Linux-Hardware Digest #846, Volume #13 Sun, 5 Nov 00 09:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: X doesn't like SBLive? (Frank Paysen)
Epson 1160 wide format printer (Puddin tane)
Linksys Net work card ("Burnie")
Advice needed on experiences with Linksys PCMPC200 PCMCIA NIC card
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cdrecord w/Plextor 12x/4x/32x (Brian Hall)
Microsoft Optical Mouse (linuxfrk16)
Re: Looking for soundcard with Linux microphone support (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Hard Drive Drive problems. (Dr Aldo Medina)
Want Sound Card for Recording (Mark Bratcher)
Linksys LNE100tx ("Burnie")
Linux Newbie Help ("Nitrus")
Hardware requirements for a print server, file server and firewall/gateway. (James
D. Robinson)
Re: Hardware requirements for a print server, file server and firewall/gateway.
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HP 4050 network printer (Alberto Bellorin)
Re: 1GB Linux memory limitation? (Steve Gage)
Crystal Sound card help please (root)
ParPort: AP138B ("Petricca Antonio")
Best NIC for Red Hat 6.1 internet connection? ("Roy Troxel")
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From: Frank Paysen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X doesn't like SBLive?
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 02:40:19 GMT
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:09:30 -0000, "Dave Stanton"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>"Frank Paysen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Could anybody help? I have the following problem:
>>
>> I'm running SuSE 7.0 with a Soundblaster Live! card and emu10k.
>> The SBLive runs fine under Windows ME, and it runs fine under Linux,
>> too, as long as X is not running.
>>
>> As soon as I enter KDE (or any other Desktop), I no longer have access
>> to the sound card, it plays dead. When I switch to a virtual
>> console, however, "play /.../..wav" plays the .wav, audibly.
>>
>> If I use Yast2 to reinstall the modules while KDE is running, the
>> sound card works till I log out. When I log back in again, it's gone.
>>
>> What does Yast do? Can one somehow configure X to stay connected to
>> the card?
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>>
>> Frank
>
>If you look at the sound card section of the manual you will find reference
>to altering a text file for KDE to allow it to access the soundcard.
>
Thanks for the tip. (Thanks to Steve and Sebastian as well).
Unfortunately I've tried everything in the manual and it hasn't
worked.
Meanwhile I've integrated a "alsasound restart" into the kdestart
script, reinstalling the sound card driver with each kde-start. For
this I regret having had to extend execution privileges to all for
insmod--certainly not very pretty. Not a good solution at all, but
till something better turns up, it'll have to do.
Frank
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From: Puddin tane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Epson 1160 wide format printer
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 02:51:14 GMT
Can anyone let me know if they have been using the Epson Stylus 1160
successfully with Linux? I see on the Linux Harware database listings for
Epson printers through the 900 series. Thanks,
JWDougherty
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From: "Burnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linksys Net work card
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 02:57:39 GMT
I have the linksys hpn100sk......Has anyone had any luck w/ them for
linux yet??????????????
Please notify me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Burnie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Advice needed on experiences with Linksys PCMPC200 PCMCIA NIC card
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 03:14:10 GMT
Sorry for my earlier accidental posting as a reply to a different
message.
Please copy reply to me: sundar_n AT <nospam.>hotmail.com
Remove <nospam.> and replace AT with @
Thanks in advance
I am planning on buying a Linksys PCMPC200 Integrated Cardbus
PCMCIA card (since I want to move up from the 10 MBPS 3COM 3c509 PCMCIA
card I have now.
I am running RedHat 7.0 and the only reason for the upgrade is to move
up to a 100 MBPS networking speed.
I would really like to hear:
1. Is this Linksys PCMPC200 well supported in RH7
2. If you have used it, how satisfied have you been
3. Can I expect 100 MBPS or 200 MPBS (duplex) using this card - I have
a LAn at home with 2 m/cs. The other m/c has RH 6.2 and 2 100 MBPS
cards (an Intel Ether Express Pro/100+ and a SMC RealTek 8139 with the
SMC card connecting out over cable modem.
