Linux-Hardware Digest #193, Volume #14 Wed, 17 Jan 01 14:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Diamond Fire GL2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
APIC errors with kernel 2.4.0. (leander)
ATAPI ZIP-100 PECULARITIES? (andy Warkentin [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Driver USB sous Linux pour Modem Alcatel ? (Vincent Deverre)
Re: infra red - making it my self (jim dorey)
Re: hdparm for ATA/66 (VT82C686A) chipset (Steve Pratt)
Re: Modem Question ("NervousSpear")
Re: Driver USB sous Linux pour Modem Alcatel ? (Fabrice Lamareille)
linux+fortran : segmentation fault ("Estelle LEFRANCOIS")
Re: Lexmark Z42 Printer
Laptops (Alain Laederach)
modem question? ("rs2001t")
Re: LINUX in IBM PS2 MCA (Gereon Wenzel)
_ ("Benjamin Golinvaux")
Re: Compaq Proliant/Embedded SCSI controller ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Video Card Problems ("Chris")
Yamaha 724 sound card driver ("Primax")
Re: linux+fortran : segmentation fault (john green)
To switch to Linux or not? Advice please. (jelb)
Re: Replaced harddrive, need to copy system over - how? (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Laptops ("Eric")
Re: Laptops ("Eric")
Re: To switch to Linux or not? Advice please. (Mark Bratcher)
Re: MSI K7T-Pro2A+HP9100i+Linux doesn't work. Why? (Steve Swiss)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Diamond Fire GL2
Date: 17 Jan 2001 12:14:10 GMT
Hi,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> HI, I have a Diamond Fire GL2 display card, but I can not find the driver
> for it in Linux. Does anyone has encontered such problem and fixed it? If so,
> how can you do?
I don´t know, whether it is of any help for you, perhaps they are too
different. I use a Diamond Fire GL pro and use the 3DLabs driver.
Regards,
Kerstin
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From: leander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: APIC errors with kernel 2.4.0.
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:03:26 +0000
Hi, last week I compiled the 2.4.0. kernel with SMP support and ever
since, I've been getting these errors:
[root@leander /]# tail -f /var/log/messsages
Jan 17 13:44:16 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 04(02)
Jan 17 13:44:47 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 02(08)
Jan 17 13:45:52 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 08(02)
Jan 17 13:46:51 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 08(08)
Jan 17 13:49:45 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 08(08)
Jan 17 13:49:47 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 08(04)
Jan 17 13:49:47 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 02(08)
Jan 17 13:49:59 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 08(02)
Jan 17 13:51:54 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 04(08)
Jan 17 13:54:25 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 02(02)
Jan 17 13:56:04 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 08(02)
Jan 17 13:57:20 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU1: 02(08)
Jan 17 13:57:53 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 02(08)
Jan 17 13:58:20 leander kernel: APIC error on CPU0: 08(02)
Does anyone know what this means and /or what I can/should do about it?
Thanks in advance,
Leander
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Subject: ATAPI ZIP-100 PECULARITIES?
From: andy Warkentin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:31:06 GMT
Some Pecularities of the ATAPI Zip Drive...
1)Unlike the PPA or the SCSI model, when you do fdsik on a disk inside the atapi drv,
and type in 'p', id prints out the part. table + it says that logical bad physical
start/end
do __not__ correspond... This behavior is indifferent which partitions you have...
Now, if you put the same disk into a PPA drive, and do the fdisk... everything is
fine...
Iomega sure messed this one up...
2) I was building a small Slackware root-fs in case of emergency... so since ATAPI ZIPs
are less than bootable I decided to make a LILO floppy, with map files on the ZIP and
the
bootloader on floppy: LILO failed telling me that the dirve had an incorrect No. of
cylinders...
Now I tried reconfiguring the way LILO sees it thru the lilo.conf file, i changed
heads/cylinders. DIDN'T HELP!!!!
3) I just found out of a A: drive fuctionality on an ATAPI ZIP, I am not sure if its
on or
off in my computer, because it isn't anyware in ZIP docs/how-to... DOS THIS MEAN I
CAN BOOT IT?
Thanx for your time... and any replies to past happenings/ questions...
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From: Vincent Deverre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: fr.reseaux.telecoms.adsl,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Driver USB sous Linux pour Modem Alcatel ?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:50:48 +0100
jacob navia a écrit :
> J'utilise l'adsl sous RedHat avec noyau 2.2.17
> Tu peut me telephoner au
> 01.48.23.51.44
>
Ton modem USB ADSL Alcatel fonctionne sous ton Linux ????
