Linux-Hardware Digest #217, Volume #14 Sun, 21 Jan 01 15:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: es1370 - where is the sequencer/midi driver ? (Sinner from the Prairy)
Re: Iomega zip drive (James Franklin)
Re: To all linux user...... ("HOLY SHIT!")
Re: modem drivers ("HOLY SHIT!")
Re: Winmodem Question for Winlinux 2000 ("HOLY SHIT!")
Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem - SOLVED!!! ("HOLY SHIT!")
Pcmcia modem Mystery: No Carrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Modem trouble with Pentium 75 Mhz board (David Hoyt Adams)
changing motherboards (Jon Church)
Re: Athlon 800 with AZZA MB Problems ("blossom98")
What's wrong with BTTV driver in 2.2.18 ? (Emmanuel Beranger)
Re: Laptops (Isaac Venn)
Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem - SOLVED!!! (Nader)
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From: Sinner from the Prairy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: es1370 - where is the sequencer/midi driver ?
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:11:28 +0000
es1370 and es1371 both have no hardware MIDI chips. This is why they are
so cheap!
Use Timidity++ nad timidity-instruments and you'll have MIDI emulation.
Regards,
Sinner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Franklin)
Subject: Re: Iomega zip drive
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:43:41 GMT
On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:16:46 -0600, Bob Martin wrote:
>Bob Howard wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have any advice for hooking up an Iomega zip drive and what
>> drivers to use for a beginning Linux Red Hat user. Please email me at:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you can help.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>There is a mini-howto for zip drives. It really was simple,
>assuming you have a zip plus parallel, all you need do is
>'modprobe imm'. The module loads and detects the drive. much
>easier than wintendoze, no setup to run, no reboots.
>--
>
>Bob Martin
I have an older zip and use modprobe ppa.
--
James
A Daily Quip, Quote, or Fortune:
If it wasn't for Newton, we wouldn't have to eat bruised apples.
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From: "HOLY SHIT!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: To all linux user......
Date: 21 Jan 2001 18:01:34 GMT
a few main points:
if you think windows is for you, then stick with it, if you think linux is
for you, then stick with it
each OS has its own weakness, and strength.
one has easy hard, and software configuration, when the other one doesnt,
one is very stable,and rarely, crash, when the other always crash at least
once a day.
one has alot of games, and application that can be run with, the other has
fewer, but more "useful" features that can be use.
you have to choose, not everyone is the same, some people like it plain and
easy, but their results is what they deserve, some people like it complex,
and hard, but their effort give them what they ask for.
Pete Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Tina Carter wrote:
> >
> > If I say Linux is most ugly thing every happen, It will hurt you right?
>
> Wrong, Tina! It doesn't hurt us because we are secure in the knowledge
> that for our purposes, GNU/Linux serves us better than MS Windows.
> That's why we use it!
>
> > Now
> > Imagine yourself someone from Ms Windows side when you hate us same way
you
> > will GET SAME RESPOND.
>
> Is this because you are somehow insecure about your use of MS Windows?
> If that OS serves your purposes better than GNU/Linux, then you have no
> reason to be hurt.
>
> >
> > I am come here to get some help in Simple words which I can understand.
But
> > you know there are people who laugh at windows over and over at some
people
> > you linux terrorist need to get something back.
>
> Tina, just ignore the rants of those immature, unfortunate people. They
> are not here to help, only to provoke and satisfy their egos. They
> safely can be ignored.
>
> >
> > I would like to think of myself as computer student, YOU DONT' INSULT ME
AND
> > MY FAVOIRTE OS and I won't insult you and your favorite stuff. Point of
my
> > posting is some of your are extremist no matter how many time you post
you
> > gotta insult us. But I am not one of those MS Windows user who will just
be
> > quite and read and listen to your garbage, I will retaliate.
>
> This would not be good, Tina, because you would just be lowering
> yourself to their level. Just ignore them. The only ones you should
> pay attention to are those willing to help you without being
> judgemental.
>
> >
> > I wanna learn Linux peacefully so let's not get into each other way, if
you
> > can't help me don't respond but If you can I thank you but don't insult
me
> > and my Microsoft OS or your linux terrorism and racism will be answer
and
> > PURGED.
>
> Your desire to learn GNU/Linux is all you need to get help here. Ask
> away...
