Linux-Hardware Digest #277, Volume #13 Sat, 22 Jul 00 00:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: on-board sound? (Duane)
Re: M$ IntelliMouse (William M. Perry)
Re: Java Classes Not found. (Maxiste Deams)
Re: Trantor t-160 scsi and Linux. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem with missing RAM ("Dan Nielsen")
Re: ATI Rage Mobility and DVD (Maxiste Deams)
Re: Linux SMP box Locks ("James H. Thompson")
Re: M$ IntelliMouse (Christian Weihs)
Sony Monitor ("Matthew Darcy")
Re: Problem with missing RAM (Adrien Huvier)
Re: M$ IntelliMouse (Adrien Huvier)
Adaptec 1130U2, Supported??? ("Jay Bivens")
Re: PCTEL Modem setup ("Jason Byrne")
Re: PC Chips Mobos and Linux ("Jason Byrne")
Re: What distribution to install ? ("Jason Byrne")
Re: D-Link DFE-530TX network card ("Jason Byrne")
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: on-board sound?
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:43:32 -0700
Frank Isaacs wrote:
>
> Any pointers to some information on this subject? I am not getting any sound
> out of the speakers.
It might be helpful if you gave just slightly more information! Like
what Linux distribution you have, what onboard sound chip you have, and
what you have tried. A very basic thing that people sometimes miss is
that under gnome you have to (as far as I know) open an audio mixer and
set the controls before you get any sound. Without more info on your
part, it is hard to guess much further.
My onboard VIA VT82C686A sound required me to get the ALSA sound driver
to run under Redhat 6.1. There is other info on sound on their website:
http://www.alsa-project.org/
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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Subject: Re: M$ IntelliMouse
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William M. Perry)
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:39:26 GMT
Christian Weihs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi everyone,
> I=B4ve got a Micro$oft IntelliMouse 1.1A PS/2. Does anyone know how
> I can get my middle mousebutton/wheel to work under X/KDE?
> I tried setting
> Buttons 3
> in the XF86Config file with no result. There is an option called
> Intellimouse but the manpage says it=B4s for serial mice.
> I=B4m running SuSE Linux 6.4 with X-Windows 3.3.6 & KDE 1.1.2
Set your mouse type in XF86Config to 'imps/2' and it should work fine. Do
NOT turn on emulate3buttons or it will screw you royally.
-bp
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From: Maxiste Deams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Java Classes Not found.
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:39:42 -0400
Hi !
I Hope that your /jdk-1.1.6/bin path is added to your local PATH,
if you want to check just type echo $PATH
good luck !
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Trantor t-160 scsi and Linux.
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:45:02 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you. Someone will try that this weekend, and I'll
post to let you know how well it works out.
B'ichela wrote:
>
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 22:04:50 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hello all.
> > We were planning on installing Slackware linux on a pc which has
> >a Trantor t-160 scsi card (please don't laugh too hard), and we were
> >wondering which boot disk to use. This card is dated 1993, and the
> >only chip besides the scsi bios and some mini-chips, is one marked
> >as "Trantor t101 j9318ab (c) NSC 1992 pat. pending".
> >
> >In the docs, the closest thing mentioned is the t-130b, which uses
> >an ncr 53c400 chip.
> >
> >If anyone knows which bootdisk or drivers to use, please contact us
> >or reply on this newsgroup. Thank you.
> I believe the Trantor T160 uses the same driver as the Trantor
> T130 only its a 16 bit host adaptor instead of 8 bits. Therefore set
> it up as you would a T130, (leave it at its default address, I/O port
> and IRQ.) (I had a T130 so I am a little familiar with it.)
> Select the NCR5380 driver with the NCR 53c400 support (For the
> bootdisk select the g_5380.s boot disk. At worst you will need to
> tell the kernal upon booting the address, I/O port and IRQ in the
> bootdisk setup screen.
>
> --
>
> B'ichela
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From: "Dan Nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with missing RAM
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:47:47 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Kenneth R�rvik) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank James Wilson) wrote in
> <tNUd5.17723$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>>So, suggestions on how to remove my missing memory is great
>>appreciated!!
>
> If it's already missing, why remove it ;) No pun intended :)
>
> Getting serious for a moment, type "linux mem=396M" at the lilo prompt
> and see what happens. If it works, add "append="mem=396M"" to your
> image stanza in /etc/lilo.conf (could look like this:)
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> root=/dev/hda2 label=linux read-only append="mem=396M"
>
> Remember to run /sbin/lilo after changing lilo.conf.