My existing PCMCIA card is a 10 MBPS and I have felt it is the
bottleneck for LAN communications.
Before buying the new card I would like to know whether I can expect
100 MBPS performance with the new card.
Any idea what is a reliable way to test whether I am getting 100 MBPS
performance? Are there any utilities?
Thanks in advance.
Sundar Nagarajan.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Hall)
Subject: Re: cdrecord w/Plextor 12x/4x/32x
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 03:16:01 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Are ya'll using media cerified for 12X recording? Most bulk CD-Rs are for 4X
max.
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 12:27:44 -0500, Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a scsi SAF 12x/4x/32x and have problems with it as well. It will
>attempt to burn at speeds over 4x, but will fail. any cd-to-cd burns
>always fail no matter what speed and the computer will lock hard (not
>even sysrq will work) when I try and burn a cd under 2.4test kernels.
>Both cdrecord and cdrdao.
>
>Alex
>
>Jeff Shipman wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to set up cdrecord with my PlexWriter 12x/4x/32x,
>> which is capable of writing at 12x, and I say speed=12, but
>> for some reason, it only writes at 4x. Is there something
>> special I need to do? The line I use is:
>>
>> cdrecord dev=3,0 speed=12 home.iso
>>
>> The output I get is:
>>
>> Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling
>> scsidev: '3,0'
>> scsibus: 0 target: 3 lun: 0
>> Linux sg driver version: 2.1.38
>> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
>> Device type : Removable CD-ROM
>> Version : 2
>> Response Format: 2
>> Capabilities : SYNC LINKED
>> Vendor_info : 'PLEXTOR '
>> Identifikation : 'CD-R PX-W124TS'
>> Revision : '1.05'
>> Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
>> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
>> Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
>> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in write mode for single session.
>> Last chance to quit, starting real write in 9 seconds.
>>
>> --
>> Jeff "Shippy" Shipman E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> CS Major / EE Minor ICQ: 1786493
>> New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
>> Homepage: http://www.nmt.edu/~shippy
--
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Linux Consultant
Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.
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From: linuxfrk16 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Microsoft Optical Mouse
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 22:48:24 -0600
HI all-
I just got a microsoft intellimouse optical usb mouse. It works great,
however it has 5 buttons, plus a wheel. I was just wondering if you could
program these buttons to do specific functions...thanks in advance.
Please reply to my email.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
replace spamsux with hotmail.
--
What? I never said anything like that...
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Looking for soundcard with Linux microphone support
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 22:57:17 -0500
Mike Castle wrote:
>
> In article <4JiI5.46706$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Brian Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Does anyone know of a soundcard with Linux driver capability to use the
> >microphone to record?
>
> Any sound blaster with a mic input.
>
> Probably any card with a mic input.
>
I think the original poster is looking for a _good_ sound card with
decent sound input.
At least some models of SoundBlaster have horrible recording quality on
input.
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: Dr Aldo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Drive problems.
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 22:10:00 -0600
shokempo wrote:
>
> All,
> I have managed to set up Red Hat 7.0 Server install on a 1.6 Gb HDD
> recently. Upon hearing that I just lost out on a number of goodies that
> come with the Workstation install, I went out and bought a 15Gb Quantum.
> Well, I finally (after 1.5 days!) got Linux to see the new 15Gb drive as hda
> and the 1.6 GB as hdb. The jumper stickers on the drives were #@$!#.
>
> I set up my partitions as follows:
>
> On the 15Gb drive:
> / 300MB
> /usr 10000MB
> /usr/local 1000MB
> swap 128MB
>
> On the 1.6 Gb drive: /home 300MB
> /var 300MB
>
> Formating the file system goes OK in the above order
> until it finishes the /var partition. Then is kindly tells me...