>
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Respectfully
> > Tina
>
> --
> cpritter
> home
> com
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From: "HOLY SHIT!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem drivers
Date: 21 Jan 2001 18:02:59 GMT
win and lin modem is not supported by linux
too bad, get another modem!
damn, i had to buy a 3com faxmodem for this reason, using in linux!
Kevin Krammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> Andrew schrieb:
> >
> > I have this Rockwell HCF 56K modem which isn't currently supported (I
> > think). Does anyone know is there is a driver which I can download for
> > another modem that might make this thing work?
>
> Hmm, the Rockwell HCF modems seem to be amoung the worst Winmodems. They
> get even a bad rating when used with Windows.
> According to a winmodem with linux information page
> (http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html)
> modems with Rockwells HCF chipset do not work with any OS other than
> Windows.
>
> Of course this could change in the future (check
> http://www.linmodems.org/) but iit would be in any case better to aquire
> a real modem. Most (maybe all) serial port modems are full-flegded
> modems. Externla modems are preferable anyway, because, additionally to
> working with any device capable of using a serial connection, you get
> direkt visual feedback on the modem status (control LEDs) and can reset
> it manually with out reseting the computer.
>
> cheers,
> Kevin
>
> --
>
> "...our continuing mission: to seek out knowledge of C,
> to explore strange unix commands, and to boldly code
> where no one has man page for."
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Kevin Krammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Student at Graz University of Technology
> http://www.sbox.tu-graz.ac.at/home/v/voyager
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: "HOLY SHIT!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Winmodem Question for Winlinux 2000
Date: 21 Jan 2001 18:05:54 GMT
nm all of this, just got a faxmodem
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Peter T. Breuer wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > :> The answer is: you need a driver. If there is one, OK, if not, no go.
> > :> Search for linux+winmodem on the web, and go to gromit's pages.
> >
> > : it does auto detections, and it has been detected, but even a device
> that
> >
> > I don't understand what you mean. What has "auto-detection" got to do
> > with "search for linux+winmodem" on the net? Go look and see if there
> > is a driver for your modem! Go to the page I indicated. Is that clear
> > enough?
> >
>
> my winlinux 2k had a configuration thingy under windows, my winmodem is
> auto detected
>
>
> > : is detected, i dont know if it will work automaticly like win2k, and
> win
> >
> > And I have no idea what you mean! Please just do as you are advised.
> > Then you'll get an idea, and hence have nothing to growl about. Here:
> >
>
>
> win2k dont need any hardware drivers for most hardwares to be use, not
like
> the other windows os, when you need to install the drivers
>
>
> > http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
> >
> > Peter
>
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: "HOLY SHIT!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem - SOLVED!!!
Date: 21 Jan 2001 18:07:19 GMT
sorry, i m alittle bit of a newbie, and i m sorry to say that i m lazy to
look, where can i get that lastest kernel?
Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks to your advice, Julie, my problem has finally been solved. I've
> learned a lot along the way (e.g., building kernels), but am glad that I
> can move on to other things.
>
> What worked for me was to patch 2.2.16 with the HPT366 update (uses
> ide.c version 6.30) and serial 5.05. Now I can also boot directly from
> my UDMA66 HD!!!
>
>
> Nader
>
>
> Nader wrote:
>
> > Here's a shout! 2.2.18 has been built.
> >
> > Julie Brandon wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 19:43:28 -0800, Nader ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> >> said:
> >>
> >>> What kernel version did you use?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> v2.2.17 & v2.2.18
> >>
> >> (serial v5.05 needs a very tiny patch to compile on v2.2.18, give me a
> >> shout
> >> if you want the patch)
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Pcmcia modem Mystery: No Carrier
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:16:30 GMT
I have a pcmcia modem. I'm running Red Hat linux 7.0 and the card was
originally unsupported. Then according
to PCMCIA-HOWTO, I ran the command "cardctl ident" and use the output
imformation to insert a new entry
in the file /etc/pcmcia/config. And the card is recognized
as /dev/ttyS18. Then,under KDE 2.0, i use Dialer Configuration
to setup the account and the "autoconfig" to find the modem. Everything
was OK. The modem can be correctly
debugged and initialized. But when I plug in the phone line and
use "wvdial" to dial, or "Kppp" to dial,
the process is active but remains at the stage of dialing. The output
showes "ATDT81000(the ISP number);
waiting for carrier". That was the exact situation when I ran the
dialer without the phone line. Please
show me how to make the modem run properly under Red Hat linux 7.0.