Also, be sure you're running the latest version of your motherboard's
bios.
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From: Maxiste Deams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage Mobility and DVD
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 21:04:53 -0400
Hi...
Me, I've got a Futjitsu E-5142, a celeron 433, with a 64 Mb of SDRAM,
and a Rage Mobility Chipset, and i'm also running Red Hat 6.0 with a
kernel 3.2.29, and of course a pcmcia Ethernet card come from GVC (a
really cheap one but working fine.). But the only way to acces to my
video card in X (with KDE), is by using the latest Accelerated X Video
Card Server, and it provide driver for OpenGL for this card !
Denver Timothy wrote:
> I will be investing in a laptop in about a month's time. I am
> seriously looking at a Dell Inspirion 5000.
>
> These are the specs I am considering:
> 600MHz Celeron
> 14" XGA+
> 12GB
> 64MB
> 8MB AGP ATI Rage Mobility
> 8x DVD
>
> Of course I will run Linux, probably dual-boot Windows too. My main
> concern is that the DVD will be hardware decoded. From what I
> understand the video card will provide that. Anyone know if this is
> true?
>
> Also, while I am at, any comments on this investment are welcomed.
>
> Thanks,
> Denver Timothy
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From: "James H. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux SMP box Locks
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:08:38 -1000
Same problem here:
VA Linux dual CPU (Intel Pentium III (Katmai) stepping 03) system
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.13-0.7smp on an i686
Dual: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 cards
--
Jim
James H. Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"KyungSoon Jang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have same trouble.
> Our system is IBM Netfinity 7000M10 with Quad 550Mhz, IBM ServeRAID 3HB,
> IBM 10/100 NIC(Actually OEM from Intel EtherExpress Pro100).
> And use Redhat 6.2 with 2.2.14-6.0.1.smp.
>
> Error message was as follow.
> wait_on_bh, CPU 3 :
> irq: 0[0,0]
> hb: 0[0,1]
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Aaron Smith wrote:
>
> > I have a DELL Poweredge 4400 with dual 800 MHZ pentium III's,
> > PERC 3 Hardware RAID controller, and an Etherexpress Pro100. Basically,
> >
> > the stock (hardware wise) Dell 4400. It's running Redhat 6.2 with the
> > the
> > 2.2.14-6.0.1 kernel.
> > My problem is that the servers locks up every 5-6 hours. It's under
> > heavy load,
> > but I've seen it lock up when there is no load on it at all. The
> > console displays the
> > following error:
> >
> > wait_on_bh, CPU 0:
> >
> > irq: 0 [0 0]
> > bh: 1 [0 1]
> >
> > <[c010adc5]><[c011a297]><[c011a3fl]><[c0113f08]><c0109270]>
> >
> > After digging around in the Kernel source, it apears that this error
> > is
> > indicative of some sort of CPU race condition. An initial perusal of
> > usenet (deja.com) and such seems to suggest that the Etherexpress Pro
> > could be a very possibly culprit. I'm in the process of trying to find
> > an updated
> > driver. (Near as I can tell, my version is 1.09j-t) I've found a
> > version that
> > appears to be (from reading the source code) version 1.10a.
> > Has anyone else had a problem similar to this? If so, what other
> > items
> > can I check to rectify this situation?
> > As an addition, I have two other boxes that match this hardware
> > EXACTLY
> > but are running RedHat 6.1. All three are running the exact same kernel
> > and
> > modules as they were all installed from the same binary RPM. The other
> > 2,
> > however, do not exhibit this problem....but they have not been under any
> > sort
> > of heavy load....
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Aaron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > IT Manager, Change Technology 616.381.9889 ext 17
> > EoExchange, Inc. http://www.eomonitor.com
> > 3506 Lovers Lane, Second Floor Kalamazoo, MI 49001
> >
> > PGP Key: http://www.net-link.net/~aaron/aarons-pub-keys.txt
>
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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:49:25 +0200
From: Christian Weihs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: M$ IntelliMouse
"William M. Perry" wrote:
> Set your mouse type in XF86Config to 'imps/2' and it should work fine. =
Do
> NOT turn on emulate3buttons or it will screw you royally.
> =
I tried this (I evt. found this info in the xf86 docs).
Ok, the middlemousebutton (MMB) works but it=B4s a bit ... strange.
