Linux-Hardware Digest #175, Volume #13 Tue, 4 Jul 00 16:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: SB Live / mp3 problems ("qwerty")
AverTVPhone + radio ? (dimon)
Re: Which Atapi CD-RW for Linux ? (System V)
Re: ATI Rage 128 (Antoine Martin)
My External Devices Will Not Respond! ("Mark Smith")
Re: Need soundcard suggestion. (Mike Huskey)
Re: equipment for multi-DSL conections? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need a clean hard disk (lament)
Help... X messed up my monitor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VIA KX133 AGP support ("John Smith")
APC upsd Linux software (Magnus Svensson)
pic programmer that works under linux (chien-yu chen)
Re: Need a clean hard disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Internet through a ntserver (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: multimedia configuration (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: graphical telnet ("Karl E. Jorgensen")
Re: APC upsd Linux software ("B. Joshua Rosen")
KPP with modem on com5, irq 11, port 0xb400 ?? (Gary Sanford)
Best 3D card and Mobo for Linux? ("Iain West")
SCSI Tape problem.. ("Boris")
Re: drive for PCI motorola modem (Daniel)
Re: Help... X messed up my monitor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HP710 Officejet (Guus Zijlstra)
Re: KPP with modem on com5, irq 11, port 0xb400 ?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "qwerty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB Live / mp3 problems
Date: 4 Jul 2000 15:16:24 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 3 Jul 2000 10:28:35 GMT, qwerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've got a SB Live value combined with the Creative 4 point surround
> >speakers (+ one separate base speaker). Running RH6.2 with Gnome
desktop.
> >The card is recognized correctly but when playing mp3 files no signal is
> >sent to this base speaker. Base signals are sent to the 4 point surrouns
> >speakers, which doesn't sound too well. Note that this occurs only with
mp3
> >files, not with regular audio CDs.
>
> The sblive doesn't have a bass output. Sounds like a problem with
> your speaker setup and perhaps only w/ the digital outs.
>
Err.. no. Maybe I'd explain my problem more clear. You're right about the
bass output. The soundcard has a left and a right signal output. Both go to
the bass module. The 4-point surround speakers get their signal from the
bass module. When playing mp3 files all the signals go to the 4 small
speakers. When I switch the output cables @ the soundcard, all sound comes
from the bass speaker, no sound from the 4 small ones. This only occurs
with mp3 files under RH 6.2, Windows is just fine. I'm a newbie with Linux,
but I'd like this thing to work correctly...
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From: dimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AverTVPhone + radio ?
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 10:30:06 -0500
Is there any way to get radio to work on AverTVPhone ?
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (System V)
Subject: Re: Which Atapi CD-RW for Linux ?
Date: 4 Jul 2000 16:00:08 GMT
#include <std/disclaimer.h>
>> i'm thinking about buying a CD-RW. I've heard that there are
>> problems with Atapi CD-RW.
>There are no problems that I'm aware of with ATAPI drives per se
>(I have one here that works like a charm both as a CD-ROM and CDR);
>getting them to work under Linux takes a little more effort than
>simply plugging in a SCSI card and drive, though. You have to
>include SCSI emulation support in your kernel (either compiled in
>or as a module) as well as SCSI CD and SCSI disk support.
The latter is not compleatly true, (IMHO)
if you forget to include scsi-cd and disk support, you _can_ burn cd's
but you just can't read them :-)
>That being said, I'd recommend against the HP 8250i drive. Other
>than that, I have no recommendations for or against.
I'd go for a Yamaha SCSI and a cheap (but supported) scsi-adapter.
SysV
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From: Antoine Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 12:02:26 +0100
Warren Gross wrote:
> re: strange problem's I've been having with RAGE 128
>
> I verified that the same problem happens with XF86 4.0
> and the problem goes away when using 8 bit colour.
I had exactly the same problem, it went away when I started using framebuffer text
modes!...
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Warren
>
> Warren Gross wrote:
>
> > I've had this problem in KDE too....
> >
> > Warren
> >
> > Brandon Nuttall wrote:
> >
> > > James C Randall wrote:
> > >
> > > > Warren Gross wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I'm having a strange problem with my ATI Rage 128 (XPERT 2000)
> > > > >
> > > > > I installed Redhat 6.2 (xfree86 3.3.6) and it found and configured
> > > > > the card properly. I get video that appears ok, but whenever I move
> > > > > a window I see a lot of strange video noise appearing as vertical bands
> > > > > running from the top to the bottom of the screen. They are relatively
> > > > > evenly spaced.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anybody else seen this problem? Is the card ok?