Thanks a lot.
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: David Hoyt Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem trouble with Pentium 75 Mhz board
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:32:37 -0500
Hi
I have just assembled a system out of the following:
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Pentium motherboard (PENTIUM-S cpu at 75Mhz,
Award Bios V4.50c,
Made by Taeli (Techmedia),
32 Megs of ram,
Award bios number is 2A5X7TB3,
TIM-PENTIUM-AVIO
Chipset is UMC 82C890)
The board was given to me so this info came from
the screen messages and what I could find on the
net. I do not have a manual for it.
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Soundblaster sound card (IRQ 5,
IO 0220-022F, 0388-038B,
DMA 1 and 5)
-----------------------------------------------------------
A cheap 50x cdrom reader (Brand is Delta, bought at Circuit
City)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Hard drive 2.1 Meg
-----------------------------------------------------------
ATI video card (PC to TV, Mach 64 type)
-----------------------------------------------------------
There are two on board serial ports. The mouse is connected to
COM1,
IRQ 4 and works fine. I disabled COM2 (from BIOS). The on board
parallel port has been temporarily disabled (from BIOS).
Here is the problem: I can not get a modem to work with it. When I
first
tried the system out, I used a hard drive from a couple of years
ago on
which I had installed a RedHat distribution on a 486 DX4 100
system.
It had originally worked great and it was configured for my
regular ISP.
When I installed it in the Pentium 75 system, it worked fine
except for
the internet. I can connect with my ISP, but it will not download
a web page.
If I ping the ISP it appears to send data out but will not
receive(?) data.
It reads 100% packet loss. It just times out with a web page.
Next, I replaced the hard drive (which was a 1.6 Meg) with a 2.1
Meg drive.
I had just picked up a Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 distro on
the sale
table at the local Staples for four dollars and change. I
installed it
(the easiest install I've ever done). However, the modem fails to
perform,
behaving identically to the Red Hat distro.
The modem is set for COM2, IRQ 3. (I have tried a few other IRQ's
and COM
ports, keeping in mind the COM1 and COM3 IRQ sharing, etc.) No
matter
what, I can't get any success. I know it is configured correctly
in
software. (/dev/ttyS0 = COM1, /dev/ttyS1 = COM2, etc. speed set
properly)
I have also tried two separate modems, an Aopen and a US Robotics,
both
of which work fine in a different system.
I wondered if this motherboard has some problem that affects the
modem use.
I've been careful to make sure the BIOS is configured correctly,
as far
as I am able to with what I know. I realize this is an old system,
and not
real fast, but even so if I could get the communications up it
would be
usable.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice that any of you ladies
and gentle-
man may offer.
David Adams
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Church)
Subject: changing motherboards
Date: 21 Jan 2001 18:40:22 GMT
I have RH7.0 on a gateway 4200 (Pentium II 300MHz) and would like to
upgrade the motherboard with as little trouble as possible. What do I
have to worry about?? If I stick with Intel (PIII 800 MHz) will the old
software still boot. I can re-install, I just really do not want to right
now.
jon
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From: "blossom98" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Athlon 800 with AZZA MB Problems
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 13:40:24 -0500
It may relate to the the attached article:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/ThunderBird-Duron.html
Best of Luck
"bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am having probelms loading RH 6.2 on a new AZZA MB with an AMD Athlon
> 800 CPU. The software installs fine, the boot disk works fine but when
> I reboot the machine I get a kernel panic. Something about a syncing
> failure. The place where I bought the box said that the BIOS needs to
> be changed for the OS. It is setup for Win 95/98/2000.
>
> Any clues.
>
> Bob
>
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From: Emmanuel Beranger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: What's wrong with BTTV driver in 2.2.18 ?
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:15:30 +0100
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I installed 2.2.18 with 2 methods : compiling from sources and
installing from mandrake cooker
I can run kwintv from kernel 2.2.17, but neither of my 2.2.18 kernels :
it starts, and I can see a couple of images and hear the sound, and it
immediately seg faults ...
I have a miro PCTV (BT848A), recognised as such by 2.2.17.
I am not sure 2.2.18 does the same (see log)
I attach my modules.conf (bttv card=1 ; tuner type =3)
I also attach the debug log from kwintv under 2.2.17 and 2.2.18, and
report from kv4lsetup, which gives the same result under 17 and 18.
There sems to be a difference in the way the driver recognises the card
and chip, when launching kwintv.