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From: jim dorey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Subject: Re: infra red - making it my self
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:22:04 GMT
yes.
steven koolen wrote:
> i want infra red on my computer, but its very exspencive, does anyone know
> how to make a infrared port my self
>
> thanx
> steven koolen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Pratt)
Subject: Re: hdparm for ATA/66 (VT82C686A) chipset
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:26:28 GMT
In article <93sg4v$fnh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bjrosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
>
>Will turn on DMA
>
I use hdparm -c1 -d1 -m16 /dev/hda
which also enables 32bit transfers and 16 sector read-adhead.
Steve
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From: "NervousSpear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem Question
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:20:53 -0500
"Mark Bratcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> If the card claims to be a plug-and-play ISA card, then you need to look
at
> isapnp. Check the manual page for it. Also look at pnpdump. Check some of
the
> HOWTOs as well.
>
> Basically, you start with pnpdump to create an initial /etc/isapnp.conf
file,
> then you hand edit that file to get the settings you want. You must be
logged in
> as root to do this.
>
How do I get a pnpdump?
Holden
>
> NervousSpear wrote:
> >
> > How do I get a Creative Labs Modem Blaster 56kII V.90 kflex56 ISA modem
to
> > work in Linux?
> > I have a VIA mvp3 motherboard. Thanks
> >
> > Holden
> >
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From: Fabrice Lamareille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: fr.reseaux.telecoms.adsl,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Driver USB sous Linux pour Modem Alcatel ?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:20:17 +0100
jacob navia wrote:
> J'utilise l'adsl sous RedHat avec noyau 2.2.17
> Tu peut me telephoner au
> 01.48.23.51.44
>
Et si tu donnais la solution sur les news pour que
tout le monde en profite ???
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From: "Estelle LEFRANCOIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux+fortran : segmentation fault
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:23:47 +0100
Hi,
Running a well known fortran program (perfectly working on other machines !)
under linux (Redhat 6.2), I've got a kind of random error occuring. My
program crashes leading to the message :
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
My question is : What does it mean and why I've got such a random error ?
Could it be a hardware problem ?
Thanks.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lexmark Z42 Printer
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:30:15 -0000
tlchampion wrote:
>
>
> Greetings all:
> I am attempting to get my Lexmark Z42 printer to work with my slack 7.1
> box. I have followed all the 'HowTo' examples I could find
> as well as attempted to use the /usr/lib/apsfilter/SETUP utility (could
> not determine which driver to use).
> I did find a driver that appears to work on the Lexmark site, but am
> not sure how to set this up. (Using the Lexmark
> configuration GUI, I am able to print a test page but am unsure how to
> use this driver any other way) Any help would be
> appreciated!
>
> Thomas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
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Which driver did you get to work for a test page on the Z42? You are the
first person to mention the Z42 printing anything in Linux. Have you
gotten it to work for more than the test page? If, not maybe I can help
if I can try the driver myself. I normally use printtool in Redhat or
Mandrake to set up my printer but maybe I can help. JH
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From: Alain Laederach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Laptops
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:39:25 -0600
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Hi Everyone,
Has anyone had a good experience installing a Dual boot system on a
recent laptop? Are there any laptop models to be avoided at all cost? As
far as I understand it, there are two issues, when setting up such a
system. A, how will the recovery CD deal with the partitioning, and B,
will I be able to find a video driver for my video card?
Finally, I would like to know if any of you would suggest installing NT
over Windows 2000, or windows 98, on the windows partition?
Thanks for any help,
Alain Laederach
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Hi Everyone,
<p>Has anyone had a good experience installing a Dual boot system on a
recent laptop? Are there any laptop models to be avoided at all cost? As
far as I understand it, there are two issues, when setting up such
a system. A, how will the recovery CD deal with the partitioning, and B,
will I be able to find a video driver for my video card?
<p>Finally, I would like to know if any of you would suggest installing
NT over Windows 2000, or windows 98, on the windows partition?
<br>
<p>Thanks for any help,
<p>Alain Laederach
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From: "rs2001t" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modem question?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:11:29 +0800
hi all,
What type of modem which has the feature of "Caller-id" does linux
support?
-
Best regards
Heng
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From: Gereon Wenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX in IBM PS2 MCA
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:03:47 +0100
check www.dgmicro.com
This maybe the best source for info on this topic.
Gereon
Noch Fragen?
Günter Weisz schrieb:
>
> Is any experience around in this group how to get LINUX installed on a
> PS2 MCA machine?
>
> Günter
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From: "Benjamin Golinvaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: _
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:18:12 +0100
Reply-To: "Benjamin Golinvaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Compaq Proliant/Embedded SCSI controller
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:26:31 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Kristofor Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I'm having problems installing RH6.0 on my Compaq Proliant 4500.