Especially
in Netscape. When I press the MMB, Netscape starts loading another page.
It seems
the MMB click inserts the clipboard contents into the url-field. Hmm.
Maybe thats
just what it=B4s supposed to do. Well, I can live with this. I`ll try som=
e
other things.
Thanks anyway
christian
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From: "Matthew Darcy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sony Monitor
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:19:41 +0100
Hi,
I am using redhat Linux 6.2
I have an SIS 530 video card, and a sony 17'' triniton monitor.
Redhat detects the Video card fine, and probes the monitor and comes up with
my default settings of
32 bit colour at 1024 / 768 which is great, it then says "starting X
server"......... there is a problem with your display please reconfigure.
ihave tried every configuration of the monitor, and I am looking for
suggestions.
Thanks,
MD
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From: Adrien Huvier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with missing RAM
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 04:45:20 +0200
"Kenneth R�rvik" wrote:
> Getting serious for a moment, type "linux mem=396M" at the lilo prompt and
> see what happens. If it works, add "append="mem=396M"" to your image stanza
> in /etc/lilo.conf (could look like this:)
I'm not sure 396MB is a credible capacity.
I think it's 384MB (128+64). If not, I can't find where the remaining 12MB are
hiding...
It should then be mem=384M
--
- Un arbre c'est pas forc�ment connexe,
il peut y avoir des feuilles mortes!
- Oui, mais les feuilles mortes, tu les laisses tomber...
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From: Adrien Huvier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: M$ IntelliMouse
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 04:47:32 +0200
Christian Weihs wrote:
> "William M. Perry" wrote:
>
> > Set your mouse type in XF86Config to 'imps/2' and it should work fine. Do
> > NOT turn on emulate3buttons or it will screw you royally.
> >
> I tried this (I evt. found this info in the xf86 docs).
> Ok, the middlemousebutton (MMB) works but it�s a bit ... strange.
> Especially
> in Netscape. When I press the MMB, Netscape starts loading another page.
> It seems
> the MMB click inserts the clipboard contents into the url-field. Hmm.
> Maybe thats
> just what it�s supposed to do. Well, I can live with this. I`ll try some
> other things.
> Thanks anyway
> christian
under X the middle button pastes the current selection.
It's at least its default behavior... just get used to it, it's great.
--
- Un arbre c'est pas forc�ment connexe,
il peut y avoir des feuilles mortes!
- Oui, mais les feuilles mortes, tu les laisses tomber...
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Reply-To: "Jay Bivens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Jay Bivens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 1130U2, Supported???
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 22:48:52 -0400
After looking through some of the documentation of the 2.2.16 kernel I'm
under the impression that the Adaptec 1130U2 raid card is supported by
Linux.
What I would like to know is if anyone has it successfully configured. And
or if Adaptec has stated that it will work. I tried back in the pre 2.2
days and couldn't get it to work.
Thanks for your time.
Jay Bivens
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PCTEL Modem setup
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:17:14 -0700
What kind of MB do you have? I have a PC-Chips M748LMRT... with the modem
on a cheap riser (AMR). I don't follow PCTel's line... but I just want to
make it clear I don't have a regular 'card' PCI modem.
I have a PCTel HSP 56k modem working with SuSE 6.4... using a driver
compiled from source (MODEM.zip 4.27.100 at www.o2.net/~gromitkc )
It wasn't too difficult (for me?) to get this working... but you might want
to crack your case... and it'll be very clear whether or not you have a
winmodem from the lack of hardware on the modem.
It would be helpful to know which Linux distribution you are using... just
for reference and hints.
btw... I use 'wvdial' to dial the modem - much smarter/easier than minicom
(dinosaur)
Sander van der Heijden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi there,
>
> Yes, I know. I'm one of those PC buyers that bought a computer from which
> the manufacturer did want to spend a few dollars extra on a hardware
modem.
> You've guessed it I think: I have a winmodem. A PCTel HSP 56k modem. I've
> been working for months now getting it working on my linux system. I've
> downloaded several PCTel drivers, used them directly from distribution or
> glued them to a kernel module and then installed them. I've tried them all
> out. Serial versions 4.x.100-PCI, 4.x.119, 4.x.124. I can get minicom to
say
> OK when I type ATZ. ATDT with a phone number gives my most of the times NO
> DIALTONE. and sometimes nothing, right after a few times NO DIALTONE.