> "Error mounting hdb1: Invalid argument. An internal error occurred in the
> installation process". Then its tells me to send a chunck of code to
> bugzilla.redhat.com which I am doing today.
>
> Just a couple a questions:
>
> Could the Master Boot Record on the slave be a problem? Could it have LILO
> still installed in the MBR from my original installation? I used a Win 98
> startup disk and then did a <fdisk /mbr> at the A:\ prompt, in an attempt to
> restore the MBR.
> From Win98 fdisk it says it has an Active non-dos partition, so how can I
> blow this away and leave it totally clean for linux hdb. Windows fdisk
> will not let me delete this 'unknown' partition.
>
> I know there is a lilo -u command, by can this be done during install (maybe
> expert mode)??
>
> I am sure the install would work on the 15GB drive alone, but I am just
> curious.
>
> Cheers,
>
> ------
> Adam.
You must delete the partition using Linux's fdisk (or PQmagic)
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Want Sound Card for Recording
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 23:08:02 -0500
Hi.
I'm looking for a PCI sound card that works with Linux that will yield
good quality recordings for writing to CD. I have currently an old ISA
bus SoundBlaster, but recording in the line-in gives noisy recordings
(poor quality).
Thanks.
--
Mark Bratcher
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Escape from Microsoft's proprietary tentacles: use Linux!
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From: "Burnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linksys LNE100tx
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 04:25:12 GMT
For the guy looking for info on the Linksys LNE100TX here's some info...
According to the linux . org files the lne100 TX is not
compatible!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check out this site
http://www.linux.com/hardware/hdb.phtml?keyword=LinkSys
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From: "Nitrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Newbie Help
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 04:41:32 GMT
Hey..I have tried to previously run linux...but i couldnt get my monitor or
video card working right...i have a copy of RedHat Linux version 6.1 i
think....
my system specs are:
Celeron 533Mhz processor
17 gig seagate HDD
HP 8250 CD-R
128 meg PC100 sdram
3dfx Voodoo3 2000 PCI
zoom 56k modem (external)
SB Live! value sound card
ViewSonic 17" A75f monitor
are there any known problems with RedHat software running with any of my
components?
if you can help, or if you have any suggestions, please respond with an
email
thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James D. Robinson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Hardware requirements for a print server, file server and firewall/gateway.
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 05:17:47 GMT
Hi all,
I know these are general questions but here goes
print server
486 DX 33
16 or 32 MB
200 MB hard drive
3 lpt ports
file server for archival purposes,
486 DX 33 may be 486 DX2 66
16 or 32 MB
large hard drive probably fast
CD-ROM drive for loading software across network
Tape drive and/or CDR
if CDR probably the 486 will need to P150 at least
firewall /gateway/fax server
486 DX2 66
32MB
200 MB HD mainly needed for the FAX server if only firewall/gateway
then could be floppy based
2NICs; 1 to internal net; 1 to internet not necessary in the beginning
for the testing phase but will used later.
Modem External for Dial-up and FAX
I have seperated the Firewall/router/FAX server into a different
system for safety reasons although I have had suggested that all could
go onto one system.
Please comment. These are only my thoughts but I would like to see if
I am heading in the correct direction.
Please give reasons along with any suggestions.
--
Best Wishes
Jim R
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Hardware requirements for a print server, file server and
firewall/gateway.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 05 Nov 2000 02:21:11 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James D. Robinson) writes:
[...]
> file server for archival purposes,
How many users? If you have a lot, a 486/33 or even 486/66 may not be
enough. Are we talking PCI here, or EISA/ISA/MCA/what? For a big
fileserver, you definitely need bigger than ISA.
This is a SCSI drive, right? If it's a big file server, you should
look into RAID.