> > > > >
> > > > > Warren
> > > >
> > > > I've seen similar situations on my RH 6.1 using XPERT Rage.......But
> > > > ONLY when I have the mouse in the window. Once I move the mouse....the
> > > > bands go away. (But as I use that system as a server.......I'm not really
> > > > too workied about.)
> > >
> > > I've seen this before, but only when I was running GNOME. In KDE, I don't
> > > have this problem. GNOME only problem?
> > >
> > > Brandon
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From: "Mark Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My External Devices Will Not Respond!
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat
Reply-To: "Mark Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:00:54 +0000
Firstly, a disclaimer - I hope I have posted to the correct groups, and
that I have not asked a question which has such an obvious answer that I
am condemned to flame hell for all time.
I have installed RedHat 6.2 on two machines, and have discovered the same
problem on each - I do not seem to be able to access any external devices
through either my parallel or serial ports. I know that they work - both
machines are dual boot with some flavour of Windows - and on one of the
machines, I have run a previous version of RedHat (6.0), and been able to
connect to my printer without any problems.
For more detail - I am running a reasonably recent Dell box, and trying to
set up an HP 4 plus on the parallel port, and also an external modem on
the serial - I have never received a response from either of them
(although with a previous installation, the printer installed with no
problems.) I am not proficient enough to know how to do any lower-level
testing than simply following the howto and hoping it works. I have tried
every conceivable ttys for the external modem, and the error I get from
both is always along the lines of 'Device not responding' or 'There is no
device attached'.
Can anybody Help?
Mark.
Please remove spamnot from the email address to reply!
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From: Mike Huskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: Need soundcard suggestion.
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 13:05:56 -0400
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:44:44 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Look at the Sound Blaster Live! Platinum. It has everything under the
>sun and for only $150.
Does it have a built in amp? I've got some damn good bookshelf
speakers that I don't want to give up.
"The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything
that anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if its just us, it
seems like an awful waste of space. Right?"
-- Ellie Arroway - Contact
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Subject: Re: equipment for multi-DSL conections?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:13:03 GMT
Brian Stretch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Or for serious fun, dedicate an Ethernet card for your DSL, use a second
> Ethernet card to plug into a switch like this one:
And, while this raises the cost marginally, it also lowers by one the
number of ports you need on your hub/switch. In fact, you might even
save money by buying a 100BTX *only* hub, and then a 10BT *only* card
to go to the DSL. This way, your LAN will run at 100Mb, and you'll
still be able to use the 10Mb (probably) DSL.
Considering that true autosensing, mix'n'match hubs are pretty
expensive (and difficult to find for low numbers of ports), this may
be a good solution.
--
Eric P. McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"Dude... my hands are huge. They can touch anything but themselves...
oh, wait."
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From: lament <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Need a clean hard disk
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:29:28 GMT
To get rid of old information use eraser, at http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/
Read the faq there.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help... X messed up my monitor
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:30:05 GMT
I just reinstalled Linux and set up X exactly as I did before. I'm not
really sure of my monitor's specs since I lost the manual so I guessed
on them. I used the configuration for a week without any problems
whatsoever so when I reinstalled I used the same config. Well, the very
first time I logged out from X, when it changed resolutions, my monitor
got screwed up and now the screen is larger than the monitor so I can't
see everything and I can't get it back. I set up the monitor with my
Win98 PC and it still didn't change back.
Is my monitor permanently damaged, or is there a way to fix this?
Any help's appreciated,
Brian Chen
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "John Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VIA KX133 AGP support
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 18:45:26 +0100
Have you tried the AGP patch avaliable on http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net?
Have you tried kernel 2.3 as the agp module is included?
"Francisco Jos� Lazur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:sS685.461$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> First sorry for my poor english.
>
> I've a 700MHz Athlon computer with an Aopen KX133 based mainboard fitted
> with a Creative 3DBlaster TNT2Ultra and I tryed SuSe linux 6.4 and
Mandrake
> Linux 7.0 with great results.