The
> Compaq is a 4-way Pentium 100 with an embedded SCSI fast/wide
controller
> that doesn't appear to be recognized by the install. I put in an
older
> Adaptec 1542 and cabled it to the CDROM but not the SCSI backplane
(which
> remained cabled to the embedded SCSI controller). Of course, now I
can get
> to the CDROM, but I can't get to the hard drives because they're
still on
> the embedded controller.
> When I connect the backplane to the Adaptec controller and
uncable it
> from the Compaq controller, the system display's a cabling error at
startup
> and won't boot up. If I connect the backplane to BOTH the Adaptec
and the
> Compaq controller, it boots fine but then locks up when attempting to
read
> from the CDROM. Any advice? It would be greatly appreciated... I
don't
> know what I'm doing wrong. It doesn't help that I'm not familiar with
> SCSI...
>
> TIA,
>
> Kristofor Jacobson
Have you looked at www.compaq.com/linux ? Might be some value for you
there.
--
Mike
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trouble of thinking
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From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Video Card Problems
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:57:20 +1100
Hi, I have a 3DLabs 32MB Oxygen VX1 video card
the problem is I can not get the window system to come
up at all. This is strange because durring the installation
the resolution and picture quality of the monitor was perfect.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but if the picture is that good on installation
does'nt that mean that the video card was using a suitable Driver.
How come I recieved no warnings or errors at all and when I reboot
there is no way I can get into KDE or any other windows.
Please Help!!!!
Chris
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From: "Primax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Yamaha 724 sound card driver
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 04:33:15 +0100
can some one help my ??
i can't get my soundcard working
i have redhat 7
i't can find it, but linux go's in to death look
when i use sndconf
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From: john green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux+fortran : segmentation fault
Date: 17 Jan 2001 17:00:41 +0000
"Estelle LEFRANCOIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Running a well known fortran program (perfectly working on other machines !)
> under linux (Redhat 6.2), I've got a kind of random error occuring. My
> program crashes leading to the message :
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> My question is : What does it mean and why I've got such a random error ?
You program attempted to access memory to which
it was not entitled. To find out why, recompile with
debugging switched on (add the -g arg for g77) and the
run the program under gdb
acms22:> gdb <my program>
<message>
(gdb) set args <my args>
(gdb) run
<lots of output>
<segfault message>
(gdb) bt
this will give yo a backtrace of the function stack -- the problem
is occuring in the uppermost one
> Could it be a hardware problem ?
More likey to be bad fortran (many fortran programmers dont even
know that there *is* a standard, never mind using it).
Bon chance!
-j
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http://www.arbs.demon.co.uk
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From: jelb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: To switch to Linux or not? Advice please.
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:42:30 -0700
Cross posted to alt.os.linux; comp.os.linux.hardware and
comp.os.linux.questions
Hello everyone,
I like the Windows GUI. After five years using it I know my way around
it very well. I love it - but I'm sick sick sick of blue
screen/lockups. I've got Windows ME and, I don't know if it's because
I haven't re-installed it in many months but man it locks up several
times a day. Due to the IE browser mostly, and some games.
So... I'm thinking (again) of switching to Linux - or maybe Apple's
OS. Last year I downloaded a half dozen of the well known
distributions. I liked Corel the most but it won't run with my current
graphics card. Soon I'll be replacing this system though so maybe now
is the time I'll switch.
Now a few questions:
1 ) Is there a more newbie friendly distribution than Corel's yet? It
is nice but still has a long way to go to being as easy to use as
Windows. (Sorry but it's the truth).
2a ) If I run VMWare will I be able to run every Windows program?
2b ) Will I take a speed hit? I intend to get a Celeron 700 system
with at least 128 MBs PC100 RAM.
2c ) Will VMWare allow me to just kill Windows and restart it whenever
it hangs? If I can without a reboot that'll be great - assuming Linux
really doesn't hang very often. Then I can ease my way into learning
Linux instead of having to jump right in and also find programs,
similar to the Windows ones I use, right away.
3 ) Will any motherboard that accepts the Celeron 700 work with Linux
or are there some that are better than others? Some I should avoid?
Lastly
4 ) I'll be getting a new 2D/3D card to replace my old Voodoo II. I'm
thinking maybe a GEFORCE2 MX AGP 32MB but I'm open to ATI and, of
course, 3DFX still. I might want one with TV Out/Vid Capture too. Any
recommendations - for or against?