> firewall /gateway/fax server
For a 20-fax-a-day system, I've used a P-100, and it was fine. Faxes
use 0% CPU time. If you're using it for all three (which I assume you
are), you may want slightly more than a 486. I believe the
firewalling HOWTO suggests a 486 as the minimum. (The fact that the
computer is a gateway won't consume more bandwidth than it would as a
firewall.)
> I have seperated the Firewall/router/FAX server into a different
> system for safety reasons although I have had suggested that all could
> go onto one system.
Separation is good. Put the file server on the internal LAN.
> Please comment. These are only my thoughts but I would like to see if
> I am heading in the correct direction.
> Please give reasons along with any suggestions.
There's a fairly recent thread on what sort of system is needed for a
heavy-duty file server. Check Deja (www.dejanews.com) for those
articles.
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Eric McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Alberto Bellorin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HP 4050 network printer
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 18:37:30 -0400
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Christian Kristukat wrote:
> Hello,
>
> has anybody ever configured linux to print on a HP 4050 network printer?
> I tried with SuSE Linux 7.0 and I didn't succeed. Here's what I did:
>
> 1) configured a PS printer with aps inputfilter (via Yast)
> 2) changed the PS600....auto... entry in /etc/printcap to use a remote
> machine: rm=<ip number>, lp=/dev/null
>
> lpq stats:
>
> JetDirect lpd: no jobs queued on this port
>
> after sending a print job it says:
>
> <host>: sending to <printer ip number>
> Rank Owner Job Files Total Size 0 bytes
>
> Active connection from <host>
>
> but..... it doesn't print!
>
> I tried rlpr, too. That seems to work, although there was a timeout
> error after having printed the first page. But I don't know how to use
> rlpr with apsfilter.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards, Christian
>
> --
> ::
> Christian Kristukat ======
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ||||||
> Tel. +49-30-31424441 --------
Hello,
To solve your problem you only have to remove the lp=/dev/null in your
/etc/printcap file.
Here is an example for a HP4000N
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=1.2.3.4:\
:rp=any_name:\
:lpd_bounce=true:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter: # if needed
Hope that solve your problem.
Bye
Alberto Bellorin
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From: Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 1GB Linux memory limitation?
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 11:52:22 GMT
Dr Aldo Medina wrote:
>
> Glenn Forney wrote:
> >
> > Is there a limitation in Linux that would prevent one from accessing 1GB of
> > memory or more from say a Pentium III class computer?
> > thanks,
> > Glenn
>
> I'm not an expert, but my kernel configuration (2.2.16-3) ask me to
> choose between 1G or 2G mode.
... and I believe that the forthcoming 2.4 kernel supports 4G.
>
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Crystal Sound card help please
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 12:54:57 -0800
Hi,
I'm running Corel debian 2.2
I have a Crystal chipped soundcard (Genius 32X), the CS4281 chipset.
sndconfig does not see the card, but the system sees it on the PCI bus
using IRQ10.
Can anyone advise how to set this up, or offer other hints?
Thanks for any help
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Petricca Antonio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,linux.dev.apps,linux.dev.kernel,linux.sources.kernel
Subject: ParPort: AP138B
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 13:49:27 +0100
Does anybody have got a technical guide about AP138B parallel port chip
(also mentioned in partport.c driver)?
An answer sent by e-mail to address mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] would be
very appreciated.
Antonio Petricca
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From: "Roy Troxel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best NIC for Red Hat 6.1 internet connection?
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 13:56:38 GMT
I'm looking for a good NIC for my firewall, which runs on Red Hat 6.1.
I've tried several 3c509Bs. They work OK with the intranet connection, but
behave erratically with the cable modem connection to the internet. I've
reconfigured the cards, swapped them out, changed ports and IRQs with 3Com
software, etc, etc, but the result is always the same. The internet NIC
will work OK for a few weeks and then go out.
I've corresponded with several people who have had the same problem with the
3c509B. I need a NIC that I can configure, install, and then forget about.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Roy
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