>
> Recently I installed XFree86 4.0 in my Mandrake Linux and it runs fine
> except for AGP support. If I disable AGP and I don't load kernel AGP
module
> it works fine, however if I enable AGP by load kernel module and I type
> startx the console freezes and I've not response to CTRL+ALT+BackSpace but
I
> can do CTRL+ALT+Del and system restarts.
>
> Note: I'm using latest NVidia XFree 4.0 drivers.
>
> In my first time I tryed this I get a message about my VIA chipset is not
> fully VIA AGP compliant and sugest me a option for the kernel module to
> override this.
>
> Is this a kernel AGP support problem or NVidia driver problem or maybe is
a
> XFree86 4.0 issue?
>
>
>
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From: Magnus Svensson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: APC upsd Linux software
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 19:56:52 +0200
Is this Good Stuff(tm)?
I have just dl:d the rpm, and are about to install it, however I
haven't gotten the UPS yet. :) So testing will be limited...
Has anybody got this running? Success stories?
Regards,
/Magnus
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From: chien-yu chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pic programmer that works under linux
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:52:58 -0500
Hi!
I am looking for a serial port pic programmer that would work under linux
I had tried the schematics at
http://www.pp.htv.fi/jhyvatti/pic/picprog.html
and the picprog program...but can't get it to successfully read/write
system is kernel 2.2.14
If you know of any schematics and writing program that works, please let me
know. thanks
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Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Need a clean hard disk
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 17:54:14 GMT
lament <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> To get rid of old information use eraser, at http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/
Or `dd if=/dev/zero of=<drive> ibs=<sector size> count=<sectors on the
drive>'. For example, on a standard 1.4M floppy, `dd if=/dev/zero
of=/dev/fd0 ibs=512 count=2880'.
You asked in at least two Linux groups, so I assume you have Linux.
--
Eric P. McCoy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
"Dude... my hands are huge. They can touch anything but themselves...
oh, wait."
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Internet through a ntserver
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 19:33:09 +0200
Eystein Aase wrote:
> Im trying out RedHat 6.2 through a NTserver.
What kind of NT server? Is it configured as a gateway, as a firewall or
does it only have some kind of web-proxy?
> Is there a way to make Linux act like it is connected to Internet
> itself, without proxys and stuff, so i can get eg. telnet to remote
> host directly from Linux?
You should tell Linux to use the right gateway. Sometimes a gateway is
also called a router.
> Im willing to change the proxy software(s) at the ntserver.
This is probably your hard work. You might have to replace some stuff
here. Why do you have an NT-machine as a proxy to the internet? What
kind of purpose does it serve? If the purpose is that you only should be
able to surf the web then you will not be able to telnet out without
reconsider this purpose.
regards Henrik
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: multimedia configuration
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 19:41:09 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I want to configure multimedia on my linux 2.2.5-15#1 i686. So that
> ican see movies,listen music.
>
> Pls. suggest the pacakage i should install and configure .
First of all you will need a working sound driver and a working X
installation. Then for applications you might want to try
xanim for movies
alsaplayer for music if you are using the ALSA sound drivers.
xmms for music otherwise
regards Henrik
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From: "Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: graphical telnet
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 19:03:30 +0100
Sake wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Jul 2000 19:23:37 +0200, Konstantin Schauwecker
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi Karl!
> >The thing I mean is to have a window with a size of 640x480 or 800x600
> >on your windows desktop in which you can see a screen of a KDM session.
>
> as mentioned, VNC should do the trick.
> It�s cross-platform, so it runs under Win and Linux (tried it myself,
> works fine).
> Install the VNC server on your Linux-machine and run the client under
> Win.
>
> ><<snip>>>
Yep, that'll do it. With VNC you get to decide the size(or rather:
resolution) of your desktop as well. So you can even run the palmtop VNC
viewer against a KDE desktop by specifying a lower resolution. Quite
workable. And with a windoz client, you'll be happy to know that if
(when?) you client crashes, you won't loose your desktop. Just reconnect
and get going again.
--
Karl E. Jorgensen
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From: "B. Joshua Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APC upsd Linux software
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 14:37:22 -0400
Works great.
Magnus Svensson wrote:
>
> Is this Good Stuff(tm)?
>
> I have just dl:d the rpm, and are about to install it, however I
> haven't gotten the UPS yet. :) So testing will be limited...
>
> Has anybody got this running? Success stories?
>
> Regards,
> /Magnus
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From: Gary Sanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KPP with modem on com5, irq 11, port 0xb400 ??