Thanks in advance to anyone that replies.
jelb
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Replaced harddrive, need to copy system over - how?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:19:41 -0500
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Brian,
I did almost exactly the same thing. Let me try to remember what I did (this
assumes your system is one large partition):
1. Add the new drive as a secondary drive (preferably on second IDE channel for
speed, but it doesn't matter).
2. Make sure you've created a swap partition on the new drive as well as a
partition for your Linux system.
3. Make a mount directory for the drive from somewhere in your current
directory, or use an existing one, and mount the new drive.
4. One major point: if you use LILO you may need to download the latest version
that deal with large hard drives. You _may_ not need this if the drive is only
Linux. Mine had Linux and Windows, with Linux installed in a partition beyond
cylinder 1024, which needed the new LILO. If you need the new LILO, install it
and get it running BEFORE step #4.
5. Assuming you mounted at /mnt/new, enter the following command:
cp -ax /* /mnt/new
This will copy everything over and will avoid trying to copy /proc (which would
not be good). This is where 'cp -R -p' gets you into trouble. Read the man page
on 'cp'.
6. I think you have to manually create a /mnt/new/proc directory, and manually
set the permissions on /mnt/new/tmp (not sure about that, just look to see if
they are there the way they need to be and adjust if not).
7. If you shut down and remount the new drive as master on the primary IDE
channel, I think it should boot up as before, but now with 20GB drive.
Mark
Brian wrote:
>
> I installed a new 20 gig drive to replace my 1.2 gig. What's the best way
> to move the existing system to the new drive? I don't have a tape drive for
> backup. I've already fdisk'ed it and created the same partitions that exist
> on the old drive. I tried to use Gnome's file manager but it's not copying
> everything. If I create filesystems and mount them, then use "cp -R -p /*
> /new_root/" it gets into a loop copying /new_root recursively and eventually
> would fill the entire 20 gig.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Brian
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Laptops
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:20:54 -0500
"Alain Laederach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>Hi Everyone,
>Has anyone had a good experience installing a Dual boot system on a recent
laptop? Are there any laptop models to be avoided at >all cost? As far as I
understand it, there are two issues, when setting up such a system. A, how
will the recovery CD deal with the >partitioning, and B, will I be able to
find a video driver for my video card?
>Finally, I would like to know if any of you would suggest installing NT
over Windows 2000, or windows 98, on the windows >partition?
See http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ for a listing of
laptops on which Linux has been installed, and with what level of success.
I have a dual booting system running on my Compaq Presario 1700 T. The
system is great, but there were a couple problems:
1) Graphical install did not work, needed to use text install under RH 6.2.
2) Sound care requires downloaded Open Sound driver for $35 (I don't need
sound, so I skipped this).
3) Integrated modem/NIC are worthless from the standpoint of Linux. I
bought a $25 10/100 PCMCIA off ebay that works great.
I loaded to boot loader on the Linux partition, then made that partition
active using dos's fdisk.
hth
Eric
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Laptops
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:22:20 -0500
NOTE: When I say graphical install didn't work, I do NOT mean I was unable
to install X. Just the initial install wouldn't work in graphical mode.
The install process subsequently detected all video settings, and X runs
great on this 1700 T.
Eric
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:944ngu$24bk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Alain Laederach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >Hi Everyone,
> >Has anyone had a good experience installing a Dual boot system on a
recent
> laptop? Are there any laptop models to be avoided at >all cost? As far as
I
> understand it, there are two issues, when setting up such a system. A, how
> will the recovery CD deal with the >partitioning, and B, will I be able to
> find a video driver for my video card?
> >Finally, I would like to know if any of you would suggest installing NT
> over Windows 2000, or windows 98, on the windows >partition?
>
> See http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ for a listing of
> laptops on which Linux has been installed, and with what level of success.
>
> I have a dual booting system running on my Compaq Presario 1700 T. The
> system is great, but there were a couple problems:
>
> 1) Graphical install did not work, needed to use text install under RH
6.2.
> 2) Sound care requires downloaded Open Sound driver for $35 (I don't need
> sound, so I skipped this).
> 3) Integrated modem/NIC are worthless from the standpoint of Linux. I
> bought a $25 10/100 PCMCIA off ebay that works great.
>
> I loaded to boot loader on the Linux partition, then made that partition
> active using dos's fdisk.
>
> hth
> Eric
>
>
>
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From: Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: To switch to Linux or not? Advice please.
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:30:26 -0500
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jelb,
I don't have all the answers for you, but I would like to make a few points.
> 1 ) Is there a more newbie friendly distribution than Corel's yet? It
> is nice but still has a long way to go to being as easy to use as
> Windows. (Sorry but it's the truth).