Also, there seem to be a difference in the i2c modules :
2.2.17 loads i2c-core and i2c-algo-bit, while 2.2.18 loads "i2c-old" ...
Anyone an Idea ?
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alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq
#pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
options aha152x aha152x1=0x340,9
#post-install supermount modprobe scsi_hostadapter
alias char-major-81 bttv
pre-install bttv modprobe -k msp3400; modprobe -k tuner
options bttv card=1
options tuner type=3
alias sound sb
pre-install sound /sbin/insmod sound dmabuf=1
options opl3 io=0x388
alias midi awe_wave
post-install awe_wave /bin/sfxload /etc/midi/GU11-ROM.SF2
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
alias usb-interface usb-ohci
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kwintv: Symbol `__vt_3ios' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
kwintv: Symbol `__vt_7istream.3ios' has different size in shared object, consider
re-linking
kwintv: Symbol `__vt_8ofstream.3ios' has different size in shared object, consider
re-linking
kwintv: Symbol `__vt_7ostream.3ios' has different size in shared object, consider
re-linking
kwintv: Symbol `__vt_8ifstream.3ios' has different size in shared object, consider
re-linking
Debug: v4l1: Using interface Video4Linux in ::v4lxif
Debug: v4l1: Grabber name: BT848A(MIRO PCTV)
Debug: capture: Can capture to memory
Debug: tuner: Has a tuner of some form
Debug: overlay: Can overlay its image onto the frame buffer
Debug: clipping: Overlay clipping is supported
Debug: frameram: Overlay overwrites frame buffer memory
Debug: scales: The hardware supports image scaling
Debug: v4l1: range of tv size : 32x32 => 924x576
Debug: v4l1: input channels: 4
Debug: [1] Television: has tuner [1], audio, tv
Debug: [2] Composite1: no tuner [0], audio, camera
Debug: [3] S-Video: no tuner [0], audio, camera
Debug: [4] Composite3: no tuner [0], audio, camera
Debug: v4l1: input audios: 1
Debug: [1] TV: mutable[unmuted] vol=-1, bass=-1, ter=-1
Debug: v4l1: tuner: Television 0-4294967295
Debug: v4l1: tuner sees stereo: no
Debug: v4l1: tuner supports modes (active: PAL):
Debug: PAL
Debug: NTSC
Debug: SECAM
Debug: v4l1: picture: brightness=32768 hue=32768 colour=32512 contrast=27648
Debug: v4l1: picture : whiteness=0 depth=0 palette=5[rgb32]
Debug: v4l1: hope physical screen format is <32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-)>
Debug: v4l1: set palette to 5
Debug: v4l1: palette is 5
Debug: v4l1: bpp 32, bpl 4096, width 396, height 296
Debug: v4l1: video buffer: size 4259840, frames 2
Debug: v4l1: memory for snap shots: 0x406d4000
Debug: v4l1: minw 32, maxw 768, minh 32, maxh 576 in ::capCapSize
Debug: v4l1: setAudioMode= 2 [stereo]
Debug: v4l1: getAudioMode= 1
Debug: v4l1: setAutioMute [0] muted
Debug: v4l1: setChannel 2
Debug: v4l1: minw 32, maxw 768, minh 32, maxh 576 in ::capCapSize
Debug: v4l1: setAutioMute [0] unmuted
# there, the tv works normally
Debug: v4l1: ::~v4l1if begin
Debug: v4l1: ::~v4l1if end
Debug: v4lx: Close device in ::~v4lxif
Listing all visuals:
Visual class TrueColor ( 4 )
id 0x22
screen 0
depth 24
red_mask 0xff0000
green_mask 0x00ff00
blue_mask 0x0000ff
colormap_size 256
bits_per_rgb 8
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kwintv: Symbol `__vt_3ios' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking
kwintv: Symbol `__vt_7istream.3ios' has different size in shared object, consider
re-linking
kwintv: Symbol `__vt_8ofstream.3ios' has different size in shared object, consider
re-linking
kwintv: Symbol `__vt_7ostream.3ios' has different size in shared object, consider
re-linking
kwintv: Symbol `__vt_8ifstream.3ios' has different size in shared object, consider
re-linking
Warning: mixer: Error mixer read devmask
Warning: winmixer: no devices found!