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 14:49:40 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a 3Com 56K 2977 PCI modem that Plug 'n Play insists on
installing at com 5, irq 11. I have been trying all sorts of setserial
commands and boot scripts to no avail. My Caldera 2.3 Linux will not
detect this modem. I know that it's something simple, but I'm running
out of ideas.
TIA.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary Sanford
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (pgp public key available)
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From: "Iain West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best 3D card and Mobo for Linux?
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 18:58:51 +0100
Can some off you share your views on which is the best 3D card to use with
Linux?
I have currently a Geforce II AGP card with 64MB of RAM running on a VIA
KX133 chipset and I am having difficulty get XWindows to run successfully.
With this machine I dual boot between Windows and Linux I am thinking that I
should build another PC using my old Voodoo 3 2000 PCI card which I had
running fine. I am thinking of buying a K6-2-500 Processor but am not sure
on the motherboard - I know there is a Hardware compatibility list out there
but I would like to what people in the 'real world' have had luck with.
Also would 64MB of ram suffice?
TIA
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From: "Boris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI Tape problem..
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 21:26:43 +0200
Hi all,
i have WangDAT 3100(4mm) tape drive conected to AHA2940(AIC7xxx, Fast-2)
scsi controller. Included on the scsi bus: 3 disks and cd-rom
the case is that disks and cd-rom drives are "recognised" under linux,
but not the tape..if there is a tape in the drive i get "scsi: unknown type
10" and "Type: UNKNOWN" in kernel message(2.2.13)
under 2.4.0-test1 tape drive is recognized as "disk" sda after numerous
device resets..
Any ideas how to set this up?
Boris
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From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: drive for PCI motorola modem
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 19:30:03 GMT
Hi!
I'm sorry i thought that this support site was stricly for linux.
I'm looking for a motorola drive for linux.
I've heard that you can't configure winmodems whit linux.
But please respond if you can help me!
/daniel
Derek Whitten wrote:
>
>
> you can get those drivers for the (UGH)Sm56 winmodem @ www.mot.com
>
> "Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I'm looking for a driove for an internal Motorola SM56 PCI speakerphone
> > modem.
> >
> > --
> > Posted via CNET Help.com
> > http://www.help.com/
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help... X messed up my monitor
Date: 4 Jul 2000 15:44:25 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just reinstalled Linux and set up X exactly as I did before. I'm not
> really sure of my monitor's specs since I lost the manual so I guessed
> on them. I used the configuration for a week without any problems
> whatsoever so when I reinstalled I used the same config. Well, the very
> first time I logged out from X, when it changed resolutions, my monitor
> got screwed up and now the screen is larger than the monitor so I can't
> see everything and I can't get it back. I set up the monitor with my
> Win98 PC and it still didn't change back.
How did you "set it up with Win98"? Does it work in Win98? In XWindows, if
you press the num_lock key (so the number lock light is on) using
CTRL-ALT-+ and CTRL-ALT-- (where "+" and "-" are the numberic keypad plus
and minuses) will toggle through the resolutions you have enabled in your
X-configuration file (assuming you have more than one resolution there).
If the monitor does not work in Win9x in safe mode, it may have died (or
gotten very sick and need to be taken care of).
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From: Guus Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP710 Officejet
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 21:47:03 +0200
Reply-To: remove_nospam_bogus_from_sender
I am still looking for a reasonable fax/printer/copier
that is supported under Linux.
Anybody have experience with the HP 710 or similar
machine?
Tia,
Guus.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: KPP with modem on com5, irq 11, port 0xb400 ??
Date: 4 Jul 2000 15:47:37 -0400
Gary Sanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a 3Com 56K 2977 PCI modem that Plug 'n Play insists on
> installing at com 5, irq 11. I have been trying all sorts of setserial
> commands and boot scripts to no avail. My Caldera 2.3 Linux will not
> detect this modem. I know that it's something simple, but I'm running
> out of ideas.
When you compiled the kernel did you include support for more than 4
serial devices? Probably not. I wouldn't bet on ttyS4 working then. Which
is your first free ttySx? I will assume ttyS1. Configure the modem to
whatever. Then use setserial on ttyS1 to set it to the same settings. You
can set ttyS1 (or even ttyS0) to irq_11 and whatever IO_port... (the fact
that DOS calls it "com5" is irrelevant).
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