All the Linux distros seem to be getting friendlier all the time. I use RedHat
6.2 (they're up to 7.0 now), and from my own experience it recognizes hardware
better than Windows does, and installs with fewer mouse clicks (the metric used
by the idiot PC magazine reviews for what determines good software) and only a
single reboot. Easier than Windows in that regard. Things that may still be more
difficult are dial-up networking and windows-only devices. Dial-up has a
"wizard" now, but may not recognize as many modem configs as Windows does (eg,
plug-and-play ISA modems, etc). For Windows-only devices you must investigate
first to determine if there is a Linux driver for them. Try www.linhardware.com.
Finally, after using Windows exclusively for 5 years, you will likely find that
anything different will be difficult at first until you get used to it. If you
are patient, tenacious, and can read documentation, you should have no real
trouble running Linux.
>
> 2a ) If I run VMWare will I be able to run every Windows program?
I have no direct experience with VMWare, but from what I've read it sounds like
it works great for running Windows programs. Will it run _every_ program?
Sheesh, even Windows can't claim that! :-)
>
> 2b ) Will I take a speed hit? I intend to get a Celeron 700 system
> with at least 128 MBs PC100 RAM.
IMHO, you will not take a speed hit. Speed difference should be negligible. This
will vary depending upon what desktop you use (KDE, Gnome, WindowMaker, etc)
>
> 2c ) Will VMWare allow me to just kill Windows and restart it whenever
> it hangs? If I can without a reboot that'll be great - assuming Linux
> really doesn't hang very often. Then I can ease my way into learning
> Linux instead of having to jump right in and also find programs,
> similar to the Windows ones I use, right away.
I don't know the answer to this. You may want to contact VMWare folks and get a
good low-down on their stuff.
>
> 3 ) Will any motherboard that accepts the Celeron 700 work with Linux
> or are there some that are better than others? Some I should avoid?
I would check www.linhardware.com. Linux should work fine with most any MB you
use, but investigate further regarding your specific MB.
> 4 ) I'll be getting a new 2D/3D card to replace my old Voodoo II. I'm
> thinking maybe a GEFORCE2 MX AGP 32MB but I'm open to ATI and, of
> course, 3DFX still. I might want one with TV Out/Vid Capture too. Any
> recommendations - for or against?
Again, check the hardware compatibility list under www.linhardware.com, and at
www.linux.org.
Mark
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From: Steve Swiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard
Subject: Re: MSI K7T-Pro2A+HP9100i+Linux doesn't work. Why?
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:43:24 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry, thats not it. I don't use Plug and Pray, even with Windoze.
Thanks for the idea though.
-Steve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ive seen this type of thing if you dont specify non Plug n Play OS in
> the BIOS. Let yout bios allocate the HW as RH and mandrake specify in
> their install guide.
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:00:01 -0600, Steve Swiss
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >First let me tell you I am no novice user, I have been using linux since
> >the kernel was like 0.8 or something, and I am pretty sure this isn't
> >BIOS problem or a jumpering problem or something so trivial, but I hope
> >it is. ;)
> >
> >I had been running a older TX mainboard with DMA using the following:
> >M-Tech R541 Mainboard w/96 Meg Ram
> >Symbios Logic 53c875 SCSI card with 9 Gig Seagate UW Barracuda
> >Generic CD-Rom 48x /dev/hda
> >HP9100i CD-RW /dev/hdc
> >3Com 3C595 10/100 Network Card
> >Turtle Beach Montego II Quadzilla Sound Card
> >ATI Expert @ Play 98 PCI Video
> >Dual Boot Win98/Linux-Mandrake 7.2
> >
> >Everything worked fine and dandy, but slow for me, So I got a new MSI
> >K7T-Pro2A Mainboard with 192 Meg PC133 Ram and a AMD Duron 800 CPU,
> >swapped it into a new ATX case with a 300 watt PS, all other peripherals
> >the same, except using onboard sound instead of TB card. Well Windows 98
> >worked perfectly, can burn a cd and surf the net and compile C code
> >while never getting the CD-RW's buffer under 90% while copying a CD.
> >Problem comes when under Linux, system is irrattic, doesn't allow the
> >proper use of any IDE device, gives lots of errors if it does boot up,
> >errors are timeouts and lost interrupts on IDE devices from either the
> >kernel or ide-scsi module, if I remove the HP9100i, everything is OK,
> >Hook it back up and whether I load the ide-scsi module or not the system
> >just goes bonkers. I have tried swapping IDE channels, turning DMA on
> >and off, and just about anything else I can think of. If anyone has any
> >ideas, it would be appreciated. Would really like to use a real OS
> >instead of Win98. ;)
> >
> >-Steve
> >
> >
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