>
> I know, I know, it is much easier to buy a cheap external hardware modem,
> but I can't take it that i can't get it working.So after a few hours
> testing, i found out that it seems that when I install the kernel driver,
> the "modem" immediately goes off hook, and stays this way. My PTT cuts off
> my dialtone, after about a minute of being off hook. It's strange, i set
the
> right country. No luck. It is rather strange though, because when I do a
> ATDT , i here the modem relais clicking, but it doesn't start dialing, it
> can't detect a dialtone.
>
> Has anyone in Europe or better the Netherlands got this modem working?
Could
> this person please contact me how he or she did it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sander van der Heijden
>
>
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PC Chips Mobos and Linux
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:25:58 -0700
I have a PC-Chips M748LMRT with built-in sound (C-Media 8738), network
(Davicom DM9102), video (SiS 620), and modem (PCTel HSP 56 (winmodem))...
all working with SuSE 6.4.
I noticed some quirks with the video when you have an 'extreme' amount of
physical RAM (128mb ok... but at 256mb... starting seeing relics). I didn't
play with things too long to try to 'fix' the video quirks... as I threw a
Voodoo Banshee card in, but I imagine I might have resolved things with a
some more time.
Pete Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Pardon my English; I'm from the USA.
>
> Has anyone experience with linux and the mobos made by PC Chips? I'm
> considering buying one of their Slot-1/Socket-370 ones and putting an
> Athlon on it. It has built-in sound, network, video and modem support.
> I'm worried that there might not be linux drivers for some of the
> built-ins.
>
> The one I'm considering buying is sold buy Fry's in a mini-ATX tower and
> comes with Corel linux so perhaps my worries are unfounded. However,
> I'd put RH or Mandrake on it. Would Corel supply their own, special
> drivers?
>
> Anyone have comments?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Pete Ritter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 972.501.7227
> Sr. Software Engineer
> Fluke Corporation - Networks Division
> Dallas, Texas
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What distribution to install ?
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:34:11 -0700
Rob Sykes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8l6gvn$7cv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Remove NOSPAM to e-mail
> "emwafol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I have only used RedHat but i love it...easy to use and a good homepage
> > with lots of stuff :)
> > If you are new to Linux you might enjoy he RPM "system" too!
> >
> > --Anders Folkesson
>
>
> The RPM package comes with Suse 6.4 as well - which I use, mainly on the
> recommendation of friends - also the documentation is v. good
>
> --
> Rob Sykes
I second the vote on SuSE 6.4... but I have used it since 6.1. I have
RedHat 6.1 sparc running on a Sun sparc 10, but I wouldn't install it by
choice on an Intel machine. Have to agree with the comment about the *very*
nice manual if you're still figuring things out.
not to sidestep Linux... Solaris x86 is also a nice alternative... if you
have nice compatible hardware - and you can set it up like a Linux machine
with a bunch of GNU tools without too much work. Or... you could always go
for FreeBSD.
I've heard good things about Debian and Slackware... but haven't used them
personally.
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From: "Jason Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: D-Link DFE-530TX network card
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:37:12 -0700
Chem-R-Us <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Carlos E. Phillips" wrote:
> >
> > I've had the same problem with the 530TX in RH 6.2. I've tried
everything I
> > can think of and nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated
> > since I would prefer not to buy another NIC. BTW the same NIC works
fine in
> > Win98 with no problem.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Carlos
> >
> > "Shawn Yeager" <shawn[nospam]@shawnyeager.com> wrote in message
> > news:9t1b5.3050$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I too am having difficulties with the DLink card, but it's the 530TX
(not
> > > TX+) which uses the VIA Rhine chipset. As the below link implies with
> > > regard to Slackware, I was (accidentally) able to get the TX working
with
> > > Slackware via the ZipSlack distro that I was playing around with
> > yesterday.
> > > However, I've been completely unsuccesful in getting it to work with
my
> > > Redhat 6.2 installation. I did snag Donald Becker's updated RPMS
package,
> > > installed, rebuilt, etc., but no dice.
> > >
> > > Anyone have recommendations?
>
> I run the D-Link 530-TX card in all of my machines (I just happen to
> like that card) from RH6 to Mandrake 7.1. This box is my gateway and has
> 2 of those cards in it. Compile `via-rhine' as a module and use
> linuxconf to configure your network.
>
I also use D-Link 530-TX and 530-TX+ cards (different drivers) because they
work great in my experience - did you try compiling from source instead of
the RPM route? You can find the driver on D-Link's site.
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