Debug: v4l1: Using interface Video4Linux in ::v4lxif
Debug: v4l1: Grabber name: BT848(Miro)
Debug: capture: Can capture to memory
Debug: tuner: Has a tuner of some form
Debug: teletext: Has teletext capability
Debug: overlay: Can overlay its image onto the frame buffer
Debug: clipping: Overlay clipping is supported
Debug: frameram: Overlay overwrites frame buffer memory
Debug: scales: The hardware supports image scaling
Debug: subcapture: Capture can be of only part of the image
Debug: v4l1: range of tv size : 32x32 => 924x576
Debug: v4l1: input channels: 4
Debug: [1] Television: has tuner [1], audio, tv
Debug: [2] Composite1: no tuner [0], audio, camera
Debug: [3] S-Video: no tuner [0], audio, camera
Debug: [4] Composite3: no tuner [0], audio, camera
Debug: v4l1: input audios: 1
Debug: [1] TV: mutable[unmuted] vol=-1, bass=-1, ter=-1
Debug: v4l1: tuner: Television 0-4294967295
Debug: v4l1: tuner sees stereo: no
Debug: v4l1: tuner supports modes (active: PAL):
Debug: PAL
Debug: NTSC
Debug: SECAM
Debug: v4l1: picture: brightness=32768 hue=32768 colour=32512 contrast=27648
Debug: v4l1: picture : whiteness=0 depth=0 palette=5[rgb32]
Debug: v4l1: hope physical screen format is <32 bit TrueColor (LE: bgr-)>
Debug: v4l1: set palette to 5
Debug: v4l1: palette is 5
Debug: v4l1: bpp 32, bpl 4096, width 396, height 296
Debug: v4l1: video buffer: size 4259840, frames 2
Debug: v4l1: memory for snap shots: 0x406d4000
Debug: v4l1: minw 32, maxw 768, minh 32, maxh 576 in ::capCapSize
Debug: v4l1: setAudioMode= 2 [stereo]
Debug: v4l1: getAudioMode= 1
Listing all visuals:
Visual class TrueColor ( 4 )
id 0x22
screen 0
depth 24
red_mask 0xff0000
green_mask 0x00ff00
blue_mask 0x0000ff
colormap_size 256
bits_per_rgb 8
Warning: mixer: Error mixer read devmask
Warning: mixer: Error mixer write volume to dev 6
Debug: v4l1: setAutioMute [0] muted
Debug: v4l1: setChannel 2
Debug: v4l1: minw 32, maxw 768, minh 32, maxh 576 in ::capCapSize
Debug: v4l1: setAutioMute [0] unmuted
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using X11 display :0
x11: mode=1024x768x24
x11: deteced framebuffer depth: 32 bpp
x11: set depth to 32 bpp
x11: X-Server supports DGA extention (version 1.1)
dga: base=0xe4000000, width=1024
x11: X-Server supports VidMode extention (version 0.8)
available video mode(s): 3 1024x768 800x600 640x480
set video mode: 1024x768, 32 bit/pixel, 4096 byte/scanline
set framebuffer at 0xe4000000
ok
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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:45:06 -0600
From: Isaac Venn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Laptops
I had very good luck installing debian on my Dell inspiron. The only
issue I ran into was getting the screen resolution correct. It has one
of those 1400x1050 screens and there was no modeline for it. I just
wrote my own, and it has been great.
-Isaac
Eric wrote:
> "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: Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem is "busy" - PCI IRQ Sharing problem - SOLVED!!!
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 11:56:30 -0800
Here's one place: http://www.linuxhq.com/
HOLY SHIT! wrote:
> sorry, i m alittle bit of a newbie, and i m sorry to say that i m lazy to
> look, where can i get that lastest kernel?
>
> Nader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>> Thanks to your advice, Julie, my problem has finally been solved. I've
>> learned a lot along the way (e.g., building kernels), but am glad that I
>> can move on to other things.
>>
>> What worked for me was to patch 2.2.16 with the HPT366 update (uses
>> ide.c version 6.30) and serial 5.05. Now I can also boot directly from
>> my UDMA66 HD!!!
>>
>>
>> Nader
>>
>>
>> Nader wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Here's a shout! 2.2.18 has been built.
>>>
>>> Julie Brandon wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 19:43:28 -0800, Nader ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>>>> said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What kernel version did you use?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> v2.2.17 & v2.2.18
>>>>
>>>> (serial v5.05 needs a very tiny patch to compile on v2.2.18, give me a
>>>> shout
>>>> if you want the patch)
>>>
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