card that I'd like to use the
TV output part for running both console, libGGI, and X on. I've had
success in the past with running console and X on my TV output by using
the VESA framebuffer, the fbcon, and the XFree86 Framebuffer X server.
However, I was limited to 640x480 resolutions and X performance was very
slow. I tried running some of the xscreensaver screenhacks to test the
performance, and things were just too horribly slow on that display. I
am using an AMD K6-2/450MHz so I think that the framebuffer and X server
combo were causing the performance problems.
I'm trying to use aty128fb instead of vesafb, but I can't get the
console to appear on my TV output. The atyfb driver didn't recognize my
card. I'm running on a 2.3.99pre-6 kernel. I am not specifically committed
to any specific X server solution, I just want the speed and I want it to
appear on my TV output. I don't want to have a monitor hooked up to this
particular machine.
Has anybody accomplished this with decent performance? Perhaps
even with an 800x600 resolution (which I can achieve with the same box,
with decent performance, when I boot the same box up into Windows 98).
Any advice from people who've made this work would be appreciated. Thanks
in advance.
-- Scott
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From: "rei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.audio.minidisc,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Best qual. sound card w/ optical output
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 20:08:14 -0600
sblive = $100US ... no optical out
sblive platinum with livedrive = $200US
you have to buy the livedrive2 for like $50-100 (can't remember)
compared to...
aureal vortex2 superquad digital pci and guillemot fortissimo...
$30US
Topher Cawlfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> rcaetano wrote:
> >
> > Take a look at the Sound Blaster Live! 1024. It has a digital output on
> > the card and you can get an additional interface with another digital
> > output. It also has SPDIF output as well as AC-3 5.1.
> >
>
> I have the older SB Live value card in one computer, and an SB Live
X-gamer
> in the other. Neither of these have an *optical* digital output, although
> the SB Live X-gamer does have an electrical (?) digital connector. I have
> no idea what good this is, since I've only seen optical ditital connectors
> on other audio equipment. The down-side to it is that to make room, they
> squeezed the other connectors closer together, which forced me to buy a
> couple new cables with skinnier plugs.
>
> I believe that the only difference between the SB live X-gamer, MP3+, or
> 1024 is the software that is included. If you're only using Linux, you
> don't need any of their software, and you might be able to get a cheap OEM
> version somewhere.
>
> The SB Live Platinum comes with their "Live Drive" that fits into a 5.25"
> drive bay, providing various connectors. That's nice, but they have two
> versions of this (version I and II), and the *optical* connectors are only
> found on the Live Drive II. I don't think this comes with the SB Live
> Platinum, so that one's useless. Creative also sells a seperate Optical
> I/O card (which used to come with the original SB Live sound card).
>
> So, if you go with an SB Live card, you'll want to get the cheapest one
you
> can (maybe a Live value card if they are still sold), and either the Live
> Drive II, or the optical I/O card. I also think some other company makes
> an optical card that works with the SB Live, and is cheaper. I forget who
> sold this, but if you do a lot of digging around I'm sure you can find it.
>
> As for it working under Linux, well, it will work, but it's not
necessarily
> a cake walk. I was able to get the SB Live value working on one computer
> without too much suffering (I had to downlaod, compile, and install a
> recent driver). But just last night I installed RH Linux 6.2 on my newer
> computer and noticed that the SB Live card was detected, but doesn't work
> yet for some reason. I haven't even begun to try to get it to work, I'm
> just saying that it didn't happen automagically with that Linux
> distribution.
>
> I have no idea whether or not these two "accessories" which provide the
> optical output will work under Linux or not. They might require special
> software, and if so it's a good bet that it won't work under Linux yet.
> Creative does have prople working on Linux drivers in general, but they
are
> years behind the Windows drivers.
>
> Check out the creative.linux newsgroup on news.soundblaster.com if you're
> interested. I personally like these sound cards a lot, but I use them
> under both Windows and Linux. In Windows I excersize the 3D effects and
> MIDI SoundFonts, etc. In Linux I'm just happy to hear sound.
>
> And one last side note about digital audio and optical cables: I'm sure
> that the whole digital optical craze is founded on snake oil and nothing
> else, as is much in the audio electronics industry. Fiber optic
> connections are perfectly justifiable for extremely high-bandwidth
> networking, but digital audio is very, very low bandwidth by comparison.
> The nice thing about digital is that there is no signal degredation,
period
> (provided you have some protocol with the usual error correction, of
> course). You can run 100 Mbps ethernet on simple twisted pair cables, for
> I think about 100 meters. CD quality audio is 687 kbps, which is about
> 1/1500 the rate of fast ethernet!! DVD quality audio is just over twice
> this bandwidth, still miniscule compared to fast (or slow) ethernet. So
> why use fiber optics for digital audio?
>
> - Topher Cawlfield
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OPL3SA2
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 09:42:14 -0700
What configuration is causing problem? What kernel message did you get? It's not
a special kernel. It's a standard kernel compiled with gcc 2.81 under Debian
2.1. You don't even need to change your kernel, since you are already using
Debian. You just need to install pnp2215.tgz and snd2215.tgz.
Johan N-P wrote:
> Thanks very much for your reply.
> I tried those modules, but they required a special kernel which I also
> downloaded, and that kernel had a non-working configuration which crashed my
> system. Thanks again, though :)
> Any further suggestions?
>
> Edward Lee wrote:
>
> > Are you sure you have a 4231? The 4231 chip is very old. I don't think they
> > use this chip for newer laptops. The newer chip models are 4232, 4235, 4236
> > and 4237. Try the CSC4236 or CSC4232 drivers at http://linnix.com.
> >
> > Johan N-P wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all.
> > >
> > > My name is Johan. I am running Debian GNU/Linux (currently with kernel
> > > 2.2.15) on a Siemens Scenic Mobile 350 Laptop with an OPL3-SAx
> > > Soundcard.
> > >
> > > The soundcard is the problem. All drivers load perfectly, but pcm output
> > > won't work with it; it always hangs the computer sooner or later,
> > > forcing me to restart. I'm currently using OSS/Free sound modules, but
> > > I've tried ALSA too. I've tried various configurations, with and without
> > > Pcmcia_cs loaded (in case its scans conflict with the soundcard), and
> > > nothing works.
> > > The card is ISA PnP. It's control io is set to 0x370, mss_io 0x530,
> > > mpu_io 0x330. Dma: 0, dma2: 7, irq: 5.
> > >
> > > It would be nice if somebody could help me, I miss my sound :) I've
> > > attached my /dev/sndstat to this message.
> > >
> > > //Johan
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130
> > > Load type: Driver loaded as a module
> > > Kernel: Linux Mithrandir 2.2.15 #5 Sat May 27 11:17:04 CEST 2000 i586
> > > Config options: 0
> > >
> > > Installed drivers:
> > >
> > > Card config:
> > >
> > > Audio devices:
> > > 0: MS Sound System (CS4231) (DUPLEX)
> > >
> > > Synth devices:
> > >
> > > Midi devices:
> > > 0: MPU-401 0.0 Midi interface #1
> > >
> > > Timers:
> > > 0: System clock
> > > 1: MS Sound System (CS4231)
> > >
> > > Mixers:
> > > 0: OPL3-SAx and AD1848 (through MSS)
> > > 1: MS Sound System (CS4231)
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